An account of the
Great
Fire of 1854 which followed an explosion in a chemical warehouse in
Gateshead and caused widespread death and destruction in that town and also
destroyed large areas of Newcastle, particularly around the narrow lanes (or
"chares") leading down to the Quayside. See also:
Victims of the 1854
Fire and Explosion in Gateshead - a list of the 225 persons killed or
injured in the disaster. Many entries include age, occupation, abode and
details of the injury suffered.
An account of the dreadful Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine
on Newcastle Town Moor on 17th December 1867, which claimed eight lives including
that of the Sheriff, John Mawson.
Photographs
of the Victoria Tunnel - a 19th century railway tunnel used as a World War
Two deep shelter. The Victoria
Tunnel is also the subject of Phil Thirkell's excellent website which
includes the history of the tunnel, a bibliography and many recent
photographs.
Scraping the Bottom
Items found in Leazes Park Lake, Newcastle - An exhibition at the
University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
LNER Wartime
Evacuation Documents N.EVAC 2 and N.EVAC 3 describing the arrangements for
evacuating children from Newcastle and Gateshead to rural parts of Northumberland,
Co Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland and Westmorland. The second document includes lists
of schools with details of their places and times of departure and their
destinations.