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Show A VERITABLE WATERSPOUT. West Virginia Uevestated by the Heaviest . Fall of Rain Ever Known. Wheeling, W.Va., Oct. 41. Dispatches Dis-patches from the Interior, from Weston, Grafton, PhUippi and other points on the tributaries of the Ohio say the storm reported Sunday night extended over a wide area. Everywhere the heaviest fall of rain ever known occurred, amounting to a waterspout. All the streams are swollen and traffic is entirely en-tirely suspended. Great damage was done. Weston is flooded and the loss runs into the thousands. Pittsburg, Oct. 14. The storm in West Virginia on Monday night did great damage to crops, buildings and railroads, particularly along the Mo-nongahela Mo-nongahela river and its tributaries. Near Clarksburg a cloud burst and drenched the country. All the small streams became rushing torrents immediately. im-mediately. Traffic on the Baltimore & Ohio between Pittsburg and Weeeling is closed. Communication with the upper Monongahela ha been entirely suspended. Only one life was lost by the storm so far as is known. |