A Letter about Blantyre, sent in to the Hamilton Advertiser in 1879. “Sir, Labouring, as I am, in the midst of this mining district to do the people some good, I have been wondering what could be done in order to make the late calamity (The Pit Disasters) a turning point for good. There is […]
Wilma Bolton sent me this article from Hamilton Advertiser. 19/7/1879. Page 2. Set at a time a couple of years after the Blantyre Disaster, it explores the “demon drink’. “BLANTYRE FOLK by WILLIAM C. McDOUGALL , 1879 THE DEMON DRINK – LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sir, Labouring, as I am, in the midst of this mining district to […]