Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1892 — MORE FLOODS. [ARTICLE]

MORE FLOODS.

A very, heavy rain fell at Chicago Friday evening. Everything was flooded. The Chicago river overflowed its banks into some of the {adjoining suburbs. At Ravenswood 1,400 houses were surrounded by the stinking waters. Three miles of street were wrecked. Not a basement in Ravenswood escaped flooding. The town of Ctcerotff ovcrftowad.. Gntsidetbe city the damage was equally severe. of Galena, 111., were also flooded and great damage done. At Joliet the flood was the greatest'ever known, One vbildwascarried away by the torrents which swept through the city.