There was mention recently of a boating accident near Bowmore. I had the following account which may be related. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drowning Tragedy on Lochindall, Islay, 14th November 1879 This drowning tragedy took place in Lochindaal when a small 13 ft. boat was returning from Bowmore with a group of young people who had attended the November feeing (?) market there. The boat was overloaded and despite warnings from one of the party, Archibald MacLellan who refused to go with them, preferring to walk the long road to Kilchoman, they set off. The wind was from the south so they put up the sail at Bowmore. All went well until they were about half way across the loch between Gartbreck and Port Charlotte. Once they came out of the shelter of Laggan Point the boat started plunging and was swamped. All on board were drowned. They were: John MacLellan, 21 years brother and sisters of Archibald MacLellan Janet Maclellan, 17 years who walked home Margaret Mclellan, 26 years Duncan Maclean, 26 years Port Charlotte Duncan Sinclair, 27 years Tormisdale Margaret Johnstone, 17 years Conispie Robert Mackenzie, 48 years Port Charlotte Archibald Anderson, 18 years Tormisdale Catherine Ferguson, 25 years Portnahaven John Torrie, 28 years Port Charlotte Ann MacLachlan, 18 years Kilchoman Catherine Anderson, 23 years Tormisdale Archibald Turner, 32 years owner of the boat

Thanks very much for sharing this with us Mac. I'm just trying to figure out which Sinclair family that Duncan belonged to. Toni >From: "Mac Coinnich" <maccon1@msn.com> >Reply-To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com >To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] boating accident >Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:57:43 -0400 > >There was mention recently of a boating accident near Bowmore. I had the >following account which may be related. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Drowning Tragedy on Lochindall, Islay, 14th November 1879 _________________________________________________________________ Say hello to the next generation of Search. Live Search – try it now. http://www.live.com/?mkt=en-ca

The posting by maccon1@msn.com about the Lochindaar boating tragedy stated that the young people were returning from the "November feeing (?) market at Bowmore." I was not familiar with the term "feeing market", but a little research turned up the following: "A feeing market was a form of employment fair, and they were held all over Scotland but particularly in agricultural areas each May and November. Men and women in search of work would gather at the markets and attempt to catch the attention of farmers and other employers in search of labour." Joe West Tulsa, Oklahoma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac Coinnich" <maccon1@msn.com> To: <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:57 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] boating accident > There was mention recently of a boating accident near Bowmore. I had the > following account which may be related. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Drowning Tragedy on Lochindall, Islay, 14th November 1879 > > This drowning tragedy took place in Lochindaal when a small 13 ft. boat > was > returning from Bowmore with a group of young people who had attended the > November feeing (?) market there. > > The boat was overloaded and despite warnings from one of the party, > Archibald MacLellan who refused to go with them, preferring to walk the > long > road to Kilchoman, they set off. > > The wind was from the south so they put up the sail at Bowmore. All went > well until they were about half way across the loch between Gartbreck and > Port Charlotte. Once they came out of the shelter of Laggan Point the > boat > started plunging and was swamped. All on board were drowned. > > They were: > John MacLellan, 21 years brother and sisters of Archibald MacLellan > Janet Maclellan, 17 years who walked home > Margaret Mclellan, 26 years > Duncan Maclean, 26 years Port Charlotte > Duncan Sinclair, 27 years Tormisdale > Margaret Johnstone, 17 years Conispie > Robert Mackenzie, 48 years Port Charlotte > Archibald Anderson, 18 years Tormisdale > Catherine Ferguson, 25 years Portnahaven > John Torrie, 28 years Port Charlotte > Ann MacLachlan, 18 years Kilchoman > Catherine Anderson, 23 years Tormisdale > Archibald Turner, 32 years owner of the boat > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message