May 9, 1836
n THE Herald reported: ''On Saturday evening, while the railway passenger carriages were proceeding eastwards to Airdrie, a wheel of a small open wagon attached to the regular train broke, and three or four passengers in the wagon were, in consequence, thrown out. One gentleman, Mr Ross, lawyer, Airdrie, is said to have been considerably bruised and stunned, and two other persons were more slightly injured, besides having their clothes very much torn.''
n THE Herald also reported: ''The long-continued and almost unexpected severity of the weather is the theme of universal remark. In Lochaber and Badenoch the lambs have suffered on every farm, and many ewes have also perished. Along the hilly roads lambs are seen lying dead in considerable number, while others occasionally run after the traveller, clamouring for the food their dams are unable any longer to give.''
n SITS vac included: ''Servants for an Hotel in New Orleans''. The advertiser insisted that employees ''must be natives of Scotland''. Benefits were offered. ''In the event of sickness, or an epidemic breaking out, those who have engaged for one year will be removed to the country, and kept there, at the expense of the establishment, until health be restored to the city.''
n A COACH travelling from Carlisle to Kendal overturned when a cloud of dust blinded the driver. ''The passengers were all more or less bruised, but no serious injury was sustained. Hunter, the guard, was thrown off, and received several severe concussions. He has been remarkably fortunate of late, having been overturned four times within the last two years.''
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