diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index 6332f7d97..683b54d4a 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ applying a lance against a long worm could cause an impossible
 a knight applying a lance did not do a caitiff check
 blessed gain level when already at level 30 won't reduce experience points
 keep counting spell skill exercise even after expert status is reached
+when a fountain dries up or a throne vanishes, make sure it really happens
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/fountain.c b/src/fountain.c
index 7eafc43f1..baf5e794b 100644
--- a/src/fountain.c
+++ b/src/fountain.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)fountain.c	3.4	2001/09/06	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)fountain.c	3.4	2002/07/10	*/
 /*	Copyright Scott R. Turner, srt@ucla, 10/27/86 */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ boolean isyou;
 				return;
 		}
 #endif
-		if (cansee(x,y)) pline_The("fountain dries up!");
+		/* replace the fountain with ordinary floor */
 		levl[x][y].typ = ROOM;
 		levl[x][y].looted = 0;
 		levl[x][y].blessedftn = 0;
+		if (cansee(x,y)) pline_The("fountain dries up!");
 		/* The location is seen if the hero/monster is invisible */
 		/* or felt if the hero is blind.			 */
 		newsym(x, y);
diff --git a/src/sit.c b/src/sit.c
index 2ce19612d..9e2eb0b75 100644
--- a/src/sit.c
+++ b/src/sit.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)sit.c	3.4	2000/11/09	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)sit.c	3.4	2002/07/12	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ dosit()
 
 	    if (!rn2(3) && IS_THRONE(levl[u.ux][u.uy].typ)) {
 		/* may have teleported */
-		pline_The("throne vanishes in a puff of logic.");
 		levl[u.ux][u.uy].typ = ROOM;
+		pline_The("throne vanishes in a puff of logic.");
 		newsym(u.ux,u.uy);
 	    }