Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-03-10
A DISMAL AFTERMATH OF THE
GREAT RECORD BREAKING FLOOD
Imposing Scene the River Front Heavy Losses Sus-
tanned by Stove Works and Atlantic Refining
Company. How the d. L. s w. Fared
is totally lost.


1t is III the foundry, however, where
the ruin Is most complete. The mOuld-
ers. over seventy in number, had jn t
completed their days work when the
water burst upon them. The scuue
presented in that department yestrr-
day morning was one well Calcul Itcd
to discourage the stouGest heart. Mix
ed with the sand was a deposit Of so t
mud which Cluug TO the flasks and pat
terms, while the place was SO damp
and uncomfortable as 10 be unfit TO
loiter in. 1t is here that as great \
loss as any will be sustained. as IL t
only are the workman's tools all car
ried away, but the patterns are ruin
ed ard the floors washed. 1t may be
several weeks before it will be dry
enough in the foundry to get new
floors in shape and TO resume WORK.
The condition of affai s in this depart
ment must cause great loss of time
which will be very unfortunate for
the company at present, as many large
shipments are booked. \ car load Of
stoves was to have been sent away yes
terday.
The entire stock of TASKS, many
thousands in number, stored in the
yard east of the Stove Works, were
swept away by the food. a thousand
or more were scattered over John r
Benefits fields, but by far the largest
bulk was carried down the D. l.. q
". track and deposited on the crossing
at Railroad street nearly blocking the
entrance to the Clock factory. Anoth-
er lot was deposited on the grounds Of
the Danvile Rolling Mill Company,
while others were carried down to the
lower end of town.
A large force of men were employed
/ Thursday in gathering up the TASKS
and the D. l.. & W. pusher and car
were employed in hauling them back
| to the works 1t will be several day
/ before they will all be got back to the
yard and many will never be recover
ed.
1t will be several days before there
will be any traffic on the D. L. q ".
haps never before in its history. Tie
obstructions upon the track i'll this
city alone are sufficient to hold up
trains for days.
The railroad at Mahoning Greek is
completely torn up. One of the rails
,along with the heavy girder support
/ ing it is lifted three feet and held il
| that position by railroad ties and otEi-
er timber which were rammed under
meath hy the force cf the flood. Tie
track now hangs at an incline Of p
/ degrees All along the course heavy
( ice cakes lie upon the tracks, but 1t i
( between the station and Railroad
street that the sCeuG discounts auy
/ tning ever seen before Many Of the
/ ice masses here are "a large as an5
seen on the river bank attesting the
depth and velocity of the current
which swept down tic railroad, The
entire track is covered and at many
places the big cakes he on top of each
I other.
The coal house which stood east of
the station was carried down the track
nearly as far as Church street and tilt
ed over against a telegraph pole. At
| Church street the water was at least
seven feet deep on the track, Three
| freight cars which stood on the siding
east OF the crossing were carried down
the track fully two hundred feet and
| one of them was upset. The turntable
was lifted out Of its socket and carri-
ed fully one hundred feet where it was
deposited plump on the Railroad street
crossing. Tie turntable at that point
acted as a barrier, which held up the
TASKS from the stove works aud much
debris, all of which were piled up
around the clock factory in promis-
cuous mass.