The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-02
RAINF ALL OF
4.21 INCHES;
Milan FLOODED
s,orm Does Slight Damage in City,
mt Is Welcomed by Farmers
Of County.

The heaviest rainfall in seven
ears was recorded here yesterday
"A today when 4.21 inches precipi-
..,;on was recorded. Although
~.rstpg a little damage, the rain
-. welcomed by the farmers of
pocb Island and Henry counties.
me precipitation surpassed any
- lime and 5, 1914, when fall
s1x2a was recorded, and came
..hin az of an inch of being the
s.sv,est rainfall ever registered
ARE ARE On July Is and IA, 1889, it
.s,ned SIS inches. Other heavy
us in recent years occurred Sept.
% and 30. 1919, when 3.4S inches
all was recorded.
Some of the largest property dam
arss done by the storm was caused
rhen Mill creek flooded Third,
rcurth. and Fifth streets on Water
s,reet in Milan early this morning.
The north end of the village was
covered. At 8 o'clock this morning
the flood alarm rang through the
village. awakening residents to pre-
mare for high water.
cattle was moved to the higher
Iayels of the community and valua-
HES were taken to residences furth-
or south in the village At the
home of George Griffen on the
hanks of Mill creek, the water filled
he basement to the ceiling and was
five inches high on the first floor
The water began rushing in from
the vicinity of the village hose
house Several fields were covered
This has been the first flood exper-
fenced by Milan since the construc-
ton of a dixie in 1915. In February
OF that year, the village suffered a
flood caused by an ice gorge.
Duck creek, north and east OF
Davenport. was said to have gone
On rampage and flooded the dis
tricts outside of Davenport.
Hall Fall in Three Hours.
The rainfall was heaviest be
tween the hours of $50 and
o'clock last evening when the pre-
cipitation was Eli inches, half thu
fall of the entire storm. 1t wa!
nearly twice as much as it was dur
ing the entire month of July, which
recorded only 2.21 inches.
The river was unusually low anC
accepted the rainfall without an!
damage, whereas small creeks
throughout this vicinity were unable
TO contain any more, causing small
floods.
The rain was welcomed by farm
ers of the county, the only draw
back being the loss of time in thu
fields, the threshing having beef
temporarily halted. Corn is at tn
A stage now where such rain wa
4 great benefit.
"As a matter of fact, the rain il
a boon TO some farmers in the low
er end of the county" Mare koen
ing, assistant county agent, sal
this morning. There are part
down there that were missed alto
fether by other rains and tn
ground was in a parched condition.
Street Cars Halted.
The rain caused considerabl
trouble on the Rock Island lines O
the Tri-city Railway company
Water flowing several feet dee
under the Thirty ninth street via
duct held back the Third avenu
cars throughout the early part c
the night AS the water receded tn
cars continued operation, but II
schedule could be kept.
AT various points along the Eli
street, Long View and Watc
Tower lines the water washed san
and mud into the switches and III
car crews were kept several mir
utes on each round digging out tn
aecumulations. However, the sery
Ice was at no time seriously hand
capped, according to Thomas {
Roderick, general manager of th
company