Show THOUSANDS j N THEIR HOM S BYj BY T 2 Hl H WAT RS l T 4 t PITTSBURG Pa March 19 With 1 With surprising sud suddenness enness another mother flood of tho the r rivers is being experienced in II Pittsburg and vicinity I i. i At 10 0 o'clock this morning mornin th tb the reached tho the dan danger er mark of two twenty feet and the water ater was as rising Se tc tenths of ot an aa inch an hour According to tho tim weather cathel bureau a possible Ita stage e of thirty three thirty feet is expected parly tomorrow tomorrow to to- tomorroW morrow morning Sho Should ld thir thirty feet fert of water bo be reached it will lack I but three and one half feet of the great hood flood of Maich 15 13 last All the small streams arc on the ram ram- 7 page e. e r Thousands Made Prisoners Streets and cellars in the suburbs I arc are covered with ith water Thousands of women an and chil children aro are prisoners in in their homes and schools are lightly j at nt- tended The lowlands lowlan s of this cit city arc aro inundated inundated inundated dated and owin owing to the tho quickness es with which the tho hi high h water ter camo came few persons were ere able ahle tt to take tako the precaution of saving sav log ing valuable goods Tho The first meeting of th the tho chamber chambor ot of commerce flood committee was held today A determined effort will bo ho made to ascertain the cost character and cause of flood damage c. c An adequate ade ride quate method for tho the protection against floods will be discussed Five Drowned Early to today j a pan sand dredge e belonging to the Plate Glass compau company broke broko from its moorings at above I this city and started down tho Alle All hen hen- river The Tho boat went over the government O dam at and it is not known whether the crew compo composed com coin po posed cd of five o men succeeded in ing Nothing has since been heard of the themen men The Pittsburg Vir Virginia inia Charleston between this cit city and California Cali Cali- fornia Lornia PR JR Is crippled Seven Set landslides have occurred end and the toe tracks arc are buried under tons of ot earth cuth Other railroads s have their schedules badly disarranged ed on account o of the hi high h water and heavy r laud laud- slides lIdes I I |