Information from Malcolm Nunn, Bradfield Archives: 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: A man called Whittles resided here, he was awakened by the end and side of his house falling away- directly he saw the water he lifted his wife and two children from the bed on which they were sleeping, which he considered to be no longer safe, as it moved about he placed them on a small stump bedstead that stood in the corner, for his other 3 children. The flood rose still higher and there up to his neck in water he held them for more than an hour until the waters subsided and assistance came. When he moved his wife and children, he was just in time for the bed and all the flooring except the bit on which the stump bed rested were all washed away- so he saved his wife and 5 children. Next door a man called Graham, when part of the walls of his house fell on them and knocked them all down - he got them all onto the bed again and managed to hold them all until the water went and the bed settled down to its usual resting place. From another house all the family were lost except for a little baby who was found fast asleep the next day in a small crib in the corner of the room. In another house a man was so frightened that he jumped out of the wondow into the water which was so muddy that it soon caused his death although they got him safely back in the house. 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.