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                              UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D. C. 20549
                         _________________________

                                  Form 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 7, 2004
                               DAN RIVER INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                       Commission file number 1-13421



            GEORGIA                          58-1854637
     (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)          Identification No.)

          2291 Memorial Drive                24541
          Danville, Virginia                 (Zip Code)
          (Address of principal executive offices)

   Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (434) 799-7000


   Check  the  appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended  to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

  [ ]     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
          Act(17 CFR 230.425)

  [ ]     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
          Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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          the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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          the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

     On December 7, 2004, we filed our monthly operating report for
October of fiscal 2004, which includes the period from October 3, 2004 to
November 6, 2004, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern
District of Georgia.  The periodic financial information contained in the
monthly operating report is attached as Exhibit 99.1.  The monthly
operating report is required to be filed in connection with our voluntary
petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code.

     Readers should not place undue reliance upon the financial information
contained in our monthly operating reports.  The information is unaudited
and includes only the information, and in the format, which is prescribed
by the applicable bankruptcy laws.  The information in monthly operating
reports may be for shorter periods or may otherwise be presented
differently from the information contained in our annual and quarterly
reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

          Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit

          99.1          Monthly Operating Report for month of
                        October 2004






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                                SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   DAN RIVER INC. (Registrant)



Date:  December 10, 2004            /s/ Harry L. Goodrich
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                                   Harry L. Goodrich
                                   Vice President

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Exhibit No.              Description of Exhibit
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99.1                     Monthly Operating Report for the month of
                         October 2004