SHAMOKIN -- Dehumidifiers and fans blew air into the American Legion building in Shamokin on Thursday. Parts of the building are drying out after a pipe burst earlier this week on the third floor of the building on Independence Street.
City administrator Bob Slaby said cold temperatures caused the copper pipe to burst and flood the back half of the building.
"I figured the roof was leaking like many places. I didn't expect to come in and find the ceilings down all over the place and water running all over," Slaby said.
Slaby says a lot of the water damaged the Shamokin/Coal Township Heritage Museum, which is on the second floor of the building. He says some Shamokin and Coal Township memorabilia was damaged.
"With the amount of water that was coming out, there was a couple of inches on the floor," Slaby said.
Slaby said some of the floor tiles must be ripped up to make sure there is no mold underneath, and he believes there is a few thousand dollars in damage to the building, which was built in 1922.
He won't know until the insurance adjuster inspects the building.
The legion is above the Shamokin/Coal Township Public Library and while no books were damaged, the entire second floor needs to be dried out.
"The water just kept pouring out and it kept moving across the ceiling all over and we didn't know where to catch it already, it was that bad," Patricia Segedy said.
Library officials say this is the children's section of the library. All children's programs are cancelled until further notice, and the room is closed until repairs can be done.