20 Mar 1864
Page 1
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Newspaper
Penny Newsman
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 20, 1864
Page
1
A chaotic flood from Bradfield reservoir unleashed devastation across Sheffield's valley and surrounding districts. Homes, mills, and public houses collapsed, with dozens of families drowned or missing. The Sheffield Telegraph notes thousands affected, urging aid from the city and beyond.
Tale of dramatic flood escapes and wrecks including a man escaping through a ceiling hole in a three story house. A brick house and a haystack float downstream to be halted by a bridge. Robbery of a corpse’s ring at a Harveat Lane pub. Victims found nude or crushed by wreckage and drifting debris while others die peacefully in beds. A distraught survivor learns his mother and family are lost.
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