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DR. C. HL UKYNOLDS, j
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288 Mill - , Danville, Pa. |
Dentistrv iii «:i " ..aneufc* Ch..r;jep
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WENSED NEWST
There is a break in eggs.
We hope for a seasonable March.
Early gardeus will he late 1 1« its year.
That -j»rinK is approaching was made
manifest this we'k when JfiO horse*
belougiug to th gr. « f Baruuni & :
Bailey circus w: re shipped from Read- !
ing via All* iimiwii to Bridgeport, j
Conu., the win.er q-iarters of the
show. The horses were horsed and
eared for (ianiiji the winter on Berk.-
counf.v farms Pr 'l.aratior.s are now
b»'iug made for <!i> -turinal tour ot ih<>
mamuiotii exhihiiiou.
A booklet era ..i. i a mi !J valuable
information of interest to prospective
visitors of the Worid's Kair at ?t.
liOnis has bteu i ued by tie Pennsyl
vania Railroad Cotupauy It contains
schedule of train-, of fare, a list
of liotuls, etc ,an I i-- I lie tir-r original
sketch of the ground and building- is
sued by any railroad company of thi
East.
Tli ■ Shjnio'.ia Fin D< ;e»rtm. ut, is
negotiating fo r a moving pi -rure
show, to hi given tiiert for tiie benefit
of the organization. The exhibit will
contain ;u•t u re - >tf the different local
companies in a ii. n .» lat their ho=e
houses
It may require r vo ye*rs to go
through .'.l ti: i r.'d tapy bet-re
tti ' tir'i'g" h - ile Suvq j' i 'lLi::,.
river at Barwic!.. i ntly •!» proved
is rebuilt. In the e. ~\;i' :if p- oplv
will . ' c ».ri.;} a< o - tee ctre tin by a
free ferry cstabli lie th -Ooiubmia
and count autl riti s.
The r_.i!roe is .ir-iliiijg h»' >.itu»i.-
inou-i e -'iipt t ■ ti.e At!:.nr--
senl«>»rd lr'.VK •' i ;i ! ;i cry
concession in fr ..!'r rates ntrcr Ap'i!
sM •! • . i; ortuuetl by the
operate. - »u;l sin j»• i•. Tne rat»*.s in
effect nuriug tie pr. sent coal year,
which are in uilva'ic? ot lu »
ton over the p'cviou.s ycur, will L"
continued.
To Show time the inen are really in
earuuxt aboui givii.g the gi.'lt. their
cliauce to up b-ap y< .ir it is
cited that only one huudrmi marriage
licenses were i su in Luzerne conri
during I'ebruaty « f ■' i- year against
2"i7 iu FebruHry, VMij.
Geor fi M <1 s-nart, Exovutor < f
James L. Ii• ■ hi, deet i-» ii wilt >ell »■
Public Sale t-a'iir'-.Y, Ma:cli atith, iW-1
at tlm ( ourt Hobs" i'j tii-; Borough of
Danville, Pa., nt t\vo o'. iock iu the
afteruoon tiil that i vin tn\>. n lot of
laud in t«ie First Waid of Dauvilh,
Pa., upon wliioh is i'terlel a Two
Story l<raiuo D«<>!lnts House and ;<
Frainn IJarj, 1 eiog No. II East Front
street. Also all that certain tra< t oi
laud known as the Idontour Count*
Fair Ground,' .attaining <•! acres more
or loss, beautifully .luait-d and vveli
ailaptetl for a Park. About 40 acrei
under cutivatioj.
Mouti?omory co.i ty lias adojiied a
coat of arms «nihl • of tbe < onn
ty's prc.-ciuineuco in manufacturing
and agrieu! ere and had i» em
blazoned on the walls ot the new
court house It is tie fir-t couuty ii.
tha country to do so iiud tliu id«a
expected to prove popular.
State Huj l N. rfcliaelTer of Pub
lic lustructio i bas loinouneed several
rtafs f «.t' f (I'irai school examina
tion. At Blociiishurt: tii'O Milleisvilb
they will le If'ld ell Juno 2C and 23,
lesiec ivdy.
IT IS A HATTER
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<>i #VW IMihriil
jii y i 0111 Ittl A 7 1
"THIS COl NTRY WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDS WIT 11 ITS OWN PRODUCTION"
VOL. 10.
Tv. o Spans Remain—A Twenty-Nine Foot Flood Which
Discounts the Floods of 1865 and of 1875—Large
Portion of the Town Under Water.
I The worst that was predicted for [
Danvi!l.' has < 01110 to i-a-s The im
pending flood has broken 100-e aud
swept down n;• n us. L'hu high wat
ers of lS'Ja and IST.", have been dupli
j catnd and again as on the latter of
! those two memorable events the bridge
which spanned the river hetwwn this'
ciry and Hotuii Danville has been
swept away.
It was about 8:15 o'clock yo.-terday j
afternoon when the Water Work for
the third time sound*.d tho signal that-:
the ice was tuoving. Few people as
they rashel to the river dreamed that
the shrill whittle was sounling the"
knoll of the bridge which for nearly j
ijO years had »o faithfully served hu
manity.
The same great mass oC humanity 1
brought out by the whistle 111 the lore- ,
noon ag;»in lin-'d t'.ie river bank. J'he j
water leiche l !he foot m »rk an 1
tho ice was running rapid'y. Then
.v'us still roo 11 foe ;< T ie of some five
feet b 'toiv the bri lg • seemed in any j
••sjit-cial danger. No on- was prepar- j
«d, tlierefore. for what followed.
\s (inri"K toe forcuoou the ic< •
around against ih« piors with tecrificj:
lorct and uow aud th 11 a large cake ) 1
was throwu u;i aiiaiust the si I waik 1
At about half past 8 tho plauk sheet- , 1
itig ot the se:ou I pier from t le South ,
Danville side w is ripped from its fast j
oiling aud fell into the liver. 1 lie ]
liinr, which was liuilt of .-tones l.ud
dry, lu'ing thus exposal to the grind
ing acli_>u o£ the ice -non began 10
crumble, la faii view ot the pcoj-.<•
on this eide ol tho river it wuui to ■
pieces.
A few iuinut( s I,it r a mighty sonni'
as of crashing tirnb r.- ren:, tno an-;: at
1 crv 'vent aji trom tho cro.vd as the
bridge still holding intact was a. in
jwit o-' 11 >»« at tit 3 pjiai wli°r.• it w •
rubbed of its support. For at l-;.-t a
:]uarLer of an hour it hung iu th
posit!-an, tho watr :r.eiu\\hilo risi'i
higti' r aud ihe force 01 the ice being
i .i"li r to rer-:si.
It . »i »; f !y 4 o""!oeli w'o-n I- e
Ji.-t s'jujj, >• It • '1 was 'he s. 00 1 i t
iho oth; r t-n l. !'• 11 into tho river, c.;
re' ! 11' d slightly and halt bar; d airo*i -
1 tie !• •• slowly Ho.ittidaway. TwOoth<*<
spans, almost iusianlly f • flowed s:it
lU'l tl 0 tlt.lf In i IXM' 1 I 0 r !. 1 ' but
• >tt di-fHuee down the stream \>h :i
the only 5' a". 1 mmitiag at the oth r
■•n.l lost i-s hold aad full into t!:„ riv
r. This l-f' but three spans of slse
whole bridge, which were at t-iiis iurt,
)ne of these a few initiates after -1
j'.-'ock wis carried away. The two
which rumaij :d still held on to the 1
_.iors «t a late hour i >t niche.
At- no time did the i •• rea-:h tile
ho: tutu of 1 he bridge and it was cl \r <
ly ow ing to the arc conditio,! of
•or pierr tint th" bridg was or.abb
to maiiitu 'i its npreiua y against the
•,;e. The lo'iog f];an h\ hel l it
iva until the pierg were cat 10 yieces
I.v tht iC uml nit a! 1
The live spasa wile cirr;e'l a coti
»itlerai>lrt distance d-wn the sl.ciin
aad at nightfall wen still visible t!n
snie of the he id of the rive.. Th-.
of tho bridge i- regard d a» a
uilaiiiity to Danville and as il e '.in 1
ly jhi ttractare tamlikil into tlio riv- ■
r expressious of r«al regret were i
h aril on everv side.
A tew minutes before i-iglit o'clock
the vvnter rose to tho lieight (if 2H
•eet, «.«x inches, which is probably
liiglier than in lther 18(5,1 or IH7o.
Wlii'U ttie high water mark was
r-aUnd the Wiier Works wore in
_:rave peril. The water not omy I
streamed into th - pumping roam j
through 1 hnndr. d a/eratitres in t 1 e
wal's, but poared in throngh a door
oil a lcvtl with the se 0:1:] story which
was always regarded a- oat of the way
of 'lie blithest flood.
The pomp room was raj iilly being
' lied with water, when the pa-np-.
wore -iojipe 1 in I ho.ie praeticiflv »b
-ttiiioned of' Having tie' idaut. Fortuu
»tely the tide, j :si then turned and the
•vater in a f w minutes fell ue trlv two
• et,which made it possible to msuin
non'ipitig.
From 2<? feet at 1 p. m. the rivet
;• • c -i> i.;, id'v 11 before five o'clock if
<vas at 'il feet. This *vas a !i 'ghr of
a'er whi- h brought a rff.uu of ecu
c:rioa• which orovailed in 1^75
porli us of tl < bir-'ti-h w
submerged and core, t if famtiiei wee
ririvou from tlcir honns.
The livor breaking over 111.? 1
above 1 h« borongli -erji; flonde I all the!
;rea s i.He V 4.1 srre-.n m l toi'ov. ii. i
h c it:>! oe ■ , . 0.. '. •!*•■ IV
]f o*v• t ■■ ; h !i .n of e
.w : i. Mahonnii! C;vc'-,. lar ..ul " it
»a:i, curly in tho afternoon flooded
the Reading Iron Works, Northiinib :
and and We-t Hetiier «• rve»» In th
•'I, i ■ e. *Ver?»- v," 1 ' ' h: 1.1 '
| ' ' ■
1 The cellars were flooded early in the
: d >v, if not during tho night before.
It was not until after -I o'clock, how
over, that the water made it-, appetir
-1 auco on the stre t and pav .nents. As
' ilarknesi closed down the water iu the
I street was nearly three feet deep and
'extended from John Misenhart"s nieit
i mark, t 10 Dloom Tlie novel
j sight wis witnessed of bo»ts plying
| backwards and foiwar.ls on Mill
street, rescuing peojiltj and removing |
good-.
In the upper end of the Borough the |
! conditions were most alarmiiiii. On 1
East Market street tho water extended
down nearly as far as Railroad street.
From Nassau to tho upper end of the j
Horough there were few houses whose'
tirt-t stories were not flooded, the wat- i
erin many instances reaching half
way to the ceiling. The same s f ate of
affairs prevailed on the Eastern end> j
ot' Front, Gr.iud aud Cooper streUs, i
011 Faur-t, Mowrey and Honeymoon
ste ts and at r! e lower ends of Na-sau,
Railroad and Iron streets. More than .
a hnudred families ia all were affect
ed. Houses throughout tho flooded
s et io ,s generally wete vacated and
streets for long distances were aband- .
oned. A nntnbar of families wore giv
en shelter in i'riuity Lutheran Ohurcli. I
Others were kindly taken care of by ;
hospitable people in other parts of;
town. All the territory between East j
M&rkct strt-et aud John R. Binnett'Sj
farm was submerged presenting the
appearance of a lake. At the Stove
\Vorks th water reached np into tlie
II ior of lie warehouse and flooded tlie]
moulding 100111.
The water rushed down the D. L &
\\. railroad like a river b arlng large
e tl-os of i-e and sweeping every thing j
i);.fore it. At ti eD. L it W. station
tile flood played havoc with tho t> le
gta;'!i i ..-tramon's, pajersand other j
vnluablos. In itie oflice it ro.e us higfi
as a man's head.
The residents along L twer Mulberry
street fare ! very bally. io most ins- ,
r 111 -ks tho water being on the first fl ;or
10 1 oft 11 lying several fe t deep.
\t tiie lower end ot the Bjiough the i
r w.»s -) d co. A ooase on the
r'v.rroad b-do'jgiui to Miss Clar t
He»ver was carried from its founda-»
tion. A hnu'e in the meadow a little
further down belonging to Robert
M- rri- w <s idso swept a way. Tlie wat
■: wis ;iuches rlepii in tho lower;
part of West Mahoning street, which
it is said, was never known to have!
occurre i before. j
Shortly after 8 o'clock la«t night the !
waters began to recede aud by 11:
o'clock the river bad fallen at hast 10:
fe.-c bob. v ! - higtcst 111 irk. The sud- |
dun drop was acc3unt> d for 011 the the- l
ory tli 't the ice gorge below town had
hrok a 'act which was verified by a
dispatch received from Sunbury later, i
wbjeli that the ice had passed
..ut oft ■ North IJ-a.ich bearing with
it ili.-ic .puts which had 1
if» jh under i he 1\ nnsj lvania
railroad bridge wi:h safety.
Ther ■ was mucli alnrm 111 Sajburv
when it WH.S leagued that the bridge
hero had been taken and was ou its
way do MI (lie stream. This gave place
10 a fcf-ling of gieal reltef when the
ice t.as-ed oft' so nicely and tlie chan
nel became clear.
Tinoe spans of the doub'e wooden
bridge bei ween Snnbury and North-!
umberland were also carried away by
the flood.
When tiie inhabitants ot Dan ville re- j
tired on Tuesday night it was with
the thought of high water on their j
1 minds at d whan they arose yesterday
| morning it was with tiie expectation
of seeing developments in the flood;
situation which wou'd firing matters :
; to a crisis. They had not long to wait, j
From tho hour of midnight on, the
| river had baon rising at the rate of
nearly four inches per hour. At about
10 o'clock it stood at '-i'i feet and was
ri.sinij steadily. At, about 10:4•"» tbo j
whistle at the water works sounded.
It blew loud and long. There was
not a mau, woman or child iu Dan.- j
villo but understood tho import of
that sound. It meant thit tlie ice was
tnov.ng In tinctively tho mass of peo
ple rushed into the street and directed
their steps toward the river. It was I
an anxious and excited throng, which 1
materially 1 from every quarter aud
j St.-lore the whistle had ceased to blow j
: the • t all about the entrance to llie
: bridge was packed while the river
' i)mk fr en bdow the water works to
!hiie street was line 1 with people It
i> s if.- to -. iv tin the sp .etacle of the
mot. ig • a w n w i ue-se I by at least
oue-lniif of the town's population.
With tlie exception of a s nail space
cle 1 red tiel iw the iiridg • it was the
first movement ot tlie ice which had
1 occurred hero this season. Owing to
tie imm *ns" thi -kn-ss of the ire and
'1
O » , i'|V(
With a slow aud uniform motion the
DAXVILI.K. PA.. THUKSDAY MAItCII 10 HMH.
j ponderous mass of ice intact from
shore to shore moved down upon the
bridge. It was only when it struck
the piers that the ice broke and it was
at these points that the most interest-
J ing sight presented itself,
j Tho ice broke up into immense
cal.es revealing a thickness which ex
ceeded three feet. As tho great masses
each many tous in weight climbed up
j over the piers and fell back into tho
j river, an accompanying tremor quito
! perceptible on the sidewalk ran
j through the eutire structure.
Bridge watchman E. K. Halo was
lon the spot to warn people against go
ing upon tlie sidewalks. His warning
along with the notices posted of the
' same import were generally e'fective
: and there wero few comparatively who
had the temerity to loiter upon tho
j sidewalk while the ice was moving.
Tiie daugor on tho bridge was well
j illustrated during the slight movement
yesterday. At three different piers the
; ice masses were driven up against the
I sidewalk tearing away the timbers.
;At the second pier from the South
Danville side a big ice c ike was
■ thrown upon tho top of the pier, which '
I displaced the joist under the sidewalk, !
tore away the railing aud a portion of
the floor, leaving hut thre-i planks, to 1
walk upon. At othef places tho rail-
I ing was broken and planks turn up.
i Duriug the afternoon the upper side
walk of tin bridge was nailei up ex
cluding people altogether.
Shortly after 11 o'clock the ice stop- ;
i ped. The portion that bad moved did
; little more than to fill tho open space '
I below the bridge and exteuded less
than a half a mile down the stream.
The ice started from opposite the llos
: pital for the Insane, leaving the Koar
nig Creek gorge intact.
The river still continued to rise
rapidly and when the ice stopped the
water had marly reached the twenty
four foot mark. The crowd quietly
dispersed to await the next develop
ment of what promised to be a very
eventful day.
CONSIDERABLE DAM
AGE SUSTAINED
i
How the Merchants Happened to be Caught
—Tiie Aftermath.
There was scarcely a merchant along i
' Mill street from the canal to Bloom ,
| street but sull'ired to some extent from i
; the flood. They had been put to so |
much inconvenience by the tardy flood
that they became weary of constant;
preparation and on this occasion they !
decided to wait until the flood was a ;
: certainty before tiny began to remove i
their goods fro u the liist floor.
Herein they made a mistake as tho
water yesterday came with a rush and |
did uot give them time to make much j
prepa-ation. J. I''. Tooley aa 1 Toooy j
I it Henning were the most unfortunate, 1
a heavily loaded counter in tho form- J
er's store upsetting and a t iblo con- |
tainins choice goods in tho latter
establishment breaking down. Tooey
& Henuing estimato their loss at j
jsotneflO. Mr. Tooley's 10-is is not J
much less. J. W. Lore, jeweler, sus
tained considerable Io«s as did also J.
hf. Cole, S. J. Wot liver and others.
Bloch & Benzbach were also losers to
j a considerable extent. Tho Atlantic
I Refining Company was almost flooded
out and is a heavy loser.
When the water was at its greatest
height both Mr. Hartman's residence
and the Silk Mill seeiued in great dan
ger, as they were surrounled with
water and the huge ico jam tlieu pass
ing seemed to lie at their very doors.
Mr. Hartuian says the water did uot
reach any further than the ongine
room, where the largo 86-ineh driving
belt was damaged aud will have to be
replaced. Ho will have everything
repaired and in running order in 24
hours.
By ton o'clock last uight the flood
jed sections of town wero practically
! dry, the cellars of course, remaining
| flooded. All about town have b< eu
deposited immense cakes of ice wcigh-
I ing many tons, which in some inst
| a rices bombarded the dwellings badly
and did much damage. Cue of these
large ice ctkes lies on tho pavement
in front of Davi 1 Shelhart's store;
I another one iu front- of the St. Elmo
Hot I. There is a big deposit of smal
ler ice cakes in front of the store of
Harry Etlenbogen & Brother.
Now that a ceaseless agitation is
ou as to what is commonly referred to
as " the divorce e\ il" question in the
United States it is interesting to
le.irn so nethiiii of the divorce system
of Ctnada, where in IU years only (iit
divorces have been granted—the re
mark ildy small av-rage of two di
..)"cs i>• i lit s>nm | eriod 70(1,-
•• * >- " e. i; gr.uitt <t in the
e th remarkably large
average of more than 20,000 divorces
| a year.
I BLOCH & BENZBACH
HEAVY LOSERS
| Bic Siock of Finished Goods Ruined by the
Flood.
Probably tho heaviest losers oil Mill
street are Messrs. Bloch & Ueuzbaoli,
proprietors of tlie knee pants factory.
Their iactory was filled with finished
goods, woolen", etc. Tbe water r:smg
,as rapidly as it did gave them no op
portnuity to f:et their immense 'stock
out of tbe way. They employed a nuni
i bi>r of iiieo and had removed a great
I portion of tbe goods to tbe western
j end of tbe factory which is a foot low
i er thau the front. They worked ututor
| great iliili-nlty not having any light,
and succeeded in suing mach flush
ed stock, piece goods, tc. While every
■ effort was being made to savo the
stock, however, the water burst op.m
the Center street and Mill street, doers
simultaneously, tbe water at the same
i time coming through iho floor. In a
] few moments all bands bad to g°t out
: of tbe building and it was a great risk
evou at that time.
! The loss to tbe stcok, machinery,
etc., could uot b asi rt lined yester
day. The factory will lie m operation
HUaiu early next wee I.
TIERCHANTS RAPIDLY
CLEANING UP
No Big Losses Reported —Business Re
sumed Yesterday.
The Danville Merchants doing busi
ness in the flooded districts were hard
at work early yesterday morning and
though tiie stores presented a most
sorry appo irauco.the proprietors were
woiking with a will and before night
most of them were ready to do busi- j
ness again.
One of tbe heavy losers on Mill
street is the American Stock Co. Mr.
Goldman, tbe proprietor, had every
thing out of the way, but a counter
piled high with ladies' waists, expen
sive underwear, notions, etc., was up
s"t and the goods thrown into the wat
er. Mr. Goldman places bis 10.-s at
about S2OO.
J. W. Lore, tbe jeweler, sustained
quite a 10.-s also. Tho water earne in
to this store from the front and rear
an J much damage was done to fix -
tales.
At Maters' restaurant tho water was
over tho bar. This building was j.rob
ably ttie lowest in the flooded Mill
strrct district and it i*ot the water
from the creT* and river together.
The alleyway along tho building was
li'.;e a raging cr ( e!(. Mr. Maier not
only sustains lo c s at tlift restaurant
but will have a heavy loss in the resid
ence. His carpets ate entirely ruined.
Though nearly all the merchants in
this district are losers from to s2')o
yet they are very thankful that tbe
flood was no worse. Under the cir
cumstances more loss could have been
easily sustained and more damage
done. By tomorrow nil signs of a Hood
in tbe stores will 1 ave disappeared.
LOW Eli MUUSEkkY
STREET ktiSl DENTS
A trail of misery a ..1 loss follows
tbe flood on Lower Mulberry street
from one eud to the other. Kveti at
the worst tho resident on the .street
never dreamed ut anj hiug so tern
ble A slow back wa' -- was ail they
liad ever experienced, always giving
them an opportunity t > remove lie ;e
--hol l effects au I ev ythiug out of
harm's way. Instead ji' that a terrific
current swept through th > street,com
iug from ull sources aoti emptied into
Mill street. Porches, do:>i\s hjus -
hold effects float'J down and many
residents had to bo la»eu lrotn th jir
homes in boats. The current was very
swift and those who plied to and fro
in boats bad a hard time of it.
In nearly every house th >ro was
some loss. Those who were able to se
cure help succeeded in removing their
effects to upper stories but iu many
cases great loss was sustained.
At the residence of Siuion Dreifuss
corner of Pine and Mulberry streets,
the water on the first floor was nearly
six feet in height. Though the house
hold effects had been removed the loss
was heavy.
At tbe residence ot Justice of the
Peace Bare the water attained a height
ot over five foet on the first floor. Mrs.
A. U. MoOoy was amo.ig the heaviest
losers on this street.
The accumulation of mud left by tbe
water is most discouraging. In some
homes there is a deposit of 4 or 5
incheajwid it is very bard to remove.
Refuse of all kinds has been deposited
and the cleaning up process on this
thoroughfare will bo very slow.
Where Flowers are Blooming.
\V. B. Rhodes returned to this city
last evening after a several month's
sojourn in Natchez, Miss.
By taking the trip when he did Mr.
Rhodes escaped altogether our remark
able, "old fashioned" winter, which
formed an experience, pleasant or oth
erwise, which will linger in tbe mem
ory of bis northern friends as long
as tiiev live. While the people of this
latitude weie shivering among the ice
packs Mr. Rhodes has been reveling
amid the delights of a southern win
ter, which is something akin to
spring time here.
When be left NntHiez last Sunday
m<i:ni»K the thermometer registered
fi."i decrees. The robins and the blue
birds we'e singing, flowers were
abloom and garden truck was growing
knee high.
i DISIAL AFlEßlfllH (IF THE
GREAT RECORD Hi FLOOD
Imposing Scene on the River Front. Heavy Losses Sus
tained by Stove Works and Atlantic Refining
Company, how the I). L. & VV. Fared
It any of our ol«l residentsentertain
i oil any doubts as to whether or not tho
Mood of Wednesday was as bad as any
! that visitod Dinville iu t!ie past,alter
a short stroll about town Thursday
morning to view the aftermath they
must have decided to yield the palm
to the great flood of ISXM.
The waters had receded, but on ev
ery side there wero mud and ice and
rums—mud which covered the floors
and was pasted on tho walls of the
buildings flooded, ice in great pond
er JUS masses which blocked the streets
and lav at the very threshold of the |
dwellings, and ruins which bespoke!
great pecuniary loss and indicated how
much time would be required to re
place the damage done.
It was at points on the river front
that the most imposing spectacle ;
presented itself and showed the fuil
peril faced when the terrible ice gorge
burst upon u-\ At tin extreme east
ern end of Cooper street t.!ie dwelling j
of Willard Myers was cut to pieces,
while that of John Wertman adjoin- |
ing is bent out of pjrpoudicular aud
twisted and splintered so that it will
have to be torn down. The residence •
id Mr. Myers received the full brunt !
of the ice gorge, which was shoved up
over the river bank. The cakes of ice ;
half as large as the house itself lifted ,
the ha tiding from its foundation and
cut away the eutire lower story,loav- |
ing the upper part resting upon the '
ice. Both the Myers and the Wert- j
man families fortunately had vacated
the house and removed the goods from
the first story. Yesterday Mr. Myers j
was engaged in removing his furnit
ure from the bed rooms ui led by the ;
great ice jam which reacheJ as high
as the second story.
There was a great deal of damage i
doue at the corner of Mowrey and
Cooper streets. John Springer's barn
nearly new, was carried away and
thrown over against Israel Dimmick's
hous",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 on
the lirst floor of the houses 4}u feet
deep, which represents a depth from
•the level of che street of at least eight
leet. One end of Hugh Pursel's bain ,
is staved in.
At ilie lower end of tlie borough the,
scene baffles description. i'roin in
front of Burgess Pursoll'a 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 a deposit
of ic« made up of masses many
over five foot thick.
Those who suffered the most at this
poiut wore Henry Kavanaugh, Jacob
Stewart, II uriso i Siiutt, Mrs. S. C.
Hal J and George Cross. There was
three feet of water in each of these
dwellings while not on • escaped in
jury. At Kavanaugh's an immense ice
e.iku was deposited against tho front
door and the back porch was lifted j
i'rom its foundation; at Harrison!
Shutt's the porch was wrecked and at |
George Gross'a cotuor of the house!
was knocked iu. .lust outside of John
Marshall's house ou tiie arc lot there
h, ail ice cake solid aud clear, which
measures »5 feet !> inches through. '
Nearby is another huge mass 35 feet
square which measures ti feat 7 inches
in thickness.
At the Atlantic Heffuing Oompauy
the loss may reach SIOOO. In tho office
the water reached to the ceiling. Two
hu idred empty barrels valued at $1 a
piece were carried off. Cue of the
large tanks containing 500 gallons of
torch oil was moved on its foundations j
which caused the connection to break
as a result of which the entire con-j
tents were lost. The double dooiH of
tho ware house were broken iu and i
much other damage doue.
Tin Danville Stove Manfacturing
Company ha-; sustained a heavy loss
It is too early to raach a reliable esti
mate. but it will amount to several
thous ind dolUrs. There is not ade
partment of the woiks but what has i
been affected and will be ciippled for;
weeks to come. Groat pains had been
taken to prepare for a flood. All the
stoves had been removed from the lirst
floor of the warehouse and the plate
raised to what was considered a safe
height.
But the flood broke all precedent
and in the warehouse rose to a height
of 5 feet 8 inches As a consequence
it caught hundreds of tons of plate a
well as nick led parts of the stoves
which were stored away ready for
mounting. All the plate will have to
bo re mi I led and the nickled work done
over. The mounting room was full of
stoves just completed an i ready for
shipping, all of winch are ruined as
stoves and will have to be torn down
an 1 the plate r 'inillod. Til' nickeling
department is i : a mo.-t d qdorahle
shape. The va'uablo dynamo, it is
believed is ruiued aud the nickeling
solution,which represents great value
I'iSTA MUSI IKI > IX 1855
' is totally lost.
It is in the foundry, however, wh<-ra |
the ruin ij most complete. The mould- j
ers, over seventy inn imber, had jn t I
completed their day's work when the;
water hor-t upon tli- in. The scene I
presented in that del lrtnunt yest'-r-j
day morning was one well caleul Uej j
to discourage tho stoutest heart. Mix-!
Ed with tho saud was a deposit of so t j
mud which clung tot ie flasks and pit-}
(terns, while the plac* was so damp!
and uncomfortable as to be unfit to
loiter iu. It is here that as great aj
loss as any will bo snstainad, as nt
i only are tbe workman's tools all car- ■
l ied away, but the p»tterns are ruin- (
ed a:rd the floors was he 1. It may be |
several weeks bffore it will be dry |
enough in the foundry to get new j
floors in shape and tore ume wor';. j
Tho condition of affai sin this depart j
incut must cause great loss of time
which will be very unfortunate for
j the compauy at present,as mauy larg)
shipments are booked. A oar load of
stoves was to have beeu sent away yes-!
terday.
The entire »tock of flasks, many,
i thousands iu number, stored in the;
yard east of the Stove Work--, weiej
swept away by tho flood. A thousand 1
or more were scattered over John R
| Bennett's fields, but by far tbe largest
bulk was carried down the D. L. & :
W. track and deposited on tbe crossing j
at Railroad street,uearly blocking tbe j
j entrance to the Clock factory. Anoth- \
| er lot was deposited ou the grounds < 112 |
tbe Danville Rolling Mill Company, j
while others were carried down to tbe!
lower end of town.
A large force of men were employe 1 j
Thursday in gathering up the flasks
and tbe D. L. & W. pusher and a car
i were employed in hauling them baclt
to tbe works. It will be several days I
before they will all be got back to the
yard and many will never be recover-1
I ed.
It will be several days before there
will be any traffic on the D. L. & W. '
railroad. The road is blocked as per
haps never bofore in its history. Tbe ;
obstructions upon the track in this ■
| city alone are sufficient to hold up;
trains for days.
The railroad at Mahoning Creek i i j
completely torn up. One of tho rails ;
vjilong with the heavy girder support- j
frig it is lifted three feet and held i.i I
that po-ition by railroad ties aud oth
er timber which were rammed under
neat hbyti e force of tbe flood. Tbe
track uow hangs at an incline of 23
degrees. All along the course heavy
ice cakes lie upou tho tracks, but it i
oetween tbe station and Railroad;
-treef that tho sceut discounts any
thing ever seen before. Mauy of the
ice masses here are a large as any
seen on the river bar ; attesting th ■
depth aud velocity ot tbe current
which swept down th« railroad. The
entire track is covered and at many
places the big cakes lis ou top of each
I other.
Tbe coal bouse wlii h stood east of
the station was carrier down tbe track
nearly as far as Church street aud t.li
ed over against a teh graph pole. At
Church street the wat >r was i.t lea>t
seven feet deep ou the track. Time
I freight cars which stood ou tho 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 s- cket. and earri
: ed fully one hundred feet where it was
' deposited plump on theßailroad street
I crossing. Tie turntable at that point j
acted a- a tmrrier, which held up the j
flasks from the stove works aud much i
debris, all of which were piled up
around the clock factory in a proiuis- !
cuous mass.
Pumping Out the Water.
It was iuipossiblo to hold school in j
the Second Ward bui'ding yesterday
owing to the flood which left the cel
-lir tilled with water. The Borough,
lire engine was brought into ret)nisi - j
tio'i yesterd ly to pump out the water
so that tho fires e tuhl be started and
j tbe building dried out.
Caused Much Damage.
A hn ft in the water plug at the i
conn r of Mill and Center street caus
ed much aunovanee during the Tully j
• ■
tire yesterday "fti rnoon. it was lin- j
possible to shut the water off and the
hose bad to bo detached, the water
pouring into the street. It was neces- '
sarv to shut the water off at tbe Water
Works for a short time in order tore- j
i pair the tlatnape.
j
Installed Fire Extinguisher.
A Stempel Fire Extinguisher has j
i been installed in tho Danville Post!
Office. This is indeed a wise move,
as there is no place where so much j
valuable matter, is exposed. A sudden
bin/ ni.j»-lif be quickly extinguished,
with si h a device as the Stempel.
which if permitt?! to gain even a I
small headway might destroy a lot o' j
mail matter. i
JOB PRINTING
The ortice of the AMERICAN
being f'urnisl ed with a large
assortment of job letter and
, fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to tie public that he
is prepared a: all times to ex
cute in the n< atest manner
JOB PRINTING
Of all Kinds ruid Description
THE ICE GORGE
HAS A OVED OUT
lea Still lutact at 81, uisbiirg, Bat River
Falli'g.
Advices from up tho river would
stem to indicate tit:: the worst is ov
i er. Tho ice lias mn ed from Rupert
down. George lieit. yder of tliis city
1 was up as far us th* Aniuierman farm
jan 1 was an eye wit' 333 of the break
j ing up of (he gorge t that point.
The ice coming duu made its ap
; pearance at Danvilb about 11 o'clock,
and was heralded hj the blowing of
| rlic whistle at the Water Works. A
large crowd rushed t ) the river expect
ing to see the two remaining spans of
! the river bridge go, ut they were dis
appointed, as not withstanding the
fierce assauit of the ccthey held tiieir
own.
List evening the ie was still iutact
, at Bloomsburg, but the river was fall
j ing rapidly. The Hast Bloomsburg
bridge promises to 8' rvive the season's
floods, although it h .d a ciose call,
i Two of the spans arc moved over two
feet on the piers aid raised nearly
three feet, while the piers are badly
damaged.
CATAWISSA BRIDGE
CARRIED AWAY
i
The new iron bridge at Catawissa,
which was affected by the January
flood, was cairied away yesterday.
Two spans were taken at 3 o'clock in
i the afternoon and tli J remaining three
spans were swept away at 9 o'clock.
. The trestliug ou the Pennsylvania
railroad at Catawiss;i built as a temp
orary structure ton place the bridge
destroyed last summer was also car
| rind away along with four heavily
Joaded cars placed tpon it to hold it
i down.
At Bloomsburg the river attained
the height of 3l> feet, which was five
feet higher than dur ng the January
flood. A largo portion of tho town
was submerged, full? 400 families be
ing affected. The bridge, however,
remains iutact. All the industries of
I tho town have baen obliged to shut
i down. At 12 o'clock last night the
' river was falling slowly.
TULLY'S HOTEL
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Interior of BuilJiug : adly Damaged by
Fire and Vater.
Thomas Tolly's h el on North Mill
street wast.dally i ined by li ; aid
water yesterday atu .uoon. The res
taurant, which is it: lie basement, bad
been flood, d ou We' H>d»y with near
ly five loet ot watei iklr Tully bad
the pi ace pumped o> yesterday morn
ing and a fire was uilt. A strong
draught vra« kept o. and about three
o'clock the l ifter-. n>-d*r the plaster
ing on tho third Up of the building
near this chimney ght fire.
Tho hutel stands : st tithe Con
tinental Hose Hons' and it was not
long before the vt.-it was turned on.
The lire was a hard "ue to fight and a
large portion of the root had to be
torn away before th» firemen could do
effect ivo work.
Tin building wbie' is owned by Mrs
Peter I'ieas, was b.ily damaged by
: water n:id the inutil 'ing necessary to
get at the blaze. Ti.is loss is covered
by insurance. Mr. 'tully's household
| effects were totally uined by water.
! Not a room escaped, whole build
ing bring completer flooded. Mr.
j Tullv carried no insi ranee.
ON BO \RD
A Letter From Mr. Ld.imaster to Frunds
iu Bamille.
We are making rea ty to start, with
SOO delegates. The! ais great <xc te-
I ment and confusion incident to get
ting ready. Everybcdy seems to be iu
good health and spirits. The boat is a
magnificent one. The lay is delightful.
Best wishes to Danv lie friends. Will
I write more later. The Lord bo with
all friends during tlitse days of separa
i tion. Truly
WM. D. LAUIfASTER, Geo. Sec.
Lost no Bridges.
| County Commissioner C. W. Cook
i yesterday stated that so far as he was
able to learn Montour County had not
I sustained the 10-s of a siugle bridge
|by Monday's flood. Every stream was
unusually high, but. the bridges main
tained their supremacy. This is all
the more remarkable considering tho
loss su-tained by neig iboriug countits
hrough high water.
Theodore Hagenbu.h of Lime Ridg
sp nt Sunday with Danville friends.