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Show RECEDING WATERS THE FLOODED DISTRICT RESUMINC MORE TRANQUIL ASPECT. Over 1-000.000 the Direct Loe "oatalned l7 the Flood at end Near Pitta-burr Pitta-burr Kallroada Greet I.oeers Mill. Still Nhut Down. PiTTSBunii, Feb. 19 Yesterday afternoon after-noon tho Allegheny river reached thirty-two feet eleven inches, but sinco then has been slowly receding. With nearly every iron mill Hooded and closed down, railroad tracks washed away, whole squares of streets Hooded to the second story, aud thousands of cellars filled, the direct loss by the flood caunot fall below $1,000,000 The poor living along the river have suffered so greatly that appeals for aid have been issued. The building inspectors say the flooded districts have suffered great injury in the way of damaged foundations. founda-tions. Last night the river had fallen hral feet. inplfl damagSyfJ railroad? is being ffSjaly rapaire .fepnrts from all up- jT points show rapidly declining J I ters, and tho people are returning to illeir homes to repair the damages, which in most cases are far greater than expected. At Johnstown tho loss is great, tho foundations of many houses being undermined. un-dermined. Street cars are running again and the mills will bo open tomorrow. tomor-row. The destruction of bridges was a serious loss aud different sections of the city will have no communication by wagon for some time. Tho farming communities below are heavy losers. A dispatch from Wheeling, Wr. Va., says the river is still rising, but it is reported re-ported from abov e to have begun f illing. ill-ing. The damage at Wheeling isgreat. The whole of Wheeling island. Seventh ward, is flooded, and last niifht the most of its 40u0 inhabitants are sleeping in another portion of the citv. In South Wheeling hundreds of work-ingmcn's work-ingmcn's houses and several factories, are inundated, and in the business center cen-ter many wholesale houses. Business is almost entirely suspended. No trains are arriving or departing and the depots de-pots are under water aud the railroad yards blockaded. The two 'principal hotels have water on the first floor, and the guests are obliged to go in and out the windows Reports from the down-river glass and pottery districts also show heavy losses. No loss of life, however, is yet roported. Cincinnati, Feb. 19. The river is rising one inch an hour here. Rain is falling as far up as Wheeling. Tho river is rising so that a stage of fifty feet here is admitted even if there should be no further rain. If heavy rains come within a few days a disastrous disas-trous flood is inevitable. Ci.ifton. Ariz., Feb. 19. The, river this morning begun to rise and the North Clifton bridge and several residences res-idences were swept away. |