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10 THE TEESDALE MERCURY. hVednesday, January 14th, 1931. I'Vet uesday, THE TOLL OF THE TEES. 1640. Two members of a Scottish band of 1798. Nov. 16. Charles Richardson, of drowned by the upsetting of a boat in raiders who Were repulsed by a troupe of Worsall, •Yorkshire, drowned in the Tees which they were crossing the river at ALKS soldiers • under Lieut. Smith, whilst ik-a• Worsall, aged 26; - Wycliffe Sills in a flood in the dark. [BY TiiE My. A. W. M. CLOSE.] raiding the house of Mr Mudie at Staple- 1799. Jan. 1. Joseph Foster, of Middleton- Willhun Robinson, of Whorlton,-who was. The happenings of olden times often make ton, drowned in the Tees. The rest were in-Teesdale, was drowned whilst fording also in the boat, was washed ashore and Br A F interesting reading when perusing the mostly taken pi isoners. (Longstaffe's the Tees below Middleton. His body was saved his life. ancieut registers of our parish churches. History of Darlington.) . found seven months afterwards at Gain- 1897. May 2. Hannah Ord (16), Winifred The modern register books, since 1813, only BAD TE 1641. Cuthbert Birde, of Middleton Tires lot d. Mary Ord (15), 6renevievP Ord (13), give the bare facts of the interment, or D (Tyas), drowned in the Tees. 1802. July 23. Henry Jackson, a servant, daughters of Benjamin and Hannah Ord, baptism, or marriage having taken pine s: 1643. March 15. A stranger, a souldier drowned in 1 he Tees by accident. An of Piercebridge, and Ethel Mary Stokell with no what might be termed " outside Which came being drowned. (Gainford.) inquest sat upon this boy and the verdict (14), a friend from Hartlepool, were all details." In the registers of the 18th cannot tell. B 1653. Dec. Henry Firbanke, of Forcet in the was accidental death. Aged 11. drowned whilst crossing the Tees on foot temper or bad d' century and earlier many of these are County of Yorke, who was found lying 1803. March 29. Thomas Bayles, aged 73, below Snow Hall. No one witnessed the to introduce that frequently forthcoming; and very often such drowned in Blackwell Holme. who drowned himself in Toppet.Hole the accident, but it was thought that one of ing of your deba details have been of great value in com- great outpouring William Walker, a poor 25th inst. (Romaldkirk). them slipped into a deep hole dragging piling local history, or in the settling of 1665. Oct. 30th. members of the servant, drowned at Sockburne and cast 1811. Aug. 26. Thomas Kidd and Jane, his the others with her. The Ords are interred to have their v* disputes, which, hid they not been com- wife, killed by the fall of the new bridge at Piercebridge. children, it beco mitted to writing by the parish clergy of ashore at Dinsdale. at Step Ends. Longstaffe, in his history of Darlington. well keep us aw the past would have been unknown. The 1668. Jury 20th. Thomas Windle drowned. punish our bad- [Kidd was a Mickleton butcher returning says : " The River Tees is exceedingly un- ancient registers of most of the parishes on Ingle Tees, we to take them from Middleton and ventured beneath the safe for inexperienced people to bathe in. Tees-side contain various entries of tragic 1677. Feb. 15th. Margaret Shut, Gainford, take them to the bridge when its fall was imminent. His The bottom being chiefly of a sandy nature There is room deaths by drowning, which have occurred drowned. wife, fearing her hukiand's fate, followed is by the frequent floods continually shift- here. What a- all clown the ages, in our treacherous river. 1691. Jan. 12th. John Percival, Gainford, if the parson him to bring- him back. The bridge fell and ing. And it is hot an infrequent thing fo,r The writer has noted the following which drowned in the Teas. powder,,,and the •both perished in the"presence of numerous a person unacquainted with the water to he has come across, which clearly show that 1691. June 4. Timothy Waistell, Bernard's minutes' lecture onlookers.] slip from a place not knee-deep into a hole- no medicine was the Tees has always been a death-trap to Castle, drowned in the Tees. 1813. June 4. William Steel drowned in the 8 or 10 feet in depth." bad old days m those who have fallen into its grip. There 1697. Sept. 25. Thomas Bell, a drowned but nowadays it Tees. \Vodencroft School. Aged 15. Though the Swale is claimed by some to are, of course, others not mentioned here, titan thrown ashore here. (Dinsdale..) This question o [A scholar of Mr Edward Simpson's be the most rapidly flowing river in Eng- disease has bee but enough are forthcoming to prove the 1704. Sept. 4. George Murforth taken out school. ] No sooner are a truth of the statement. Entries of many of the Tees. land from its source at Swale Head, some 1820. August. John Bainbridge, a young they refrain fro of these are to be found in local registers, 1704. William Nixon out of the Tees. 1700 feet above sea level, down to Richmond order to study man, was drowned by the collapse of the and afford a salutary warning against (Gainford.) Bridge about 300 feet, yet the Tees, if it ing *mini On 1709. Oct. 1. Richard Heighkly drowned in Wynch Bridge through the snapping of does not equal it, as many think it does, born the 76:mug taking unnecessary risks when viewing the one of the chains, owing to its being over- ready, equipped romantic scenery on the banks of this the Tees. comes in a good second. An interesting crowded by a party of haymakers (9 men care of the lit beautiful stream. 1714. May. Joyce Hubbs,' of Blackwell, statement with reference to the continuous soul. and two women), crossing to the Durham fall of the river Though the writer had not intended to drowned in the Tease. was made by the Chief TEE BABY'S BAD side from Holwick. include any drowning cases that have 1715. March 29. John Warcopp drowned in Clerk of the Tees Commissioners, 70 years- 1821. Sept. 21. Matthew and Mary Trotter, Speaking as a occurred during the present century, he Wycliffe Sills. ago, of which the following is a copy I may say we al brother and sister, of White House, Hutton feels bound to refer to the deplorable 1717. Jonathan Melmerby, Richmond Parish, " The Tees drains about 700 square miles of bad temper. A Magna, were carried away by the Tees act of a new-bo catastrophe of August 16th last, when Mr drowned in the Teas. surface. The length from its extreme source• Wave whilst attempting to cross the river is nearly 100 miles. The different falls are press on his f Johnson lost his life by falling over High 1720. Sept., 26 or Oct. 26 (sic). James Ender- tempt for this son, drowned in the Tees. at Wycliffe Sills on horseback, and both as under from the head to the bar-Head or screws up his Force, which has happened since these drowned. records were compiled. His death affords 1721. Dec. 19. William Hall, servant to weel to Caldron Snout rapid, 3 miles 6 fur- clenches his little 1825. May 2. John Newton, Barton, found punch the world another warning to visitors of the danger Christopher Wardell, of Blackwell, longs, fall 76 feet. Rate per mile, 20 feet. drowned at Blackwell. Aged 47. out blindly with of viewing the scenery from the top of the drowned iii' Tees. Caldron Snout to - High Force, 5 miles t 1832. Nov. 5. 1 George Stout, drowned at catching someone Fall. This is the second time within the 1722. July 10. The corpse of one suppOSed furlongs, fall 316 feet. Rate per mile, 60 feet. ant to record t Neesham Ford. Aged 42. writer's recollection that such a disaster has to have been a man cast up by the Tees High Force to Wynch Bridge, 1 mile 6 fur-- down in a few 1838. John Morton, of Liverpool, drowned thing is expected happened; the previous one taking place near Blackwell. longs, fall 156 feet. Rate per mile, 89 feet. whilst bathing in the Tees. Aged 27 years. Wynch Bridge to Middleton, 3 miles 6 fur- eat, he relents 50 years ago last June, as mentioned in the 1722. Dec. 31. Robert Luck, of Darlington, But never forg 1842. Jan. 26. Two boys (brothers), aged 13 Teesdale Mercury of August 20th. bricklayer, was drowned in the Tees at longs, fall 180 feet. Rate per mile, 48 feet. that the bad to Neesham. and 11, drowned at Portrack, near Stock- Middleton to Eggleston Bridge, 4 miles 1 fur-- and will requir DROWNING CASES. stop to think w 1725. July 1. Mr John Child, of Blackwell, ton, through the ice, on which they were long, fall 99 feet. Rate per. mile, 22 feet. skating, giving way. Several other boys father, like son. 1332. Christiana, daughter of Alan flu Henry who was drowned in that part of the Tees Eggleston to Barnard Castle Bridge, 6 miles cultivate your o de Rumbaldkirk, in crossing over the call'd Consent Caldron on the 2nd June. were immersed, but managed to get ashore 2 furlongs, fall 162 feet. Rate per mile, 24 tackle your littl one way or another. bridge at Cothersbeck, accidentally 1730. June 22. William, son of William feet 11 inches. Barnard Castle to Gainford reasons for culti tumbled into the water and was drowned Groves, of Darlington, drowned by 1844.