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DUMBARTON HERALD 29 July 1869

MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT - EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED (continued)

His son John, who has met his death under the circumstances narrated, for a time maintained the family laurels in this respect, but has not been a competitor for some years past. As showing however that the love of the art was not extinct, old Malcolm was anxious to have tried his hand at the Dumbarton regatta on the 17th curt., and on that day we heard John express his determination to meet with Carlile of the Vale, the present champion sculler of Scotland, at the next Loch lomond regatta, and show that the McCraes were still able to hold the firstplace. He said he had been practising recently, and was able now to make his boat go quicker than in the days when he had carried off the first honours. As a gardener, McCrae excelled, and was often successful in the competitions in the local flower shows. From these circumstances, the family must have been known far beyond the quiet parish in which they resided, and the sad calamity which has at this time befallen it will be heard of with regret by many far distant from the scene of the disaster. Yesterday the search in boats was abandoned, but the relations and others continued to look for the missing bodies along the shores in the direction of the Hill of Ardmore and Gareloch. > more [10]