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Show T1IK KI.OODH. Where Ioi -i All the Wuler (. ome l-'roiii t Cincinnati, o. A Gazette itpecial from liiutlLon, lnd., say a tbe rumor of the breaking uf tne l rge reservoir at C'elina is confirmed Ly the heavy rise ot the Wabaeh river. Tlic railroad rail-road bridge ia etill standing. John Tbomaa, a tanner living two mibs cast of this place, had twenty-live acres of wheat washed away, and .-t...i'JX niri, i -i.'tn:ih ins e-.n to eavc parL- of hie (on , when the boat capaized, throwing bolti into the water ; i'i lioinaa w.w drowned, but his son succeeded in making his way to some willowa, where he hung on the hniha for three hours, when he was rescued. Memphis, 5. Tnero waa a heavy rain-a'orm this morning, and re-Dorta re-Dorta say that plantations on islanda 10 and 'Xy are beinp submerged, and at New Madrid the overflow is running run-ning through sunken lands to lL Francis valley. The water is rising here and slowly encroaching on exposed ex-posed plantations below. 'Tne crevasse at ciiy front baa been repaired. Planters on this side of Helena are workinj hard to pro.ect their lands. A private dispatch from Pine Bin lis, Ark., says the river rose six inches this morning, and is within four leet of high water. A telegraph from Little Rock reports re-ports another rise of twenty-five feet on the gauee of the signal service tables; twenty-five leet on that gauge I uonds the lower Arkansas valley. Calcutta, 5. Disastrous floods have occurred in tho north-western pro-vincep. pro-vincep. Many dwellings have been destroyed, and it iB leared serious loss of live has occurred. Berlin, 5. A waterspout burst over Kern, in Rhenish Pru-aia, to-day, inundating the place, and doing great damage. The bridge and several houses were swept away, and thirteen persons drowned. |