702 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Herbert Ricke, age 4. Property loss at Union Park is estimated at from 

 $10,000 to $15,000. 



Another tragedy occurred on 32d street, near Helm's brick yard. Mrs. 

 George Kennlcker and two small children attempted to cross the street 

 and the woman and one child were swept by the torrent of water into the 

 Bee Branch sewer and drowned. The dead child is Ruth Brose, age 3. The 

 other child was carried over the mouth of the sewer and escaped, but with 

 serious injuries. 



The damage to waterway streets and to many streets on the level below 

 the bluffs was surprisingly great. Kaufman Avenue was completely ruined 

 and also West Locust Street between Jackson School and Mt. St. Joseph 

 College. Julian Avenue and Dodge Street were badly damaged. Much of 

 the brick paving on 8th street for several blocks above Bluff was stripped 

 off and thousands of brick carried down by the water to the business sec- 

 tion of the city. The wood block paving for several blocks on Couler 

 Avenue above 18th Street was carried away and the avenue over this area 

 was a wreck after the storm. Some of the streets below Main, particularly 

 from the Carr, Ryder & Adams Co. factory northward to the Brunswick- 

 Balke-Oollender Co. factory, were covered with water during the height 

 of the storm; water in large areas was 2 to 3 feet deep. Hundreds of cel- 

 lars were flooded and some were completely filled with water and mud, the 

 water reaching to the first floor in many instances. These are only typical 

 Instances of the damage by the storm. Few sections of the city from 

 Eagle Point and the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. factory on the north 

 to Dodge Street and the lumber yards on the south — a distance of about 

 four miles — escaped damage. | 



City officials estimate that the streets of the city were probably dam- 

 aged to the extent of $75,000 to $100,000. This may be correct, because 

 many thousands of dollars will be required to clean and repair the streets, 

 while some are beyond repair and will have to be replaced. There are 

 hundreds of individual losses, relatively small. 



About 20 small bridges in Dubuque County were damaged or destroyed, 

 causing a loss of nearly $25,000. Total damage from the storm was ap- 

 proximately $125,000. This includes damage to city streets, county roads 

 and bridges, at Union Park, and to homes and factories. 



Incidental to the storm of July 9, 1919, it is worthy of note that during 

 the past nine years (1911 to 1919, inclusive) there have been seven storms 

 in which more than 3.00 inches of rain within 24 consecutive hours fell, 

 or more storms of similar intensity than occurred during the 29-year 

 period from 1882 to 1910, inclusive, which gave only six. On the other 

 hand, during the eight-year period from 1874 to 1881, there were nine 

 storms that gave more than 3.00 inches of rain within 24 consecutive 

 hours. 



The following table gives the dates of all storms at Dubuque from 1874 

 to 1919, inclusive, in which 3.00 inches or more of rain fell within 24 con- 

 Becirftive hours: 



