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Show FLOOD SITUATION ABOUT HARRISBURG ALARMING; WORST IN ITS HISTORY i 00O PITTSBTJEO. FLOODED THIRD TIME IN FIVE WEEKS; NO DAMAGE. - PITTSBURG, March 8. For the third time In live weeks the rivers passed the danger line today and submerged the lowlands. Little damage was done, as the residents along the river fronts were pre- pared. Danger Warnings Sounded. EASTON, Pa., March 8. The river at this 'point shows a rise of about six feet. Danger warnings have been sounded all along the river lowlands. Much damage was done up the Lehigh valley last night. Damage From Cloudburst. ' STEUBEN VILLE; O.; March 8.-The Yellow Creek valley from Bergholtz to the Ohio river Is a scene of devastation as the result of a cloudburst, floods and rains for the past week, and J200,00O will not cover the loss. HARRISBURG, Pa.., March 8.-HarTls-burg today faces the worst flood In Its history. his-tory. Weather Observer Demaln predicts that the stage of water In (he Susquehanna Susquehan-na will exceed that of last Friday. The situation all along the river Is critical, and residents of lowlands are moving to higher high-er ground. The river Is gradually rising, and probably will . continue to rise for twenty-four hours. River conditions above this city are hourly becoming more alarming. The great gorge In the north branch of the Susquehanna at Sunbury Is still solid. In the west branch the ice is running thick on a nine-foot flood. ' At Middletown the suffering Is greater than in any other portion of the flooded region. The Y. M. C. A. building has been transformed, into a temporary hospital. BALLKOADS PABALYZED AND MINES FLOODED ABOUT WXLKESBABBE. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. March 8. The water in the north branch of the Susquehanna Susque-hanna river" Is still rising, and Is the highest high-est since 1902, when the entire city was flooded. All of the lowlands are under water, and the towns on the west bank of the river are cut off. . Railways are completely com-pletely cut off from communication with the city, and some of the anthracite mines In the vicinity are flooded. At Burwood and' Westmore the residents went compelled to leave their homes In boats..' i 4 |