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Show DRIVEN FROM HOME BY WATER. Floods Cause Great Damage at Pitts burg and 20,000 Men Aro Thrown Out of Work. Pittsburg, Pa. Sproadlng ruin nnd disaster In Its path, tho annual lloo.l of tho rivers and small streams of this section holds Pittsburg In Its grasp. I Tho record Hood of Inst year, when I , tho water reached a stage ot thirty-six thirty-six and ono-hnlf feet, catiBod damage ' j estimated at 110,000.000, but sufficient 1 ' warning was given this year to savo I much property. I A coiiHorvntlvo estimate places tho ; number of men thrown out of work by tho Mood hero nt 20,000. This great Increase to tho army of unemployed Is expected to result In much suffering. For weeks charitable organizations have been soliciting funds tor tho unemployed, un-employed, and now additional appeals ap-peals havo been mndo for contributions contribu-tions to nsBlst tho Hood victims. A great number of families havo been compelloil to movo their household house-hold goods to upper stories. They go to and fro In skiffs. On tho north sldo of Pittsburg tho pollcenion nro patrollng their boats In uldlfs. |