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

The brand-new Dale Dyke Dam, built to provide a reservoir for the rapidly expanding industrial town of Sheffield, in northern England, collaped as it was being filled for the first time. The resulting flood - known soon after as the "Great Sheffield Flood" - inundated large parts of the valley below, destroying hundreds of houses and killing 238 people. The disaster led to significant reforms in engineering standards in the United Kingdom. (By John Osborne)
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Searching for victims of a deadly dam break in northern England, March, 1863, British artist's impression

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

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

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 4, 2014.
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engraving
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Original caption
The Village of Bradfield, near Sheffield, scene of the late floods - From a sketch by our Special Artist
Source citation
Illustrated London News,May 19, 1864, p. 285.

Off the Indonesian coast, the Alabama captures and burns an American merchant ship

The Confederate raider Alabama had left Singapore Harbor early in the day and in the afternoon encountered the merchantman Texan Star in the Malacca Straights, bound for Singapore with a cargo of rice, between present-day Malaysia and Sumatra.  Despite the freighter captain's attempts to claim British ownership, the crew were taken off, and the vessel burned to the waterline.  (By John Osborne) 
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C.S.S. Alabama destroying an American merchant ship near Singapore, December 24, 1863, British artist's impression

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 4, 2014.
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engraving
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Original caption
The Alabama destroying the Texan Star, or Martaban, in the Malacca Straights - the Kwan-Tung, Chinese War Steamer, in the distance. - From a sketch by Commander Allen Young, R.N.
Source citation
Illustrated London News,April 2, 1864, p. 320.

"Columbia Demands Her Children," 1864, political cartoon, detail

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 1, 2014..
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cartoon
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Public
Original caption
Columbia Demands Her Children!
Source citation
American Cartoon Prints Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Cropped from the larger version, also available here.
Probable artist - Joseph E. Baker

"Columbia Demands Her Children," 1864, political cartoon, zoomable image

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Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 1, 2014..
Image type
cartoon
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Columbia Demands Her Children!
Source citation
American Cartoon Prints Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Probable artist - Joseph E. Baker
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