RAILWAY ACCIDENT. - About half-past eight last night, a somewhat serious accident occurred on the Caledonian Railway near Whifflet Station. It seems that a Pole, residing in Langloan, whose name were unable to ascertain prior to going to press, had been knocked down by a passing train and rendered unconscious. The man was removed … Continue reading December 1903 →

   Mishap to Railway Guard. - Yesterday morning a rather unfortunate accident befel Andrew Wilson, a guard in the employment of the North British Railway Company, residing in Edinburgh. Wilson was guard on the train that arrives at Dundee Tay Bridge Station about half-past ten. At Cupar-Fife a horsebox was attached to the train, and … Continue reading November 1903 →

   ACCIDENT. - At Croy Station on Saturday evening on the arrival of the 7.2 p.m. train, Matthew Burns, settmaker, Condorrat, fell from the train as it drew alongside the platform. When picked up he was bleeding profusely from a cut behind the left ear, while he seemed otherwise to have sustain3ed considerable injury. Dr … Continue reading October 1903 →

This is a rather battered copy of 'Scottish Chiefs,' but the illustrations within are great and will be uploaded along with their respective chapters, when I get round to it. I think these books will make for a really interesting read and I was surprised to see it was authored by a English female historian, … Continue reading ‘Scottish Chiefs’ (1840) →

I'm surprised this publication hasn't made it into any site posts yet. It's helped me out a lot in the past. These volumes gives an alphabetically listed city-by-city, town-by-town, account of Scotland. I've almost done a couple of projects based around the information in these books but other, more pressing, projects were taken on instead. … Continue reading ‘Gazetteer of Scotland’ (1847) →

HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN DUNDEE. ————— DETERMINED SUICIDE ON THE RAILWAY. ————— MAN CUT TO PIECES.    Another railway tragedy took place on the Caledonian Railway line at the west end of Dundee this morning.     The decapitated remains of a middle-aged man were found lying between the lines in the early hours of the morning.  … Continue reading September 1903 →

“I dinna want to dee yet!”