Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 16 January 1939

River Don Overflowed its Banks

The River Don overflowed its banks at Kilnhurst Wash yesterday, with the result that more low-lying land for a mile stretch between Swinton and Mexborough is now under water, in some places up to six feet.

Anxious watch is being kept on the river at a point near the Swinton sewage works, where the river was 15 feet above normal.

The river was also exceedingly high at Denaby and a large area was under water in the Denaby pastures district. The Dearne reached a new high level at Darfield, yesterday. Passage between Wombwell and Low Valley from Mitchell Main to Darfield Main collieries was made impossible for traffic.

Sheffield Evening Telegraph – Thursday 19 January 1939

Hedgerows Covered

While the floods occasioned by the overflowing of the Don near Mexborough and Swinton last week-end have subsided to a large extent, the River Dearne has caused widespread flooding throughout the district.

Over a huge tract of land between Wath and Bolton-on-Dearne it is difficult to determine the course of the river so high are the floods, in some places all the hedgerows being covered.

At Denaby halt station the flooding on the Mexborough-High Melton road was serious and the road was inundated to a depth of four feet for a distance of 150 yards. Traffic had to be diverted.