Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1901 — Flood on St. Joseph River. [ARTICLE]

Flood on St. Joseph River.

The ice went out of the St. Joseph river at St. Joseph, Mich., and the result is a flood that has inundated the lowlands between this city and Benton Harbor, where many manufacturing concerns are, to a depth of several feet. The water rose rapidly and approached the tracks of the electric roads connecting the two cities. Many small buildings on the flats have been washed away and are floating down toward the lake. The summer resort, Somerleyton, seven miles up the river, where there are a score of fine cottages and a hotel, is in danger of being washed away.