Property Damage
A train of forty cars was overturned at Red Hill. Chunks of ice and debris gathered in the lower area of the town and the coal in the area was broken down into tiny pieces forming a “cinder bank” along the surface of the land.
Water over the railroad tracks reached 4 feet. From the Royalton area to Middletown near the railroad bridge property damage included the Rescue Hose House and Riverside Chapel. Several homes along Southern Union street were destroyed. The highest point of the flood was at M & H (Middletown-Hummelstown)train depot near East Middletown and Pike Bridge. Only a small part of the structure was visible.
Several photos from the souvenir booklet mention the Swatara Creek which is a tributary of the Susquehanna River. The Swatara is about 60 miles long and winds from the Appalachian Mountains southward to Middletown. It was an important transportation route in the area since it connected so many colonial towns together.
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