WATERVLIET FLOODED In Watervliet the water in many places measured ten feet deep and the police station and post-office were flooded. One-third of Green Island was submerged. In Rensselaer, across the river from Albany, much damage and suffering were caused. The losses of logs in the regions to the north amounted to many thousands of dollars and the damage in the lumber district of Albany was heavy. ALBANY IN THE GRIP OF THE FLOOD On March 27th the river at Albany was seventeen feet above normal and was still rising. The power plants were put out of commission, street car traffic practically suspended and schools and factories closed. The city's filtration plant was threatened. The south end of the city was under water. Railroad service was crippled, mails delayed and telegraph and telephone service hampered. There was much damage to property, but no loss of life. The damage in Albany was estimated at $1,000,000. Governor Sulzer was informed that about $3,500,000 will be necessary to repair the embankments along the old and the new barge canal locks and dams. CHAPTER XXVII THE FLOOD IN PENNSYLVANIA TRAINS IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TIED UP--MEADVILLE SUBMERGED--SHENANGO VALLEY IN DISTRESS--PANIC IN NEW CASTLE--BEAVER RIVER AT FLOOD--THE RISING ALLEGHENY AT WARREN--FEARS OF OIL CITY--GRAVE SITUATION OF PITTSBURGH. Many dead, hundreds ill, thousands homeless, and many millions of dollars' worth of property destroyed--such was the record of the flood in the Keystone State. By Tuesday, March 25th, railroad travel in northwestern Pennsylvania was seriously tied up on account of washouts, due to recent rains. Corry became the western terminal of the Erie Railroad, trains west of Corry being abandoned. Between Corry and Titusville were four washouts, tying up the Pennsylvania Railroad. MEADVILLE SUBMERGED In Meadville the situation was even worse. Once again Mill Run and Neason's Run, combined with the floods of French and Cussewago Creeks, overflowed the city. With the exception of a few of the high sections, the entire city was under water, which in some sections reached to the second story of homes. Business places on lower Chestnut, Water, Market and South Main Streets and Park Avenue were submerged, water running through the main rooms of the hotels and other business places. The waters had a clear sweep of nearly half of the city, and never before had the four streams combined for such a gambol. SHENANGO VALLEY IN DISTRESS