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Description: | Information from Malcolm Nunn, Bradfield Parish Council Archivist This is an image used in slide lectures/ magic lantern shows by photographer Mr. Peacock. His notes to accompany the lectures also included some of his experiences while taking the photograph. " At Hill Bridge just below about twenty houses were damaged and four or five totally destroyed. A good stone bridge was also washed away. The river in the centre is where the Freemasons Arms stood and kept by Wm. Pickering, everything and everybody who was in the house were washed away except for the neice of the landlord, a girl aged about 8 years old who slept in a small garret above where the waters reached. All the flooring in the garret was gone except the small corner on which the crib-bed stood. Next door George Mills and his wife were drowned and in the next house George Snapes and his wife were lost. The remains of the bridge in the centre, the houses on the right were white-washed to the dirty line shows the height of the flood. This was looked at with great interest to the visitors. This high watermark remained on the houses for years after the flood. Only one life was lost in the "White Houses", one tenant broke a hole through the wall and rescued his neighbours by pulling them all into his own house which was not as much flooded as theirs." For more information see: "The Great Sheffield 1864" Harrison Ref: 942.74 S The Collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam 1864, Geoffrey Amey Ref. 942.74 SST | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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01 Sheffield Hillsborough |
Publisher: | Picturesheffield Photographic Record | Rights holder: | Laurence Frederick Peacock | Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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