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DUMBARTON HERALD 29 July 1869

MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT - EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED (continued)

The fact that the body of the little girl McCrae was carried as far as Helensburgh by a single tide shows the strength of the currents, and the probability is that the remainder of the bodies will be found below rather than above the scene of the fatal catastrophe. On Thursday Dr Buchanan, of Dumbarton, made a post mortem examination of the bodies of Mrs McCrae and the child Thomson, the result being merely to confirm what was believed, namely, that their death arose solely from drowning. =

I also have map of the area from around about 1890.

Here's the same area today together with the Google version.

Later on that year, a small book was published containing the sermon preached in the parish church at Cardross on Sunday 1st August. A copy of this book is held by the West Dunbartonshire Library. If this is of interest, I can e-mail a copy to you.