Links to Interesting Tales

M.V. Derbyshire - Discovery of the Wreckage

Hartley Pit Disaster - Historic Mining Tragedy

M.V. Edmund Fitzgerald - Searching for the Great Laker

The Sunderland Stampede - Theatre Exit

Who Hung the Monkey - Napoleonic Ship Wreck

Transporter Bridge - Largest in the World

Dundee Rail Disaster - Bridge collapsed in flood

The Roman Wall - Boundary of the Roman Empire

Irish Potato Famine - Repeated yearly crop failures

R.M.S. Titanic - Vessel lost on maiden voyage

Nova Scotian Hurricane - Numerous ship lost

Alesund Fire Tragedy - Entire town raised to the ground

End of Hadrian's Wall - Built to keep them out

Seaham Mine Disaster- Tragedy at Wearside Pit

Teesside's Bridge Builders - Worldwide structural wonders

The Ship Draughtsman - Tyne & Wear Shipbuilding by Colin Tipping