HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY 5TH JUNE 1884
ACCIDENT
On Thursday last John Henderson, slater, was working at a washing-house in Shandon, when the ladder on which he was standing broke, and Henderson, falling on a tub, was severely injured. He was taken to Helensburgh, where his injuries were dressed.
GLASGOW HERALD, MONDAY 13TH MAY 1889
CARRIAGE ACCIDENT
On Saturday afternoon, while Miss Thomson, Linnburn, Shandon, and three children were being driven in an open carriage along the road between Row and Shandon the horse was startled by a dog, and wheeling quickly, dashed against an embankment.
Miss Thomson was thrown out, and had her face cut. The coachman and children received no injuries. The horse was considerably bruised.
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