The Evening Courant Newspaper dated 9 April 1868 tells of the tragic death of Blantyre woman, Elizabeth Brand on 6th April that year who met with an accident at the Blantyre Dyeworks. This is a story from 155 years ago. About 11 o’clock on Monday forenoon, Elizabeth Brand, aged 20, a dye worker of Blantyre […]
Next, a tale long forgotten, for it happened 154 years ago. Another massive fire at the Blantyre Dye Works, the FOURTH time the huge 6 storey building was completely gutted. At about eight o’clock on Sunday evening on 6th March 1864, fire was discovered to have again broken out in one of the drying […]
About nine o’clock in the evening on Tuesday 13th September 1859, the two large brick buildings, forming part of the dye works at Blantyre Cotton Mills, the property of Henry Monteith & Co, the famed Turkey-red dyers, were totally consumed by fire. One of the tenements called the “drying store” consisted of five storeys, […]
On Saturday 28th April 1821, in one of the very first documented articles about fires in Blantyre, the former extensive dye works at Blantyre Works, near the River Clyde, burned down. The loss was total, despite desperate attempts to save it and from keeping it from spreading. The dye works, situated on the bend […]
From the Hamilton Herald 19th May 1888. Shared by Wilma Bolton. “Much concern has been shown of late among the people over the statement that these works are about to be closed. During the last fortnight large numbers have been discharged, and it is to be expected that operations will cease entirely in a […]