The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-19
FLOOD CREST
May BE HIGH
OF so YEARS
Siding Embankment Out,
Releases Water Over
West End District.

Surprising the 1920 flood stage
Saturday, the Mississippi gives in
dication of going beyond the high
waters of any year since 1892. The
crest will be reached early next
week.
From the water now in sight, it
is predicted that the stage in Rock
Island Saturday will be II feet. the
crest in 1920 having been only L
Of an inch more. The flood this
year will go beyond the heights
reached two years ago, Andrew
Hamrick, weather man, said this
morning. 1t will continue to rise
from below Dubuque TO Muscatine
at the present rate for the next
two days, and at a slower rate
Saturday and Sunday, bringing a
stage OF - feet at Clinton Satur-
day, 13 feet at LeClaire Saturday,
and IS feet at Muscatine Friday.
The highest stage here occurred
June 2I, 1892, when it was 1874
feet
The vicinity of New Boston and
Muscatine will suffer the most Sc
we're effects of the flood, weather
officials said. The west wind cauS-
ing the waters to beat against the
levees there will mean consider
able trouble for the residents.
Rain which caused high waters in
the Rock river has been another
trouble with which these commu-
mites had to contend, and with the
food on the Mississippi will double
its seriousness.
Heavy winds blowing at a So
mile rate of speed at o'clock this
afternoon, has a tendency to raise
the river stage / of a foot higher.
The wind will subside by evening,
Mr.. Hamrick said.
Boats Garry Employees.
Boats have been installed as con-
yeyances of workers at the Rock
Island Bridge & Iron works and the
Blake Speciality company. By eve
ming W. A. Rosenteld, president
of the iron works, said the factory
will have to close entirely. A few
men were working there today.
One portion of the property sur
rounding the Blake company is still
dry, but the water is rising rapidly
over it. There was a rise of about
eight inches of water at the iron
works over night, where water is
two feet deep now. The water has
almost submerged the shanty
houses along the rivers edge, and
has forced families to dry lands.
One family this morning moved
INTO an empty shed on dry piece
Of property between the Blake COM
pany and the Standard Textile &
Products company.
Sloughs in this district are filed
with II feet of water and have
formed barrier against the water
crossing into the more thickly pop
ulated districts. However, these
dumps are being filed and the wa
Ter IS expected to leap the bounds
iurther than Mill street. Boats
nave been used since last night as
tne only means of passage from the
riyer to Mill street
hundreds of people went sight
seeing last evening and this morn
ing. Automobiles lined the streets
IN the lower end of the city, with
sgnt-seers. Still large crowds
were going there this afternoon.
Embankment Out.
Water reached steps of the Stan
oaro Textile plant, Sixteenth ave-
nue. and First street, this morning,
Hnen the factory was nearly cut
vu by water as the result of the
ROCK Island Bridge and Iron
works embankment washing out.
yesterday flood waters backed
nto Rock river and then into the
slough which extends between the
Drioge and Iron works and the
MOCK Island Lines embankment,
ana was nearly to the top of the
sac track embankment. Streams
rom the main river were even
een feeding into the large area
oe'ween the textile plant and the
,Noek Island tracks. Some time
isst night the slough water poured
through the sidetrack. effecting a
partial washout, and this morning
ohiy the tops of the sidetrack rails
showed above the water on both
sides of them.
Inc main river was washing ov-
e. the Rock Island tracks in the
sicinity of Eleventh street this
uornlng, as was threatened YES