Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1912 — Dykes Break Along the Kankakee. [ARTICLE]

Dykes Break Along the Kankakee.

Dykes west of Shelby on the north side of the Kankakee, have been washed out and the roads and country in general are badly People living at Thayer are, navigating by means of boats, iAt the railroad crossing .south of Shelby the water is almost on a level with the bridge floor, and the swiftness of the current has caused considerable alarm to the officials lest the heavy ice in the i river suddenly give way and be | hurled and jammed against the i river bridge. Considerable dynamite has been used to prevent such an occurence. Ben Fogli’s resort, is completely surrounded as are many other places, at Water Valley and about Schneider.