WITNESS (EDINBURGH), SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER 1847
DESTRUCTION OF SHANDON HOUSE BY FIRE
On Wednesday morning, about six o’clock, the inmates of the mansion-house of Walter Buchanan, Esquire of Shandon, were roused by fire breaking out in the upper part of the building, which, with the exception of the two wings, was in a very short time entirely burnt to the ground.
The people in the neighbourhood assembled in great numbers to render their assistance, and, ably directed by Mr Robert Napier, they succeeded in saving a part of the furniture and effects. It is presumed the fire had arisen from the ignition of a beam of timber in connection with one of the vents. It is understood that the property is insured.
ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY 15TH AUGUST 1945
The fire which has blazed three days on the British steamer Wairuna in the Gareloch, near Shandon, is now extinguished, reports Lloyd’s.
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