Master Creswick
…to the Rescue !
…in that phenomanally freezing February of …
1860…
“A NOBLE & MANLY Deed, Indeed !”
“…We have Great Pleasure in chronicling a most Noble & Manly Act which took place at the Upper Crooks dam, Sheffield, on the afternoon of Saturday last…
Do tell…
In consequence of the fineness of the day & the strength of the ice, hundreds had collected together for the purpose of enjoying the healthful recreation of…
skating & sliding…
All had gone without accident until nearly four o’ clock when Master Billy Bardwell of Sheffield Moor skated out onto the ice only for it to immediately give way & was at once out of his depth & quite unable to swim…
…Several times the gentlemen’s head disappeared underneath the water & without rather prompt…
HELP!
…a speedy death can only’ve been…
Oooh ‘eck !
