Jackson County IA Archives News.....Hurstville Flood of 1892 June 30, 1892
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Jackson Sentinel June 30, 1892
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.


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