Show PHY FOR H 4 1 nry IN ZONE idle heavy damage to crops and fierce forest fires due to lack of water many small streams dried up and practically obliterated in western pennsylvania and eastern ohio and west virginia with willi losses aggregating several million dollars from forest fires and heavy damage to crops and live stock block tho the reported loss losa of a number of lives due to lighting fighting timber fires the enforced idleness of thousands of workmen owing to aus suspensions because of lack of water the health authorities anticipating so ilous halts epidemics of contagious diseases and man emall streams dried up ill anti practically obliterated the drouth of 1908 which has held west orli 01 n pennsylvania eastern ohio and west virginia in its grasp for more than two months remains unbroken each day gradually increasing tho the seriousness rious riou ness of tho unprecedented situation whilo in the district tho the water supply ts s sufficient lent to carry on all business the low stage of the rivers tin has caused a congestion 01 much roal coal in this vicinity every available barge und and float lias li as been loaded with coal anti and nt at present with almost twenty til lillon bushels in tho the pittsburg harbor tile tho river coal mine s have been compelled to shut down for lack inck of shipping facilities thero there aro are about miners employed in the lie river mines along tile flip mononia liela heln valloy valley this great fleet of coal la is for tile tho supply of points in the west anti and south and tile probabilities are that there will be a coal famine especially in the northwest should conditions prevent the shipment of coal before the cold weather sets in 11 in west virginia timber lumber plants glass fac factoring torin anti and iron and steel mills located along the rivers lara aro closed on oil account of insufficient wa water ker in im eastern ohio the laitio saino con editions prevail and it Is feared tile great iron and steel mills at youn f sa town own ohio employing over men will have to suspend d operations unless tho the drouth Is speedily broken in all sections of tho the dry zono pray erg era are offered up lip dally daily and these prayers will continue until they are arc answered with rain |