Monday 29th May 1905, was a rather sombre day in Blantyre as a gruesome discovery was made at the side of the River Clyde. During that evening, the body of a baby was found floating in the river near the Weir dam at Blantyre Village Works. Police were called and the body was taken to […]
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The Stewart Mystery, 1906
On Saturday 17th November 1906, the body of a man was observed in the River Clyde at the weir at Blantyre Village. The police were immediately informed and the body was moved to the River Bank for identification. It became known the man was John Stewart, a 23 year old missing man from Barnhill Farm […]
Sad Drowning, 1907
On 5th June 1907, thirteen year old Patrick McArdle of 4 Millhouses, Blantyre Works was playing at the riverside in front of his home. The general scene would be where the modern picture is on the banks of the River Clyde at the Village. When his ball fell into the water, the plucky youngster waded […]
Bizarre Drowning Case, 1908
On 18th May, the body of a woman was sadly found in the River Clyde at Blantyre. As if this shock wasn’t bad enough for Blantyre residents, he reporters at the time went to great lengths to publish the state of decomposition, something I won’t do here. From the description, approximate age and clothing described […]
Little Robert Shearer
Rescue Workers Appeal, 1916
In September 1916, an anonymous volunteer involved in the rescue and recovery of people in difficulties in the River Clyde was concerned about the frequency of drownings in the Village. He wrote to the papers making an appeal, as follows word for word: “As I was one of the voluntary rescue party the recent drowning […]