Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1915 — Streets and Cellars Flooded by Heavy Rain. [ARTICLE]

Streets and Cellars Flooded by Heavy Rain.

A dashing rain fell Wednesday night at about 8:40 and streets were overflowed because the sewers could not carry the water off fast enough. In many parts of town cellars were flooded that have never had water in them before. Some of the newly oiled streets were filled with water which backed over the curbing and distributed a thick layer of oil on the sidewalks and lawns. It is feared the grass win be killed by the oil. The college record shows that for 24 hours preceding 7 o’clock Wednesday evening there had been 1 1-5 inches of rain and that from 7 o’clock on there was 1 1-7 inches. This makes a total of less than 2% inches, which is a big lot of water, although not so much as many believed fell, but the hardest rain lasted only about 15 minutes. The storm was bad in other parts of the county and W. L. Wood telephoned from Parr that the rain was very heavy at that place and that low places were filled to running over. The chief damage is to wheat and oats, which are down badly, especially the oats. Wheat cutting has been delayed by the storm but all who had not cut are planning to get into the fields this Thursday afternoon.