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Loss in Pennsylxnnln.


loss Of life in the eastern KENTUCKY
flood continue TO come in. James NJ.
Morgan. wife and child, were drowned
in Floyd county by the oyerfiowing of
Beaver creek, which destroyed their
home. Elder Morton. a Mormon mis-
sionary, was drowned near Mt. Elkhorn.
An unknown woman was drowned in
Leslie county and in jackson county
Henry Holcomb lost his life while try
ing TO ford a stream. AT Barboursville,
the Cumberland river has forced a third
Of the population TO move out. Two
hundred families are homeless in New
port Scores of houses i'm Vancebeurg
are flooded.
Cincinnati, Feb. 25.-The Ohio river
is still rising at the rate OF two inches
an hour. At eight p. IN. Wednesday So
feet five inches was the stage. Al
though the river is falling at Pitts
burgh. it will take until Friday or Sat
urday for the crest of the rise TO pass
here under the most favorable circum-
stances The chief signal service Off
Ger predicts that the 6O-foot stage will
be the limit. other experienced men
say the water will go considerably
higher than that,
Merchants on East Front street who
would be driven out by 62 feet are max
ing no attempt TO move their goods.
The gymnasium grounds. the baseball
park, the Ludlow lagoon and Cooney
Island are all more or less under water.
The extensively constructed Gest street
tunnel and bridge is being rapidly un-
derTnined and is in great danger. All
Of the railroads have now abandoned
Union Central station and are using
temporary depot at Eighth street.
Forty families applied at one charitable
institution Wednesday for relief on ac-
count of high water driving them from
home. The suburbs OF Dayton and
Bellevue have been cut Off from street
ear connection az Newport and travel
is now by ilatboat. The western part OF
Newport is suffering greatly. The
police reported that over 100 families
have been driven from their homes by
the water and that the 60-foot stage
would reach as many more. The police
force OF Newport is now largely occu-
pied in patrolling the submerged dis
tricts In skiffs and are seeing that all
destitute are provided with shelter and
food. Public halls and churches may
he thrown open, but so far the sufferers
have all been taken care of by private
families. In Coyington about 25 fami-
lies have had TO moves At Riverside
the town hall has been opened for flood
sufferers, but only few have asked for
lis shelter. There have been some mar
row escapes from drownings herea-
bouts. but no fatalities at all.
Reports from Pomcroy, Ironton and
Portsmouth are that all of the bust
ness portions of those places are sub
merged and many families are sleeping
in public halls. schoolhouses and
churches. No trains are entering Pom
eroy. At Central City. w. Va. water is
ten feet deep in some of the principal
streets. Huntington. w. Va. is also in
a dcplorable state.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 25.-The flood
reached dangerous point at night and
kept climbing until az one o'clock in
the morning. The official guage Mt
Davis island dam recorded 27.0l. The
marks at the foot of Wood street, Pitts
burgh, recorded 20 feet 6 inches at the
same hour. The water then remained
stationary until nj four o'clock IL be-
gan slowly TO subside. Various esti-
mates place the losses in the Mononga-
hela valley, where the water reached
points never touched by previous floods.
OF considerably over Sl,000,O00. In
Pittsburgh and Allegheny scarcely an
industrial plant fronting on the rivers
is in operation. and hundreds of
buildings with their contents are so
badly damaged that many days must
elupsc before the factories and resi-
dences can beputin hnbitabc condition.
The scene of The flooded districts is one
Of desolation and devastation. At noon
the rivers had fallen two feet from
their highest point.