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Show HUB WATERS IJoth Hi vera at Pittsburg- Were S Twenty-six Feet Thin Morn- in"; and Still IliMiig, o Families in the Eottoms Grow Alarmed CO and Plee to Higher Grounds Z for Their Lives " z PJVER KISING 7 INCHES AN HOUR O t ' EH Travel on the Pit(sliurp;& Vest (i n Kailroad in Pittsburg; Q is Stopped. , fVj Many Mills Along the Rivers are. Porced fj to Close and Great Loss is j Sustained. 5 THE BRIDCES ARE CARRIED AWAY, Watnr lienede KllKhtly at Johnatawn-v Anxiety Along Uia !. TUa llaugaaf tlia Deluge, riTTsiinto. ivb. 17.-At 11 o'clock this morning both rivers were twenty, six feet and rising at the rale of seven inches an hour. All morning families have been moving from their houses in the lower part of the Allegheny. Travel on tho Pittsburg & "Western railroad is slopped, w hile many mills along tho river aro forced to close. He-ports He-ports from the headwaters show steady-rains, steady-rains, with the rivers still rising, and lower towns Hooded. Uridges are being be-ing carried away in every direction and the loss is great. Water Lower at .lohnitown. JonvsTowN, Pa., Feb. 17. Tho water receded some during the night but is again within six inches of the highest point of yesterday. All Cambria and tho lower part of this city from tho Windsor hotel are under water. Anxiety Alooi; the Lavee, Hai-Ena, Ark., Fob. 17. The con. tinned riso in the river at this place has caused considerable anxiety along tho levee. Heaviest Know in Flftaan Year. TIozk.man, Mont., Feb. 17. Snow Is still falling. It is thirty inches deep, The old timers say it is the heaviest in fifteen years. |