News extracts: Aug. 27, 1859: James Anderson killed, in accident near Inversnaid, Scotland

Transcribed from the 27 August 1859 edition of The Portadown Weekly
News, by permission of The British Library:

Distressing Occurrence.--On Saturday afternoon, a number of
gentlemen and ladies had been on an excursion throughout the Trossachs.
When about to leave Stranaclacher [var. Stronachlachar] for Inversnaid
on their way to this city [Glasgow?], it was found that the omnibus
coach could not accommodate them all with seats, and accordingly some of
the party had to engage a private conveyance in the shape of a car or
gig, in which were placed one lady and three gentlemen. On going down
the hill to Inversnaid, the horse in the gig shied, and started down the
hill. The three gentlemen immediately jumped out, and one of them, Mr.
James Anderson, residing at Landside, and a member of the firm of
Messrs. James Anderson & Co., calenderers and packers, 170, Buchanan
Street, was killed on the spot. Another gentleman, named Mr. Bissett,
the representative of an English firm, sustained some very severe
contusions; while the lady, whose name we have been unable to learn, was
injured so severely as to place her life in considerable danger.

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