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Show liLAIi Mild v ilJj -H Downpour is Flooding j H Cities Along the , Atlantic H Philadelphia. Aug. 31. Philadel- : H phla and vicinity Delaware and New f H Jersey are being swept by ono of tho j JH heaviest rain storms In recent years. IH Railroad and trolley traffic are great- . JH ly hampered by washouts and in jH this city considerable damage has M been done by sewers overflowing and ,H flooding cellars. -gH From 6 55 o'clock, Wednesday HlH night, August 23, until noon today, i IH the total precipitation has amounted. lH to 9.S inches, TB The downpour continues and the ( ),H record of twenty-nlno years ago prob- r ably will be equalled. |