Will County IL Archives News.....5 Feet Deep in Streets January 21, 1916
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The Daily Review [Decatur IL] January 21, 1916
Joliet, Ill., Jan. 21-The worst flood since 1902 engulfed Joliet today. Water 
ran five feet deep in the streets. Basements were flooded and nearly a 
thousand persons living in the lower parts of the city were driven from their 
home. Rockdale, a manufacturing town southwest of the city, reported six feet 
of water on the level and business suspended. The whole valley of the Des 
Plaines river is inundated.

Help Doctor Make Call

Water from a creek flowing into the Des Plaines overflowed and rose to a depth 
of six feet in the streets of Brooklyn, a Joliet suburb. Boats and improvised 
rafts were used to carry people to safety. Police and firemen, trying to help 
a doctor reach the home of Alfred Smith, whose son is ill with pneumonia, were 
almost swept away by a torrent which flowed about the house, but finally got 
the physician to the door. Mrs. Michael Scanoni fell from a raft and was 
rescued with difficulty. Ice floes jammed the Des Plaines river ten miles 
south of Joliet and caused the water to spread over the low lands. Street car 
and interurban service was abandoned in some districts.

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