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.