Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1905 — An Unparalled Rain Storm. [ARTICLE]

An Unparalled Rain Storm.

List Thursday’s rain storm was fairly t-mendoous and including what fell early in the morning, the total amount up to 2 o.olook p m was 3.85 inches. During about a half hour about ten o’clock the d<>wn pour ■* s at a rate seldom equalled and probably nearly an inch of the entire above amount fell Jin that oi e shower. The amount above named added to Wednesday mornings rein whioh was about half an inch makes over 4| inches of rain in the two days, and which large amount of water oan hardly fiil to be very injurious to the farm prospeots. This rainfall is a record breaker since there has been a weather station in JRenseeUor*