Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — THE TIPPECANOE SETS NEW RECORD [ARTICLE]

THE TIPPECANOE SETS NEW RECORD

High Water Threatens Electric Light Plant—3.Bo Inches of Rain Fell In 36 Hours. Monticello, May 2.—The Tippecanoe river has set a new water mark this week, for never in the history of measurements has the water of the Tippecanoe reached the height it did Tuesday, the raise being due to heavy rainfall. The electric light plant has been in danger, the water only lacking a foot of reaching the windows of the building. All the boat houses above the dam are nearly submerged, and the home of Henry Wirtz, on the west side of the river, has been threatened with destruction by water. The government rainfall gauge, operated by J. C. Loughry, measured 3.80 inches of rainfall for the period of 36 hours, beginning at 6 o’clock Saturday evening and ending at 6 o’clock Monday morning.