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Show BAIN AMD FLOODS, Large Sections of Ohio and Penn-sylianli Penn-sylianli Inundated. IOUUTEEN MVIS hO Kill LOST. Damsgo to hlilpploe aail Consider" able Los of l'roinrlj ltrporlnl. t'LKVri-ANl), O., May 17.-A ilorm of rain end wind which be gate at """ Monday,and continued almost without cessation until thl morning, bM pro. duccd n flood unprecedented In the 5 history of norlusaslern Ohio and Snorthwest.rn l'unnsylvanla. Thus fr fourteen llvo. baTo been toil and ret damaga dono to shipping. Tb loss on property will auiouut to J100,000. It rained Saturday and Huuday. Monday a steady downpour began. The roofiletthe water through Ilka sieves and the rain was drlv.n between thu window aathes till the people do-rpslred do-rpslred of being able to keep It out. Jiy Tuisday evening there wero warnings warn-ings of trouble aud everybody began to wonder when It would stop. In tlili city ov.ry sewer la ourlug a torreot Into the uiually slugnltih Cuyahoga, ewollen touiorvthun twice lie notuial lie. Wliolo plica of lumber have been carried aloug the (treats and awrpt Into the lake or lodged agaluet the abulmentaof bridges further down, and more still aro coming down the river. While great crowds wero watching the flood thu llrel dlMSter uapjieneil here, Captain Hlauley Klauulgau and Michael Ln lllonilo were going down the river In a row boat when uue ot In .Hondo's oars broke. The two lueu weru quickly carried out Into the lake by thu ruihlug stream, and as It was evident that their frail craft could not stay alloat preparations were quickly bt(Uii for their rescue. Hev.u lueu inuuned a lifeboat and pulled away toward the boat containing Klanulgau uu 1 Im llloude. When the lllo-tavcra were well out of the mouth of the river un oar broke, aud In au lustaut the cork-lite veael swung about. Tho m.uln the boat were totally helpless, aud before aeslatauca of any kind oouU be rendered thslr boat hau overturuej aud all ot tho men were thrown Into fie wator. Three succeedod In catching catch-ing hold of the lifeboat, whero thvy liuog lUiitll they were rescued In u R terribly exhausted condition. Kour of their fellow life-suvera wero toned about so mercilessly by the wild waves K that they were unable to swim back to the lifeboat aud alter vainly battling fur a few moments tbey were overcome aud the battlo of life had to bo glvon uj. Wltororts from all icotlons of north-out.ru north-out.ru Ohio tell of swollen streams and oveillowed farm lauds, but It Is Impassible to inako an estimate of thu damage, neither Is It osilble to tell what tho property loss In Cleveland will he. It Is possible that one or mora costly awlug bridges along the river will to swept away before morning, aa It seems Impossible lhat tbey can with, stand tho terrible strain now being put Uou thtm. FLOODS IM rr.N-.NSYI.VANIA. 1'iTibliuuu, l'a., May 17. After a steady dowujour throughout western I'eonsylvaiilu for nearly sixty hours the ralu haa ceased and tho weather Is clcarlntr. At lltusvllle the entire lower portion of thu city Is tLUndated by several feet of wator. Tho Tltusvlllo Iron works, flvo refineries and many inanufaclur Ing establishments, huuureds of homes and other buildings aro under water. At Lradvllle the water Is two feet higher than ever known Ufore. All trains have bicn atandonod between Youngttown, O., aud Corry, l'a. The water is still slowly rising. The same condition exists at many places uorlh and nearly all the way to Allegheny. Two hundred and fifty horses at a kite traok In tralulug were with dlfll-cully dlfll-cully brought to this city. The rail, roau shoiw, nearly eveiy factory aud I mill, both the tlectrlo light stations and gas works are Hooded and closed. Hut uuo telegraph wire Is open and that la working liuperfeotly. At Krlo Mill creek has broken from Its banks carrying fesr and destruction along Us path, which It has strewn with wrecked houses, bridges and barns, causing many families to vacate their homes and setk refuge with their neighbors. The damage doue to ( properly of all klnda la very heavy ! and can't be estimated at present. The only casualty so far reported Is that of a youug boy named Frank Herbert whose body was found at the foot ol I'arado street this morning. Over 200 houses have been ruined und many manufacturing establishments establish-ments wrecked. The llood at New Castle Is tho greatest great-est ever kuown In the history of the place. The Njpno road lost two hundred yards of track. In tho First , ward over thirty buildings wore over thrown by the floods and aro now Plying on the ground. All the Inhabitants Inhabi-tants of tho ward havo moved out of the bouiss. In South New Csstle ibe damage It great. With Ihoexcep. Hon of Hotel's mill all tbo other menu i facturlcg plants aro lloodei. At New I Castle junction Iheltalnry flouring mills and many rceldoucoj are In ' danger of being swept away. In thu Film wsrd ol Fulaakt more than a hundred homes are flllej with water. Adoton Italian famlllos reildlcg on the south lists south of town had to b taken from thu second story of their houiea In boats. |