The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-16
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE.

| WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE.
At an early hour this morning the I'M
welcome news began to come in of trouble
and disaster by food, and nobody can pre-
dict with any degree of accuracy where
the trouble will end On the Rock Island
aud Peoria road outgoing freight and pas
senger trains were forced to return to this
city. the water being reported on level
with the depot platform at Milan.
Last night three washouts occurred on
the line of the Rock Island and Moline
street railway, one at Aiken street and two
beyond the cemetery, necessitating the
abandonment of car running this fore
noon.
This morning when the jail officials
went down into the basement to look after
the fires, they found twenty inches of
water, which fairly came up to the fur
summon all hands to ''bale out the Jail"
A few days ago this was not included
among the probabilities.
At 10 o'clock this morning the water
was reported three feet deep in many
places in that part of the city known as
the Slough, and rising rapidly. Many
people living in the inundated sections
had already moved out and others were
preparing to do so.
THE RAILROADS.
This afternoon reports were received
from the various railroad headquarters as
follows:
C. r. /. 81 P.-The road bed is washed
out at several places between here and
Chicago and there will be no trains either
way to-day. No. 5, at last accounts, was
side tracked at Pond Creek and there it is
likely to remain.
= G. B. & Our passenger train out
this morning reached Sterling only half
hour late. Large bodies of water are re-
ported at various points along the road in
many places covering the track. but no
washouts or bridges down have yet oc-
Cured
G. III. 81 st. P.-Thus far no serious in
terruption to travel has occurred on this
No. was reported side tracked at Cor
dova but the report was not verified at the
headquarters of the company in this city.
As stated elsewhere railroading has been
abandoned for the day on the R. /. & P,
owing mainly to the Milan inundation
The Mercer county train was reported on
its way to Rock Island all right. however
AT MILAN.
At o'clock this afternoon telephone
message from Milan bore the welcome
news that the flood was slowly subsiding,
and that but little damage, compared with |
what was expected, had been sustained. |
A few bridges of minor Importance had |
gone down, but the interruption to travel |
will not be long continued. It was ex-
pected that the street cars would be able to |
start for this city some time during the af- |
ternoon.
THE LATEST.
At o'clock this afternoon the G. M. & |
St. p officials made announcement that |
there would be no trains in or out over their |
road to-day, but did not specify respect |
ing any washouts. 1t is more than prob |
able, however, that this road is suffering, |
alike with the C.R.I. & p at intervals along |
the southern half of the Western Union |
division.
WEST OF DAVENPORT.
On its western division the c. r. I. & |
P company has suffered almost as heavily |
Rs between here and Chicago. Between |
Davenport and Iowa City there are no
fewer than three bad washouts. thus plac-
ing an embargo on the running of trains |
in that direction. Tonight, ehowever, the
weather is favorable for the work of re-
pairing the great damage wrought and we
may look for trains and mails tomorrow,
as usual.