The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-28
Terrible Inundation at she meId, Eng.
BURSTING or A RESERVOIR COVERING TWENTY-FIVE
AcRE3--vILLAaEs SWEPT AWAY AND HUNDREDS

Terrible Inu nda lon n she meid Eng.
BURSTING OF RESERVOIR COVERING sisETY-Pivn
AoRE5--vILLAaEs SWEET AWAY AND HUNDREDS
Cv PERSONS DROWNED IN THEIR Bxps
Shortly before one O'Clock this morning March 12)
burst lis embankment Tho area OF the reservoir vas
ninety I've acres, and but just finished.
ms enormous oooy ~ "a ssned down me valley
great number OF houses on It's banks, and Destroying
1t Is feared, scores OF their inhabitants
The lower part OF Shened submerged several feet
Deep and hundreds OF families driven from their homes.
The flood has not yet subsidized and the damage " In
The sheffield IeeoropA gives graphic details. and sayt
About midnight large reservoir connected with The
water works. and extending 70 above mile In length.
situated about seven miles from the town, suddenly
burst In and inundated the valley or the Doo sweeping
by hundreds Trees were uproossd and the debris Of
buildings carried DOM sns s,. rysr We ds %%snss
Ia up . q s and sss fest and
found fragments Of furniture and many dead bodies
For than hour the streets near the river were
three and four yards deep In waer Great numbers OF
men are now engaged getting dead bodies Of houses
where they have been drowned Ia bed Others are be-
gathered In from gardens into which they have feat
cd. Excitement the cannot be described. Bush
ness at standstl Extent OF mischief cannot DO as.
. The immense volume OF water 10 stil pursu-
ing It's course OF destruction Rotterdam, Doncaster
and many other towns will suffer ere tho river Trent re-
ceives the OF water which has been u at liberty
From the shefIieid Telegraph, March l4I
From the large quantity OF trees Rd brushwooo
brought down the river victims. who for the
most part drowned while escaping from their beds arc
found bruised and quite nude nude those may be call
ed who received instead OF the night dresses tho
drwood has removed thin clothing Of clay. Some OF
the dead have expression Of fierce energy upon their
aces and their last act IL expressed ns well as words
could express by the EXPRESSION Of the face AMI the at
ttude the In the teeth cenched and tho
right arm thrown forward striking at some
thing in others both are thrown forward
in swimming attitude and have strencd In
many the living have died in tbeir beds with
out leaving sign 70 show that the water had walked
them that they had consciously Passed from the sleep
OF the long long sleep OF death Several Of those
found much killed drowned. for one has
broken arm and another has a broken leg and some
bruised mapged indicate that they had first
crushed under the wreck Of their houses and then
washed out the torrent impaired motion to the
wreck else that they had been caught between drift
ing trees and beams
The number OF dead yet known does NOT exceed ono
hundred and eighty.
From the Shenicld Telegraph, March 1871
Up to half past one O'Clock only about half DOZEN
bodies found About sixty more persons arc
inquired for
Personal Intelligence.
Captain Adams, son Of the American Minister in Lon
don who presented In the diplomatic circle at tho
evee Saturday, March 10, described as OF the
United States "Navy," instead OF tho United States
sArmy.v