Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1918 — SNOW IS FAST DISAPPEARING [ARTICLE]

SNOW IS FAS T DISAPPEARING

Rain Monday Night and Yesterday Causes High Water. .Following quite a severe electrical storm Friday night it became several degrees cooler Saturday when the mercury dropped below freezing, but Sunday and Monday were quite warm again and the snow melted fast. However, the melting was gradual and the warmer days of last week had caused the ice in the river to become rotted and considerably broken up before the water raised very much. Monday evening it started in raining, and rain continued to fall all during the night quite regularly and up to about 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. This rain melted the snow rapidly and the river was slightly out of its banks at noon yesterday, with the prospects that it would rise several feet more before the crest was reached. Practically all the ice had passed down stream, however, and the danger of a gorge at the old creamery bridge had passed. It is likely that many basements, especially in the Mak-em-self sewer territory, will be flooded before the water subsides. "Rain or snow and much colder,’* is the prophecy for today. In fact, the mercury had dropped several degrees and was only 8 above freezing as The Democrat went to press.