OT Masborough boat disaster.

[Scum-Triumphant]

This link gives some very vivid details of this forgotten tragedy.

https://www.on-magazine.co.uk/yorksh...r-rotherham-2/

[wendun]

This link gives some very vivid details of this forgotten tragedy.

https://www.on-magazine.co.uk/yorksh...r-rotherham-2/

Scum, mon ami, it's not forgotten. I have posted at length on here and Banter about this terrible event.

[Pattylallacks2]

Scum, mon ami, it's not forgotten. I have posted at length on here and Banter about this terrible event.

Scum mon Eileen

[wendun]

Scum mon Eileen

Not bad for you, Patty. I'm still waiting for the towel btw.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

For those not quite sure where this was, the boat yard was roughly where the old Tesco was, so more Rotherham centre than Masborough.

[wendun]

For those not quite sure where this was, the boat yard was roughly where the old Tesco was, so more Rotherham centre than Masborough.

Yes, I believe the slipway can still be seen on Forge Island. In the 60s the cellars of the Bridge Inn were reputed to be haunted by the dead from the affair.

[caytonmiller]

Some say kempo was the chief boat builder.

[Scum-Triumphant]

For those not quite sure where this was, the boat yard was roughly where the old Tesco was, so more Rotherham centre than Masborough.

Thanks for that. I wondered what the exact place is.

Why no memorial on site?

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Thanks for that. I wondered what the exact place is.

Why no memorial on site?

I think it’s because Forge Lane faded into disuse as buildings like Tesco were built there. The footpath past Tesco from Bridge Street went between Tesco and the river, Forge Lane was on the other side between Tesco and the canal, so not a major thoroughfare

[great_fire]

Lots of children died in local mining disasters as well, mainly boys but some girls too. That "white privilege" eh?

https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/ac...ers/yorkshire/

http://mineaccidents.com.au/mine-acc...-colliery-1838