Accreditation The Redcar & Saltburn News. 22/01/1874 A FISHING COBLE RUN DOWN AT THE TEES      Early on Thursday morning, 21st inst, the steam tug “Patriot,” owned by Messrs Duncan, of Stockton, was entering the Tees, and passing the entrance buoys, the steamer came into collision with, and...

Accreditation Redcar and Saltburn News 19/03/1874 GALLANT RESCUE OF NINE FISHERMEN BY THE “REDCAR” LIFEBOAT      On Saturday morning, 13th inst, , three fishing cobles belonging to Redcar, three men in each boat, whilst pursuing their ordinary avocation, had a very narrow escape of being lost...

Accreditation The Redcar & Salburn News 28/11/1873 SERIOUS COLLISION AT SEA – SCREW STEAMER RUN DOWN      Between twelve and one o’clock on Wednesday, 26th inst morning, a serious collision took place off Robin Hood’s Bay, on the Yorkshire Coast. While the screw steamer Eureka, of Middlesbrough,...

Accreditation Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 15/09/1871 COBLE RACE REDCAR ROCK BUOY – FAIRWAY BUOY           On Saturday afternoon last (8/09/1871) a race took place between two cobles, one the property of Mr. Schmitz, of Coatham, and the other of Mr. Sowerby, Snow Hall, Darlington....

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 06/10/1871 Wrecks Coming to grief on the rocks at Redcar      The rapid approach of winter, the recent cold, and boisterous winds, the heavy seas, and the long list of wrecked vessels consequent thereon, naturally cause the thoughts and sympathies of all those whose...

Accreditation The Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette. 11/11/1878 WRECK OF AN ITALIAN BARQUE AT THE MOUTH OF THE TEES On Monday night, 11th inst, the Italian barque, “Gemmi Parodi” left Middlesbrough with a cargo of pitch for Genoa. She was towed down the river to the bar by the tugboat Nunthorpe....

Accreditation Redcar & Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 06/10/1871 REDCAR LIFEBOAT BURTON-ON-TRENT FOR THE ZETLAND       On Saturday afternoon 30/09/1871, the crew of the lifeboat “Burton-on-Trent” – the property of the National Lifeboat Institution – went out for a quarterly practice, and...

Accreditation The Redcar & Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette. 08/07/1870 NUISANCE CAUSED BY FISHERMEN      On the Redcar Board meeting a discussion followed as to the placing of the cobles on the Promenade, and Dr. Bennett complained of the nuisance caused below the Royal Hotel by refuse fish – Mr...

Accreditation to AN OLD STAGER  Redcar & Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 02/06/1894 THE ORIGIN OF THE SOUTH SHIELD and REDCAR LIFEBOATS THE FIRST SOUTH SHIELDS BOATS   From numberless versions as to the origin of the lifeboat, space will allow for a mere glance. In 1789, the inhabitants of South...

Accreditation Redcar and Saltburn Gazette 27/09/1872. A SCREW STEAMER ON THE HARTLEPOOL LONG SCAR      On Tuesday morning 24/09/1872 about four o’clock, the screw steamer “May Queen” of London, whilst on her passage down, was overtaken by the heavy gale which visited the north eastern coast,...