Rockdale (Iowa)

42.464166666667 - 90.678333333333Koordinaten: 42 ° 28 ' N, 90 ° 41 ' W

Rockdale was a village in Iowa, USA, which lay south of Dubuque and in Key West.

On July 4, 1876 the centenary of the Independence of the United States, a tsunami called Rockdale Flood ( Rockdale - flood ) happened in this place.

In Rockdale the holiday was celebrated as the evening began at 10 clock the rain. The Catfish Creek jumped broke its banks and the mill dam above the village. A tidal wave that was six feet tall and perhaps a hundred feet wide, flowed through the town. Only one house remained standing. In Rockdale 42 people died, they were most of the villagers, in Dubuque only five. Some survived in treetops, in which they have been washed. The bartender Charles Thimmesch survived on the roof of the post office after he had warned others. He swam with his money in the mouth at a higher point.