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Sheffield Flood, Ruins at Owlerton Green/Bradfield Road, Owlerton Hall, off Bradfield Road, in background

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Sheffield Flood, Ruins at Owlerton Green/Bradfield Road, Owlerton Hall, off Bradfield Road, in background
Sheffield_Owlerton
1864/03
1851-1899
Laurence Frederick Peacock

lt;font size= 2 gt; andInformation from Malcolm Nunn, Bradfield Parish Council Archivist and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and andand andThis is an image used in slide lectures/ magic lantern shows by photographer Mr. Peacock.andHis notes to accompany the lectures also included some of his experiences while taking the photograph. and and and and and and Ruins in the middle of Owlerton - in one house two sons slept downstairs, they were awakened by feeling the bed floating about the room. The eldest boy aged 13 fell off and was drowned, the other was saved - his head touched the ceiling and there was only three inches between the ceiling and the water. The parents were andupstairs and could not render any assistance. In another house the water burst open the door and washed the body of a man inside who was quite naked which inmates mistook for a pig until light was provided.and lt;font size= 2 gt;For more information see: and The Great Sheffield 1864and Harrison Ref: 942.74 S The Collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam 1864, Geoffrey Amey Ref. 942.74 SST

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