From Sioux City Journal Archives: Missouri on the Rampage [Video]

125 Years Ago

Missouri on the Rampage – Situation at Sioux City: Never in recorded history of the Missouri river in this section have its waters been so high as they were yesterday, with the rise immediately resulting in the breaking of an ice gorge. The government gauge registered 17.2 feet at 7 a.m., and by 3 p.m. it had gone up to 17.6. What the river may still do is guesswork, but it is the judgement of those accustomed to figure out such problems that there will be a small receding of the waters, and then the present stage may be surpassed by some inches. Some comparatively small damage was in the basements of business houses around Second Street by water entering through sewer connections. At the Tolerton & Stetson grocery house about six inches of water poured into the cellar through the sewer trap. At the Baker hardware establishment it was necessary to remove building paper and other commodities …