The writing is distinctly poetic compared to modern styles of news writing.
"The heaviest rainfall for some years occurred in South Shropshire on Saturday; rain fell incessantly for sixteen hours."That was how a journalist writing in 1879 began his short article about the prospect of flooding in the county.
"The Teme rose to its highest point, and the River Corve, at Ludlow, has overflowed and invaded the streets," the story continued."There are prospects of a heavy flood, the water coming down rapidly from the hills." "The roaring of the Teme as it passes through the arches of the bridges resembles distant thunder" is distinctly poetic compared to modern styles of news writing.
"Should the water continue to rise the meadows will be inundated and the deposit of mud brought down the stream will totally destroy the mowing grass reserved for the hay crops," the reporter warns.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002075/18790612/033/0003But while it mentions the devastation and damage flooding can cause, the above article doesn't reference loss of life.
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