Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1912 — Thirty Feet More of Williams Dike Swept Away Monday Night [ARTICLE]

Thirty Feet More of Williams Dike Swept Away Monday Night

Thirty feet more of the Williams Dike went out Monday night after it had successfully resisted the floods for three weeks. The break is St a bayou with twenty feet of water and makes repair impossible at this point of high water. The new break occurred within a half mile ot Shelby and the water has inundated another large tract of territory. The water in the Kankakee river has fallen appreciably during the past forty-eight hours. The Brown dike is believed to be out of danger at present.