The Flood Came and Took Them All Away (1852) - Preface

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The Flood Came and Took Them All Away: A Sermon on the Holmfirth Flood (1852) by Rev. Joshua Fawcett

• Preface
• A Sermon (page 5)
• Appendices:
  • Awful Catastrophe at Holmfirth (page 31)
  • List of the Bodies Found (page 80)
  • Loss of Property (page 86)
  • Additional Particulars (page 87)
  • The Course of the Flood (page 88)
  • Opening of the Inquest (page 117)
  • Official Statement Made by Captain Moody (page 192)
  • Sympathy and Support (page 220)
  • List of More Bodies Found (page 226)
  • A Poem (page 227)

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Preface.

The Author desires to state that this Sermon was preached in Wibsey Chapel, Bradford, Yorkshire, on February 8th, 1852, the Sunday after the Holmfirth Catastrophe, (when a Collection was made on behalf of the Sufferers,) and was written without the least idea of its ever passing beyond the narrow circle of his own flock; and that it possesses no claim either to originality of thought, or mode of treatment. It is published at the request and risk of a gentleman, who desires to contribute any profits which may arise from the sale, to the Fund being raised for the Benefit of the Holmfirth Sufferers.

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