Upgrade to pro and remove ads

Morpeth Contest

Mon 14 Aug 1871



Format: Other
Adjudicators:
Venue: Howard Terrace, Morpeth

Position Band Conductor
8th Durham Rifles Unknown
9th Durham Rifles Unknown
Bishopwearmouth Operatic Unknown
Blyth Unknown
Dudley Unknown
Laing's (Sunderland) Unknown
Monkwearmouth Engine Works Unknown
Ryhope Colliery Unknown
Ryhope South Bottle Works Unknown
Seaton Delaval Unknown
South Shields Unknown
St. Cuthbert's (Cowpen) Unknown
Swalwell and Derwent Valley Unknown
Usworth Unknown
Whitley Unknown

See
http://www.ibew.org.uk/misc4287.htm

Band Contest - Morpeth
About seven o'clock last evening, an alarming accident occurred at Morpeth, where several hundred excursionists had proceeded in the morning from North and South Shields for a brass band contest. Above 200 persons were standing on the chain bridge crossing the river, when it suddenly gave way with a tremendous crash - men, women, and children being thrown upon one another Their shrieks were heartrending, A number of persons were found to be injured, and it is reported that two ladies had each both legs broken. A young lady had her spine injured, and a child was so much injured that it was not expected to recover. Numbers of persons were struck and cut by falling wood.





Printed from https://brassbandresults.co.uk/