26 June 2007   The schoolboy on the right is Ryan Parry. He died
yesterday afternoon at the tender age of fourteen whilst
investigating flood waters surging down the River Sheaf, just
one of five normally tiny streams that run through Sheffield.
He wasn't the only one to die. An unnamed pensioner got out of
his waterlogged car on The Wicker - close to Lady's Bridge over
the River Don and got swept away by the flood waters. Regarding
this man's death, a police spokesman said "The waters rose
extremely quickly- the victim was with another man and the water
level rose from ankle deep to chest deep. Soon both men were
paddling and trying to pull themselves along the bridge wall.
The victim got into difficulty and the other man tried to assist
him but was not able to pull him from the flood. He got to the
side and shouted for help. A member of the public managed to
pull the by-then unconscious pensioner from the water a few
minutes later. Members of the public then tried to resuscitate
the man until paramedics ar