Weather & Natural Disasters

The Daily News-Democrat, July 24, 1902

MUCH LAND UNDER WATER
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The Illinois River reached 19 2-10 feet at Havana, Ill., Wednesday, holding the Spoon River back and causing the Lacey Levee, opposite that city, to break. Five thousand acres, planted mostly in corn, are inundated. The residents have moved to the hills.

Belleville News-Democrat, July 19, 1909

EARTHQUAKE IN ILLINOIS
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Shock Is Felt Late Sunday Night at Mason City, Havana, Petersburg and Other Points
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Bloomington, Ill., July 19-An earthquake was reported at Mason City, twenty-eight miles southwest of here at 10:35 Sunday night. Windows rattled, doors shaken open and hundreds of people rushed into the streets. No damage was reported.

The shock was also felt at Havana, Petersburg, Pleasant Plains, Forest City and Farmington.

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