Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1915 — Coming, Mo., Under Water; Dike Breaks After Cloudburst. [ARTICLE]

Coming, Mo., Under Water; Dike Breaks After Cloudburst.

Kansas City, Mo., July 13.—Rain, which reached the proportions of a cloudburst in northwest Missouri today swelled the Tarkio River until it broke its dyke and inundiated Corning, Mo., fifty miles north of St. Joseph. Residents of Corning fled to the hills and merchants removed their stocks to upper stores. Late today water had crept over the entire town of 500 inhabitants and was rising steadily.

Delos Dean will be at Hartford City next week with the chautauqua. He is pleased with his work and says that the chautauqua is drawing a good business and that every town so far has made a contract for next year.