Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Henry Nisbet, Tobermory Procurator Fiscal, regarding the discovery of a male body on the shore at Greenhill opposite Greenhill House on 20 February 1860. It is speculated in the report that the body was one of the men lost on board the Swan of Belfast, which was wrecked on 19 January 1860. The body was found by Walter Carmichael (labourer, Greenhill). The report is submitted by Finlay Fraser, Detective Constable.
A statement is provided by Walter Carmichael, and is corroborated by:
Neil McLean (Greenhill)
Malcolm McNeil (baker from Portree, Skye, but at the time residing in Greenhill House)
Lachlan Cameron (tailor, Greenhill)
Hector McLean (crofter, Sandaig)
Alexander McLean (Ballmeniach [Middleton])
This report contains descriptions of a body in a state of decomposition. Click to read a transcript of this item.
From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.