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Show oo ICE BREAKING UP IN RIVERS Pittsburgh, Fcb. 27. Ice 21 inches thick, frozen to the bottom of the Allegheny Al-legheny river for two months, began to break up at several points above this city today and started to the Ohio. Thev heavy cakes struck a gorge at the mouth of the Klsklmlne-tas Klsklmlne-tas river, carrying it out and relieving reliev-ing more gorged lco several miles back. The Monongohela, too, poured out huge cakes of lco, most of which came out of tho Youghlogheny river, and both streams with the unusual feeding, caused the Ohio to rise w.ltb alarming rapidity. Tho stage of the Ohio was officially offi-cially reported at 13 G feet and rising ris-ing two feet an hour. River service bulletins woro sent with the prediction predic-tion that 22 feet would 'be reached by nlghL |