The Daily ProphetDecember 27th, morning edition
Written by Rita Skeeter
Tragedy struck yesterday for Wizards and Muggles alike when the dark mark was set into the sky and the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle was overturned. It happened just after the sun set around 6:30pm and several onlookers have been reported as seeing dark masked figures lurking in the shadows. "Obviously someone with enough wand power to over tip a bridge [did it]. My guess - the same ones who have been setting off the mark" said one reputable source, Walden Macnair.
The final toll rolled in late last night at 41 injured including women and children. 19 people have been accounted dead, though their bodies are still being identified by family members. "It is most unfortunate that so many [muggles] were injured or lost their lives" said Walden Macnair, and no truer words have ever been said.
The Ministry of Magic is working overtime to give false memories to the muggles who saw the dark mark, and destroy the evidence of it. The Minister of Magic has been said to visit with the British Minister about the incident.