# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaCujdWIz5Q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67082639-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/44ae10c39d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-26T08:38:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

He was asleep beside his mother and little sister when the water came. By morning he was gone.

In March 1864, a brand-new dam above Sheffield was filled for the first time. A workman found a crack; the company’s engineer said it would hold. Just before midnight it burst — 700 million gallons tore down the valley. Around 240 drowned, nearly half of them children. The inquiry called it unforeseeable, and no one was ever charged.

#ForgottenHistory #BritishHistory #SocialHistory

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- **Likes:** 50
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## Tags

socialhistory, forgottenhistory, britishhistory

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