FATHER STILL LOOKS FOR SON
Archie Nuce, 21, Was Drowned Month Ago In Harpers Ferry Flood
Harpers Ferry, W. Va. April 20. - Courage, industry and determination have removed most of the marks of the great Potomac Valley flood, but the scars -- which only time can take away -- are still there. A little man, standing along the junction of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers at Harpers Ferry yesterday, looked off down the now quiet waters and told what the flood had done to him.
His name is Harry Nuce.
He is 53 years old, he said, and his son, Archie, was drowned when the rivers were at their tops, just a month ago. He has a wife and a daughter, 12, but it was the son he talked about.
Had Been on Relief
"Every day since the flood was here I have been looking for him. Sometimes on the Virginia side of the river and sometimes on the Maryland side and sometimes just standing here. I have covered every inch of the river banks for miles down and his body is still lost."
"We had been on relief in Virginia for some time up until just before Christmas. I had been unable to get a job, and so had he. He was just 12."
"The just one day before the river began to rise, Archie got a job. He was to work as a laborer on the roads. It was the first bright prospect we had seen for a long time. Of course, as the river rose, he came off the job with the other to help here, and when the water really became dangerous, some men wanted to inspect the abutments of the bridge."
Was A Good Swimmer
"There was $2 in it for anyone who tried to take them out in a boat, and Archie was a good boatman and swimmer."
Mr. Nuce stopped talking for a while, walked a few steps away and then came back.
"He had on heavy boots, and that, I think, was what was wrong."
"The two men were rescued, but Archie wasn't."
Mr. Nuce was not sure just what had happened. He said he thought the boat had been smashed against a concrete abutment by the rushing water, upset and lost."
Every day since March 20 he has been trudging along the banks looking for his son. And every day he is going to continue looking, he said.
[The Frederick Post, 21 Apr 1936, Page 1, Column 3]
Archie Nuce, 21, Was Drowned Month Ago In Harpers Ferry Flood
Harpers Ferry, W. Va. April 20. - Courage, industry and determination have removed most of the marks of the great Potomac Valley flood, but the scars -- which only time can take away -- are still there. A little man, standing along the junction of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers at Harpers Ferry yesterday, looked off down the now quiet waters and told what the flood had done to him.
His name is Harry Nuce.
He is 53 years old, he said, and his son, Archie, was drowned when the rivers were at their tops, just a month ago. He has a wife and a daughter, 12, but it was the son he talked about.
Had Been on Relief
"Every day since the flood was here I have been looking for him. Sometimes on the Virginia side of the river and sometimes on the Maryland side and sometimes just standing here. I have covered every inch of the river banks for miles down and his body is still lost."
"We had been on relief in Virginia for some time up until just before Christmas. I had been unable to get a job, and so had he. He was just 12."
"The just one day before the river began to rise, Archie got a job. He was to work as a laborer on the roads. It was the first bright prospect we had seen for a long time. Of course, as the river rose, he came off the job with the other to help here, and when the water really became dangerous, some men wanted to inspect the abutments of the bridge."
Was A Good Swimmer
"There was $2 in it for anyone who tried to take them out in a boat, and Archie was a good boatman and swimmer."
Mr. Nuce stopped talking for a while, walked a few steps away and then came back.
"He had on heavy boots, and that, I think, was what was wrong."
"The two men were rescued, but Archie wasn't."
Mr. Nuce was not sure just what had happened. He said he thought the boat had been smashed against a concrete abutment by the rushing water, upset and lost."
Every day since March 20 he has been trudging along the banks looking for his son. And every day he is going to continue looking, he said.
[The Frederick Post, 21 Apr 1936, Page 1, Column 3]
FATHER STILL LOOKS FOR SON
Archie Nuce, 21, Was Drowned Month Ago In Harpers Ferry Flood
Harpers Ferry, W. Va. April 20. - Courage, industry and determination have removed most of the marks of the great Potomac Valley flood, but the scars -- which only time can take away -- are still there. A little man, standing along the junction of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers at Harpers Ferry yesterday, looked off down the now quiet waters and told what the flood had done to him.
His name is Harry Nuce.
He is 53 years old, he said, and his son, Archie, was drowned when the rivers were at their tops, just a month ago. He has a wife and a daughter, 12, but it was the son he talked about.
Had Been on Relief
"Every day since the flood was here I have been looking for him. Sometimes on the Virginia side of the river and sometimes on the Maryland side and sometimes just standing here. I have covered every inch of the river banks for miles down and his body is still lost."
"We had been on relief in Virginia for some time up until just before Christmas. I had been unable to get a job, and so had he. He was just 12."
"The just one day before the river began to rise, Archie got a job. He was to work as a laborer on the roads. It was the first bright prospect we had seen for a long time. Of course, as the river rose, he came off the job with the other to help here, and when the water really became dangerous, some men wanted to inspect the abutments of the bridge."
Was A Good Swimmer
"There was $2 in it for anyone who tried to take them out in a boat, and Archie was a good boatman and swimmer."
Mr. Nuce stopped talking for a while, walked a few steps away and then came back.
"He had on heavy boots, and that, I think, was what was wrong."
"The two men were rescued, but Archie wasn't."
Mr. Nuce was not sure just what had happened. He said he thought the boat had been smashed against a concrete abutment by the rushing water, upset and lost."
Every day since March 20 he has been trudging along the banks looking for his son. And every day he is going to continue looking, he said.
[The Frederick Post, 21 Apr 1936, Page 1, Column 3]
Archie Nuce, 21, Was Drowned Month Ago In Harpers Ferry Flood
Harpers Ferry, W. Va. April 20. - Courage, industry and determination have removed most of the marks of the great Potomac Valley flood, but the scars -- which only time can take away -- are still there. A little man, standing along the junction of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers at Harpers Ferry yesterday, looked off down the now quiet waters and told what the flood had done to him.
His name is Harry Nuce.
He is 53 years old, he said, and his son, Archie, was drowned when the rivers were at their tops, just a month ago. He has a wife and a daughter, 12, but it was the son he talked about.
Had Been on Relief
"Every day since the flood was here I have been looking for him. Sometimes on the Virginia side of the river and sometimes on the Maryland side and sometimes just standing here. I have covered every inch of the river banks for miles down and his body is still lost."
"We had been on relief in Virginia for some time up until just before Christmas. I had been unable to get a job, and so had he. He was just 12."
"The just one day before the river began to rise, Archie got a job. He was to work as a laborer on the roads. It was the first bright prospect we had seen for a long time. Of course, as the river rose, he came off the job with the other to help here, and when the water really became dangerous, some men wanted to inspect the abutments of the bridge."
Was A Good Swimmer
"There was $2 in it for anyone who tried to take them out in a boat, and Archie was a good boatman and swimmer."
Mr. Nuce stopped talking for a while, walked a few steps away and then came back.
"He had on heavy boots, and that, I think, was what was wrong."
"The two men were rescued, but Archie wasn't."
Mr. Nuce was not sure just what had happened. He said he thought the boat had been smashed against a concrete abutment by the rushing water, upset and lost."
Every day since March 20 he has been trudging along the banks looking for his son. And every day he is going to continue looking, he said.
[The Frederick Post, 21 Apr 1936, Page 1, Column 3]
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