During December 1893, a large storm swept through Central Scotland and it was buildings in the midst of construction in Blantyre that month which took the brunt of the damage.
At Oilwork Road, Stonefield ( a previous name for Forrest Street) a brick house was in the course of erection when the storm hit. The construction had been stopped for some time, but when the storm arrived in full force, the partially built brick house was levelled to the ground!
By the morning of Tuesday 12th December 1894, the small house lay in a pile of ruins. No one occupied the building and being so unfinished, it had little value. However, it proved that no building could be safe from the effects of extreme weather, …..even if they were built of brick!
AI imagines the scene.
