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Show iiL!:niiii The River Has Been Rising All Day and is Still Going Hp Streets Are Under Water. THE RAILROADS SUFFRRED MOST, Reports from Other Points The Small Streams Swollen to Torrents Towns are Inundated, riTTsm-Ro, Feb. IS. Tho river has been rising all day and is si.ll going up. Allegheny city has suffered most. Several Sev-eral streets are under water. At least 1000 cellars are Hooded. Great apprehension appre-hension is full there, as two natural gas explosions last night bave endangered lite aud ruined property. It is feared others may follow, as tho meters and pipes are several feet under water and cannot bo reached. Ou the Putsburg side cellars and houses ou the low ground are lining Hooded aud the people are begiuuingto move out. Any further rise will do great damage, as the high wator limit has been passed. It is reported that the exposition buildiugs Lava been greatly damaged. All the street car lines between Pittsburg Pitts-burg aud Allegheny have stopped running, run-ning, owing to the fact that tho approaches ap-proaches are several feet uuder water. The Pennsylvania traius are behiud time, owing to washouts near Couue-maugh, Couue-maugh, and the Haltimore & Ohio had several bad landslides. Reports from the headwaters of the Monoiigahela aud Allegheny rivers show high water and general distress. At Johnstown the dreadful Stouey Creek and Coueuiaugh rivers stood at the highest poiut all day. The heavy stone bridge caused the water to back up iuto the town, a greater portion of which is from four to six feet under water. Every house in Cambria City is deserted, and a swift stream flows through the streets. Late tonight the rivers at those points began to fall rapidly, but the people will not attempt to return to their bouses until assured the Hood is over. The railroads all about here aro suffering suf-fering great damage. From Other Point. VVn.LlAMsi'OHT. l'a., Feb. 18. Advices from points up the river aro that it is still raining and all the streams are high. Thu lumber men are very uneasy. Many merchants have commenced to move their goods from the lower stories of their establishments. establish-ments. The levees of the city show that a twenty-six foot flood will bring the water up to the court house square. A Hood is now reported ou tho head waters wa-ters of Pine creek at, Galeton. On that creek a boom broke, letting between be-tween eight and ttu million feet of logs escape. Dispatches from several points in this vicinity report the rivers rapidly rising and floods are feared. At Clearfield, Clear-field, some streets are inundated and many people were compelled to move. Several million feet of logs have been washed out. At Tyrone Ty-rone tho houses in the western part of the town are half submerged. At Tipton Tip-ton there is a foot of water over the railroad tracks. At Mineral Point the Conemaugh river is very high and many men are out working on the tracks. Gukknsiicko, Pa., Feb. 18. Tho streams continue to rise, aud the people living on tho low lands are making preparations to move at any moment. The Susqiiehaunah at West Lathrop is half a utile wide, aud much of the town is submerged. The second and third stories of buildings along the creek are Hooded. The same condition of affairs prevails at Laramie. Irwin, Mason, Harrison City, Crab Tree and other places. Bridges, fences, hay stacks, etc., in every direction have been carried away. Cleveland. O., Feb. 18. A dispatch from Zanesville says the Muskingum river is rapidly rising. Two hundred persons were driven from their homes. Railroad trallic is almost entirely sus-' pendud. The rain ceased last night, and colder weather may cause a subsidence sub-sidence of the Hood. Hcntington, Pa., Feb. 18. Rain has fallen here in torrents for thirty-six hours and tho Juniata river is a mile wide. The citizens of Portstowu and Smithfinld wero compelled to vacate their homes and many bridges were swept away. The loss is very heavy. Wheeling. W. Va., Feb. 18. The greatest Hood in many years is expected hero. Reports from all sections of tho state indicate unusually heavy rains, and the streams are rising rapidly. A'l railroads entering the city are blocked by landslides. M assii.lo.'J, ()., Feb. 18. Tho streams south of this state are badly swollen by tho heavy rains of tho past three days. All dwellings in the lower part of the city are surrounded by water. The railroads aro badly damaged by washouts. wash-outs. McKkespokt. Pa., Feb. 18. The iron works and mills aro submerged. Much damage has been done in the lower portion of the city, many families being compelled to abandon their homes. Fkeki'ort. Pa., Feb. 18. Rain has been falling steadily forty hours and the town and surrounding country is Hooded. At noon the water was two aud one-half inches in the streets, and rising. Stecbenville, O., Feb. 18. Tho river is rising at tho rate of one foot per hour, and the railroads are forced to suspeud trallic in many places in the jeinily on account of the high water. Schenectady, N. Y., Feb. 18. There is a gorge in the Mohamk river near here. The river is rising ten .inches per hour, and naught but the tree tops tell where tho islands are. West Newton, Ph., Feb. 18. The Yougiiioghi'uy river has reached the highest point since August lHHt. Much damage is done railroads by laudsblide. |