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Show ClTtE.1T I'LOOIIS In Pennsylvania. Ohio, anil Aenr lork Ntalr. rmsmjBO, 1'a., Se4. 12. The riven here are rising steadily and, though not near the danger line yet, advices from all along the Allegheny Al-legheny and Monougahcla rivers promise much hlzlicr waters beforv Sunday. The rainfall averages six Inches for the tost three days, something some-thing unprecedented In the upper counties of this country. The fairs aro suffering greatly, being be-ing located on lowlands as a rule, and damaged exhibits and ruined race tracks are reported from all sections, causing all fairs to clctu at alo'x. The railroads aie suffering much inconvenience. All of the lower streets in Canton, Ohio, are flooded. The farmers are also suflerer:. At Newcastle, Ku, hundred of houses are covered on the fiist floor with from one to six feet of water, and the familcs are obliged to move. A score of mills and fumacts In Newcastle and along Ncsliunovk are covered Tt lth waterand are shut dowii. All reports indicate a great lo-s tn mills aud housrs, roads and farmers. WlLKKSBARRE, Ta., Sept. 12. The floods along theChemun? river the la-t few days have swollen the Sutrjuehanna at this joint to on unusually un-usually abnormM nttltude.Hhould it ric two feit nn ihiring the night, all communlcati tho west side of the river to p-i..! , ,.g sjlo une of the Lackawa. a I u'ls will be cutofl. Alargepo.t "i. of Iowlsnl Is already submerged, nd tlie farmers far-mers who have not yet harvested their life crops, will sutler largely. New Philadelphia. 0 Kent. I Incessant rains for the jost Uiirty-lght hours cnueil a landslide land-slide on the Cleveland A Marietta Railway, which will delay trains a long wiille. The whole valley Is inundated. Columbcs, O., SepL 12. Tlie scloto ltlver is at a very high stage. All the low lands north and south of tho city are inundated and the loss to crops Is heavy. Much oilier damage Is done, Kochecteh, N.Y Sept- 12. Rerts from the fertile Uenersee valley are tint the damage to crops will reach S100.OW. It rained al-nott al-nott Incessantly for forty-eight ours and the flats are covered with waler from one to three fett deep forruihs. |
