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Show 1 '1, sin n ma. FLOODS AND FAMINE HUNDRED9 OF PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES IN OHIO BY HIGH WATERS. Towns Flooded and Much Suffering ' Must Ensue Unless Prompt Measures Meas-ures Are Taken to Send In Supplies. Cleveland, (). Hundreds of people have been driven from their homes at Fremont find other points throughout northern Ohio by the Hoods whlrti rem I111I thiir climax Sunday night alter thirty hours' ruin. Damage to property will reach many thousands of dollars. At Yniingstown two of the biggest ' steel plants are threatened by the rls- ' Ing of the .Muhonlng river. The Han- dusky river Is flvo feet beyond the ' danger linn at lliicyrus, and an I in- mense Ice gorge has formed. j The most serious conditions are re- 1 ported from Kremont, where half the town Is under water. At Akron both the Utile nnd Dig Cuyahoga have left their banks. Muny houses arc (Hooded. (Hood-ed. rractlcully the whole of Crawford county Is submerged, and It Is feared In remote parts famine may ensue If prompt measure arc not taken. l.ocal authorities throughout the whole district dis-trict are dynamiting thn Ire gorge which have formed In the river. |