Searching for victims of a deadly dam break in northern England, March, 1863, British artist's impression

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Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 4, 2014.

Depicted ContentSheffield, England

Depicted ContentIn northern England, the breaking of the Dale Dyke Dam causes catastrophic death and destruction

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Flood at Sheffield: Searching for the dead in the cellar of a ruined house at Neepsend. - From a sketch by our Special Artist

Source citation

Illustrated London News,May 19, 1864, p. 285.

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