The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-03
Crops in all Parts Of the County are
Beaten Down by Terrible Down.
pour This Morning.
FLOODS MAY FOLLOW RAIN.
Continued Rainfall the Heaviest Known in
This County in Many Years.-Weather
Man Gives Hope for Future.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

The continued downpour Of rain in
Kenosha county is causing fear among
the farmers of the county. The crops
which had such splendid start and
prospect are threatened with complete
annihilation by the great wealth of
water. Up to last night the ground
had been so soaked that it was impos-
sible for the farmers to work in the
fields, and this morning the most ter
rife rain storm of the year visited the
county. The rain began with the
dawn and for three hours and a half
the water poured down. It was almost
water spout in Kenosha. The streets
flowed with water and where it was
impossible for the sewers to carry off
the water it flowed into the cellars of
the houses. In the county the growing
crops were beaten down and in many
places the rye and barley and even
the young corn was 1eve1ed. The
farmers fear that unless dry weather
comes and comes quickly these crops
will be total failure.
Added to the damage done by the
rain is the fact that the streams of the
county are going out OF their bounds
and floods are feared in the 1owlands.
The O'Plane river is backing up out
of it's banks and hundreds of acres of
land have already been inundated by
the water. The crops in these low
lands are already ruined and if the
waters continue to rise there is little
doubt but that the farmers will lose
heavily. Even Jerome creek, che little
stream in the city, has risen several
feet and it is now assuming the dignity
of a mountain torrent.
While the prospect for dry weather
is not exceedingly bright today, it
is possible that July may be very dry
month and that all the damage done
by the big rains of May and June will
be repaired by the warm sunshine of
July ana August. @
May Sue The City.
A a result Of the great damage done
by the overflow of the sewers ia diff
ferent parts of the city, it is reported
that suits for damages will be brought
against the city. Never was the
damage so great or so universal. Ia
every part of the city wall has gone
up of flooded cellars, and even aristo-
cratic Prairie avenue rs buried under
several inches Of water. On Main
street the Easements of many stores
were flooded to the depth of foot and
the damage done fy The water is very
large.
On Market street where the sewer
system practically amounts to nothing
everything was under water. D. Com
roy, who keeps a furniture store in a,
basement of the Jacobs bni1dings.r re-
ports that the damage to his stock will
be nearly a htsndred dollars and he will
bring suit against the eity for damages,
to collect this anloumt. In the City
Hall Basement the water reached a.
depth Of three feet. Over on Park
street all the cellars were filled and
severe losses aue reported. In Brass
willie the damage was equally as great
and p@obably che heaviest loser in. the
city is George RichteT, the Brassviiles
baker, who is said to have lost more
than FIVE htsudred dollars worth of
flour by the coming OF the waters.
I From, far North Menosha comes al
cry OF distress, as the, basement ofrthe.
Carter Manufacturing company was.
under water. TIE STORM did consid~
cradle damage on the Western Division
of the Northwestern road and ain
trains are being RIM very cautiously
and at slow speed. Early this mora
ing a construction crew was sent 0at
from Kenosha to repair the damage as
far as Harvard. 1t is probable that
the damage will all be repaired by
evening.