Drowned at Conisborough

September 1896

Sheffield Daily Telegraph September 28, 1896

Drowned at Conisborough

A labourer, named George William Samson, aged 25, of Conisborough, was drowned on Friday night.

The company by a friend named Sidney Mountjoy, deceased entered a boat on the river, and they were rowing when the mishap occurred. A strong current was running at the time, owing to the continuous rainfall, and the board got carried to the weir. The men could not prevent this, and the ball was overturned.

Mountjoy, who is said to be a good swimmer, made for the bank, and was able to get safely upon terra firma, but Samson was drowned.

The body was not recovered until Saturday and it had drifted a considerable distance.