Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-03-10

ed any doubts aS to whether or not the
flood of Wednesday was as bad as any
that visited Dtnville in the past, after
short stroll about town Thursday
morning TO view the aftermath they
must have decided to yield the palm
to the great flood of 1904.
The waters had reCCded, but on ev-
cry side there wero mud and ice and
| ruins-mud which covered the floors
and was pasted on the walls of the
buildings flooded, ice in great pond,
| er0us masses which blocked the streets
and lay at the very threshold of the
! dwellings. and ruins which bespoke
great pecuniaIy loss and indicated how
much time would be required TO re-
| place the damage done.
1t was at points on the river front
that the most imposing spectacle
presented itself and showed the full
peril faced when the terrible ice gorge
burst upon u. At the extreme east
ern end of Cooper street the dwelling
of Willard Myers was cut to pieces,
| while that of John Wertman adjon-
ing is bent out of psrpondicular and
| twisted and spliutered SO that it will
of Mr.. Myers received the full brunt
| OF the ice gorge, which was showed up
| over the river bank. The cakes of ice
| half as large as the house itself lifted
the building from its foundation and
cut away the entire lower story ,loav-
| lug the upper part resting upon the
ice. Both the Myers and the Vert
| man families fortunately had vacated
the house and removed the goods from
the first story. Yesterday Mr.. Myers
was engaged in removing his furnit-
ure from the bed rooms aided by tine
great ice jam which reached as high
as the second story.
There was a great deal of damage
| done at the corner of Mowrey and
Cooper streets. John Springer's bar n
nearly new. was carried away and
thrown over against Israel Dimmick 5
house. which had a very close call and
is entirely shut IN by huge ice masses
which reach to the second story. All
about this point the water stood Oh
/ the first floor of the houses AZ feet
! deep. which represents a depth from
the level of che street of . least eight
feet One end Of Hugh Pursel's barn
is STAYED in.
At tho lower end of the borough the
scene battles description. From in
| front of Burgess Purseli's residence
down along the river resting against
the very front of the houses which
stand back a hundred feet or more
from the river bank there is IA deposit
Of ice made up OF masses many
over five feet thick.
Those who suffered the most at thi,
! point were Henry Kavanaugh, Jacob
/ Stewart, Harrison Shutt, Mrs. S. G.
Hale and George Gross. There was
three feet of water in each of these
/ dwellings while not one escaped in
! jury. At Kavanaugh's an immense ice
! cake was deposited against the front
door and the back porch was lifted
! from its foundation at Harrison
! Shuts tho porch was wrecked and at
! George Gross a corner OF the house
! was knocked in. Just outside of John
/ MaTshall'S house on the arc lot there
/ is an ice cake solid and clear, which
measures feet inches through.
/ Nearby is another hugo mass 20 feet
! square which measures 6 feet inches
in thickness.
At the Atlantic Refining Company
/ the loss may reach $1,000. In the office
the water reached to the ceiling. Two
hundred empty barrels valued at 5 a
piece were carried off. One of the
large tanks containing 800 gallons OF
! torch oil was moved on its foundations
which caused the connection to break
as "a result of which the entire con
tents were lost. The double doors OF
the ware house were broken in and
much other damage done.
The Danville Stove & Manufacturing
Company has sustained heavy loss,
1t is too early to reach reliable esti-