Anybody guess at Minyston Bridge Coatbridge?.....

[joette]

Well I have learned more about the geographical changes in Glasgow/Lanark over the past hour or so than I have in all my years.
I always loved geography at school but never paid much attention to or probably was never taught much about the Local Geography.
Anyway I am looking for the location of a Fatal Accident in 1888.Poor James Cooper aka Waddell was felled by the Jib of a crane falling onto him.He was a foreman Mason & the place on the RCE is what looks like Minyston Bridge-near to Dundyvan Rd-No3.He died 15 minutes later.
Have looked for the location but can't find it.
Also anybody know of any local papers which may have carried the story at the time?

[WilmaM]

That was fairly easy -

2nd map I looked at

go to :

http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/to ... plans.html

click Coatbridge

square VII.12.14

Dundyvan street is slap in the middle

The Monkland Canal is running along the top and a timber yard is beside that. Bank street seems to be the street running alongside the canal.
An un-named bridege runs across the canal opposite Dundyvan Row.

looking at the next square north VII.12.9 gives a Merryston Street running down to the canal past the Iron works.

Dundyvan Road and Bank Street still exist in the Town of Coatbridge - though the canal is long gone!

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Does that give a clearer picture for you ?

[joette]

Thanks Wilma had a look & can only assume he was working either on the bridge or near to it & was carried to somebody's house where he died.
what a horrible way to go but pray he was senseless to it all.

[Jack]

Hi Joette,
Thanks to Wilma you now know it's Merryston.
Late this afternoon i found someone in a census in Coatbridge - at Merryston...
Jack

[ninatoo]

Oooh I can't wait for the RCE's to come online. I have three work accidents and and an "asphixiation (strangulation)"....I would love to know more about. I suspect, or hope, that the latter was a choking on food rather than a murder, but one never knows. Poor woman was in her 70's I think.

Nina

[joette]

Hi Nina don't expect too much I was at Register House recently & was looking at the Murder c 1970's of what I think is a family member.
This was a fairly gruesome murder but the cause of death was Asphixiation & Strangulation no other details just where/when the body was found.I presume there would be other records but as this was an unsolved one not available to the Public.

[hbaird]

Joette,

I can't promise you a quick reply I'm afraid but if you send me some details of the relevant dates etc., I will have a look at the local newspaper archives for you. My Grandfather at one time had a barbers shop at or near the beginning of Dundyvan Road.

Helen