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KM iif Waters. 1To the treat surprise of everybody I -the water haa riaan at a eery rapid I rate sliica Saturday morn ng, the to* I tai riae aft regaling nearly two feet. I{ To# rise by the government guage, aa Inoted by Capt Bps rks, was IJ feet,I or more than 21 inches, from four I o’clock p. m. Hat arday to eight a. m. I to day. The office* of the Bluff Line I ] ami the Clarksville Packet Company I are again under water several inches IOant Tarrant this morning mowed Iinto the building opposite the Holler 1 Mill at corner Front and State streets. The vinegar factory, which had been abla to keep iu fires going for some two weeks eino tbe decline in the waters, is again shut off this morning, the water being up to the grate bars. The water works were th’s morning compelled to shut down their big pumps again. The leering mills are compelled to increase the num her and capacity of their pumps to keep out the sepe water.
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Alton Daily Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, Jul 05, 1892
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Hayner P.
02 Nov 2018
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