Accreditation The Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette. 05/07/1878   BOATING FATALITY AT TEES MOUTH Two Live Lost       On Monday, an inquest was opened at the Warrenby Hotel. Near Redcar, before A. Buchannan, Esq., district coroner, touching the death of William Henry Charnley, 17 years of...

Accreditation Redcar and Saltburn News 13/01/1875 COATHAM SINGULAR CASE OF DROWNING      On 13th, January, 1875, between three and four o’clock, a man named George Smith, in the employ of Mr John Cowl, cab proprietor, was drown at Redcar under the following singular circumstances:-  Deceased...

Accreditation Redcar & Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 13/09/1872 NARROW ESCAPE      On Friday, 13th, September, 1872 and accident, which very nearly proved fatal, happened to a man named Brown, who was employed as a beater for, Mr. Newcomen and party whilst they were shooting over a field near Yearby....

TOLL OF THE SEA Redcar Disaster Recalled Six Fishermen Drowned In sight of comrades             February 5, 1909, is one of the fatal dates in Redcar’s history. It was on this day that the sea took toll of six brave Redcar fishermen. Here is the story told by an eye witness:-            ...

CHOLERA & TYPHOID          During September 1854, Zetland Place (now South Terrace), became the focus of attention for an outbreak of Cholera within the town, basically put down to poor sanitation. Living standards in some parts of the town would be by today’s standards declared appalling....