Accreditation The Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 02/02/1877 HIGH TIDE AT REDCAR      On Tuesday afternoon 30th inst a heavy gale from the north west came on suddenly, and being flood tide the surf along shore best with great violence dashing over the footpath on the Esplanade and bringing...

Accreditation the Redcar and Saltburn News 07/01/1875 SNOWSTORM IN CLEVELAND RAILWAYS BLOCKED UP      A snowstorm of unprecedented violence occurred in many parts of Cleveland on Friday. The morning was comparatively calm, and gave hope to those engaged in outdoor occupations of a favourable change...

Accreditation Redcar & Saltburn News 22/10/1874 TERRIFIC GALE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOUSE PROPERTY AT COATHAM AND WARRENBY      A terrific gale from the North West raged yesterday morning, and much damage has been caused by property at Coatham and Warrenby. Three houses near Coatham Convalescent...

Accreditation Redcar and Saltburn News 17/12/1874   ANOTHER STORM SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE The HARTLEPOOL’S       A terrible gale prevailed during Saturday night and Sunday, and was attended with great loss of life. The wind was from the north east. The schooner “Lady of the Lake”...

 Accreditation Redcar and Saltburn News 09/12/1874 ON THE NORTH EAST COAST Shipwrecks and Loss of Life On e of the most violent storms ever experienced raged of the North East coast on Tuesday night and Wednesday Morning and numerous shipwrecks have occurred, many of them being attended with great...

Accreditation The Redcar & Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 22/10/1869   THE LATE TERRIFIC GALE THE NORTH EAST COAST       On Saturday last, a very severe gale swept along the north east coat, followed by another on Monday night. The damage done to shipping in the north was considerable, and several...

Accreditation The Redcar & Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 23/06/1871. GREAT THUNDERSTORM              On, Monday morning, 19th June, 1871, between eleven and twelve, a storm of thunder and rain, almost unequalled in severity for some years, passed over Redcar and the neighbourhood. The flashes...

Accreditation The Redcar & Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 15/09/1869 TIDES – EXTRAORDINARY LOW EBB TIDE              Though the tides did not flow to so great a height on our coast at Redcar as had been expected, yet there was ample evidence in the extreme low ebbs that the water...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 29/02/1936     HIGH TIDES AT REDCAR     Unusually high tides attracted hundreds of sightseers to the sea wall on Sunday afternoon and dozens of children with a sense of adventure established themselves on small islands and other points of vantage which offered...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 02/02/1935 CLEVELAND’ SHIVERS IN THE BLAST WEEK-END GALES DAMAGE Tricks the Wind Played at Redcar    Travelling at close to 90 miles per hour, a hurricane of wind swept through Redcar last week-end and did hundreds of pounds worth of damage. It brought with it,...