On Tuesday 21st August 1923, the Blantyre police completed their investigation in connection with a drowning the previous week, in a tributary of the Clyde. Mrs. O’Brien, the wife of a miner who lived at Watson Street had disappeared from home on the Friday night. Police were of the opinion that there was no […]
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A gruesome case never solved
On 17th August 1923, the Blantyre Police made a grim discovery. Their search for a Mrs O Brien ended in the worst possible manner when her body was found in the mill lade , leading off the River Clyde. Mrs O Brien had been missing since the previous Friday. The discovery was made by James […]