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Show LOWER PITTSBURG IS THREATENED BY FLOOD PITTSBURG, Jan. 15. Flood warnings warn-ings were sent out late last night by the local weather bureau, stating that a stage of twenty-two feet would be reached by the river today. This is expected to be tho highest mark for the present season. Early today rain was falling along the beadwaters'of the Allegheny and above this city, which will have a tendency to further increase in-crease the amount of water. The crest of the flood early todav wm at Freeport and McKeesport. Both tas Allegheny snd Monongahela rivers wt contributing to the rise. Tolice of tais city and Alleghanv were asked to irarn residents in the Tower sections of tas two cities. Advices received last night that heavy rains had fallen at the confluence or tns Yonghiogheney snd at Johnstown Johns-town on the Conemaugh, with flood stages In both rivers, led to the issuance issu-ance of the flood warnings. LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 15. Heavy rains have been falling over Kentucky for four days, and reports today show that every river and stream it at flood tide. La eastern Kentucky thousands of logs are being swept away and railroad rail-road bridges are being washed out. |