Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-25

deep in the upper portion of Illinois
street, filling the cellars of the bust
ness houses in that locality, and flood
ing the first floors, affairs certainly
wore a dubious aspect Fortunately,
however. at this moment the acCumu-
lated mass of water proved too strong
for the dam and forced open the gorge.
The water then fell five feet in as
many minutes. a vast crowd rushed
down 10 the levee. which had been pre-
viously submerged, to view the pass
ing out of the ice. The velocity of the
current in front of the ferry landing
was certainly double its usual rate,
hurrying the grinding foes onward,
and in quarter OF an hour the river
was comparatively clear. \ brass
band. on the Davenport side, gave tok-
en- Of the common joy by dispensing
lively airs which floated across with
remarkable clearness. Our own peo-
( pie recovered from their excitement
with varied emotions. Loss of prop
erty was for a time forgotten, and a
general ccngratulation ensued that the
affair had not ended more tragically.
. Never in the history of our city has
there been such a food. The low
/ grounds south of Illinois street are
still under water, leaving many resi-
deHces submerged: a half dozen
above the tannery are also in the same
condition.
/ II would be quite impossible to es-
innate the loss of our citizens. Whole
streets have been cleared of side
walks, which PREPARATION will fall up
on property owners. We have no data
from which to aggregate the loss of
private individuals by the flooding We
have visited all the business points
of our city, however, with the follow
ing results: Skinner and Son met with
no loss. as was reported, although half
their yard was submerged Two and
a half strings of logs belonging to Wey-
:. eThauser & Denkmann, lying between
the railroad and wagon bridges, were
swept away. Heavy masses of ice
caused considerable damage in the de-
pot yard, tearing up the track in some
places. George Muf, saloonkeeper
on Illinois street, lost about $50 worth
of property. James Broderick, pro-
prietor of the Shamrock house. on
Adams street, lost to the amount OF
$500 The water was five feet deep
in font of his house at one time, com
pelling his family to seek refuge in
the upper stories. Charles Hansgen
grocer, on Madison street, lost $50.
The stores and saloons on the cor
her of Madison and Illinois streets
were damaged to the amount of $500;
Andrew Schneider, saloon, corner Madi
son and Front streets, $3.50; Black
Hawk saloon. Hugh Conwell. prOprie
tor, on Front street, $500. The ware
house of George w. d. Harris, on the
levee, was flooded to a depth of near
ly two feet causing much injury tC
the agricultural implements stored
there. Two thousand dollars will
scarcely repair the loss. Adam Schmitt
p proprietor of the Washington house
lost about 500; the loss of the Goa
Valley company, within the city linn
its, will not fall short OF $1,000. Bid
dison's planning mill is completely sur
rounded with a quantity of corn under
water; loss 81 900. The Warner mills
boosted about % inches of water il
the basement. but fortunately every
thing was cleared up in time to escape
loss. Churchill & Sweeney are dam
aged to the amount of 800; James S
Gilmore had 1000 bushels of corn anC
about as many of oats, partly dam
aged, at his warehouse on the levee
but to what extent cannot now be de
cided. Archie Shaw will lose abou
$4,000, chiefly in labor in securing
; property. The wooden mills were un
injured on account of the tightness o
the walls. Operations were discon
tinued today, however. the water pipe.
r leading TO the river having been tori
up by the ice, and the wheel pit in th'
. engine house having been filled witt
water from the adjoining cellar. JohI
George, the malster, will lose TO tn,
amount of $3.50. He had very fortu
nately been shipping lately, and haC
| but little stock on hand. Paul W
Gallut's lumber yard was seriously in
undated, but the loss will probably b.
covered by $500 c. NJ. Robinson
2 lumber yard was damaged 10 thu
r amount of $3.50; J. S. Hutchins of tn,
E Rodman house estimates his loss a
: S2500, on liquors. saloon supplies ant
=. billiard tables. Gus Stengel OF tn
: Mississippi house looses 800; say
r factory 500; Fred Hass $50; Keller
r strass & Vogel, $500. Peter Fries i
: unable to give in his loss, which is no
let determined. He has a cellar store,
; with barrel liquors and bottled wines
i~-"ieh was filed with water. One O