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Transcript of Inventory of Precognition regarding the bodies of twelve men found washed ashore in Crossapol on the Isle of Coll on 16 December 1873. The men were the crew of the Sultan of London, a barque which was wrecked at Crossapol on 15 December 1873. The bodies were found by Lawrance Cowan (son of and residing with Charles Cowan, Crossapol).

The crew consisted of: P L Greig (Captain), James Crookshank (32, Huntley), J Edwards (30 Philadelphia), F Devon (30 Belgium), George Messerney (49 Jersey), John James (30 Jersey), Carl Frytag (41 Jersey), Frederick Nelson (35, Ireland), John B Smith (38, Virginia), Daniel Byrom (25, Sweden), Carl [Wilcher or Witchen?] (20, Sweden), William Benjamin McCoy (18, Manchester), William Richards (18, Ardwick), John Foy or Fry (30, Limerick).

The transcript contains descriptions of tattoos found on five of the bodies, and mentions their burial at Crossapol graveyard.

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

 

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) charging Margaret MacFadyen with theft in June 1873. MacFadyen (daughter of and residing with Donald MacFadyen, Arinagour, Coll) is accused of plucking the fleece off a dead wedder with intent to steal on the farm of Arintluich [Arinthluich], Coll, occupied by the Proprietor John Stewart Esquire of Coll. Margaret MacFadyen is also referred to as ‘black Peggy’ in the report.

Alexander MacLean (joint tenant, Caolisinellan, Coll), Archibald MacNeilage (servant to Malcolm Gilchrist, Totaronald, Coll) and Donald MacNeilage (shepherd to John Stewart Esquire, Acha, Coll) are named as witnesses and provide statements.

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

 

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) regarding the loss of the smack Mary and Catherine of Tyree, on 3 September 1873. The Mary and Catherine was owned by James MacFadyen (Scarinish) and was wrecked at Freslan (possibly Friesland) near Arinagour in the Isle of Coll while coming from Ardnamurchan with sheep belonging to Thomas Barr (farmer, Balephetrish) and John Paterson (shepherd, Tiree).

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

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Transcript of a Police Report submitted to Tobermory Procurator Fiscal by John MacDougall (Constable) charging William Lachlan and Malcolm Gilchrist with Breach of the Public Peace on 14 November 1872. Lachlan (bower, Gallanach, Coll) and Gilchrist (farmer, Totaronald, Coll) are accused of fighting outside of the grocer shop occupied by Henry Whitelaw in Arinagour.

Captain Hector Lamont (Vaul, Tiree) and John Paterson (farmer, Arnabost, Coll) are named as witnesses.

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

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Transcript of the petition of Henry Nisbet, Tobermory Procurator Fiscal, against Lachlan McLean (merchant, Totronald, Coll) and John McLean (merchant, Totronald, Coll) relating to the theft of copper and other substances from the wreck of the Barque Mandane of Sunderland. The thefts occurred at or near the beach at Crossapol and the adjoining beach of Breachacha on the Isle of Coll.

Statements are provided by:
Lachlan McLean (above)
John McLean (above)
Donald Kennedy (Crofter, Kilbride, Coll)
Hugh MacInnes (Labourer, Breachacha, Coll)
Lachlan Maclean (son of John McLean, Ballard, Coll)
Archibald McLean (Labourer, Breachacha, Coll)
Eliza Kay (daughter of Allan Kay, Breachacha, Coll)
Donald McColl (Grieve, Breachacha, Coll)
Donald Maclean (Sheriff Officer, Mippost, Coll)
Allan Cameron (Police Officer, Tobermory)
Niel McPhail (Sheriff Officer, Tobermory)

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

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Transcript of Inventory of Precognition against Donald MacKinnon (Arinagour, Coll), Donald Macfarlane (Arinagour, Coll) and Lachlan MacFadyen (Arnabost, Coll) regarding the theft of silk ribbons from the wreck of the Barque Mandane in August 1850. The Mandane was wrecked at Crossapol, Isle of Coll, on 19 August 1850.

Statements are provided by:

Donald MacKinnon (Arinagour, Coll), Angus McFadyen (crofter, Arinagour, Coll)
Donald Macfarlane (Arinagour, Coll)
Lachlan MacFadyen (Arnapost, Coll)
Niel McLean (Crofter, Kilbride, Coll)
Catherine McFarlane (Arinagour, Coll)
Norman McLean (Labourer, Treeland, Coll)
Lachlan Johnstone (Ground Officer, Cliad, Coll)
Niel McLean (Tenant, Crossapol, Coll)
Niel Smith (Agent in Tobermory, now residing in Glasgow)
William Ewing (Insurance Broker, Glasgow)
James Dalzell (Agent for Underwriters, Glasgow)
Allan Cameron (Police Officer, Tobermory)
Niel McPhail (Sheriff Officer, Tobermory)

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From the liveArgyll Archives in Lochgilphead, made available through the Written in the Landscape project.

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Small, hardback book ‘Coll & Tiree’ by Colin and Eithne Nutt, 2019. A  photographic journey around Coll and Tiree in a collection of 90 new photographs. From the ‘Picturing Scotland’ series of books.

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