Death on the River Hull – the Brewhouse Wrack ferry disaster
On a dark December day 170 years ago, an east Hull street was in mourning. At number 12, Hood Street, the Durr family was trying …
Hull history
Stories from the history of Hull, in Yorkshire, UK
A deadly trek across the Great Silence of Russia’s White Sea
It is one of the most tragic tales of courage and endurance in the history of Hull. When the SS Sappho became trapped in ice, hundreds of miles from home, 23 men set out across the frozen surface of the White Sea.
10 of the most daring Hull prison escapes
Harry Ogle cut his throat while breaking out of a Humber Street jail but ran as far as river bank before he died. From that …
This flying car was invented in Hull
A century before the Wright Brothers achieved the first powered flight, a Hull man invented a flying car. Thomas Walker was so confident that his …
The Hull man killed by his shaving brush
Hull man Joseph Taylor was enjoying a holiday in Scarborough when he cut himself while shaving. A few days later, he was dead … from …
Welcome to the East by Northeast blog
The East by Northeast blog is a new site celebrating the history, as well as the myths and legends, of the great city of Kingston …