Hurstville Flood of 1892

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Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 1/10/2010 at 11:21:45

Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, June 30, 1892

The Greatest Flood In Hurstville History

Hurstville, Iowa, June 24, 1892

For the seventh time this Spring we are surrounded by a raging flood. The water reached the highest point this forenoon in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The scene of the wreckage around the lime kilns is very discouraging to the proprietors. The water is within 10 inches of the roof of No. 4 lime house and three feet deep on the floor of No. 3, and about 18 inches deep in the cooper shop. Hundreds of cords of wood, posts, lumber and cooper stock is floating in the road between the office and lime house, and only for the boom thrown around, it would have been a total loss. The county bridge, just north of here, was raised about 18 inches by the flood this morning, but Senator Hurst rowed out to it in a boat and secured it with cables.