A few years ago I called into a Jarrow History Society meeting & afterwards gave a lady called Marguerite Nicol a lift home to Hebburn.
I think Marguerite was born 1927.
During our long chat she mentioned her dad, a Hebburn man, worked on the New Tyne Bridge & told her if anyone fell in, there was a chap in a little boat ready to rescue you.
Her dad told her only one man died and it was because he was always 'carrying on' and taking risks.