The Culbin Sands Disaster: The Devil’s Card Game and Moray’s Buried Village
The Culbin Estate disappeared, drowned under a sandstorm as its Laird played cards in the wee...
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Category: Disasters & Mysteries
The Eyemouth Fishing Disaster: Scotland’s Black Friday
The Eyemouth Fishing Disaster of 14 October 1881 remains the deadliest coastal catastrophe in...
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The Uig Flood of 1877: The Macabre Retribution against an Oppressive Landlord
The Uig Flood of October 1877 brought a night of bizarre and macabre destruction to northern Skye....
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The Moray Firth Fishing Disaster: One of Scotland’s Deadliest Fishing Disasters
The Moray Firth Fishing Disaster of 19 August 1848 remains one of Scotland’s deadliest...
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The Muckle Spate of 1829: Scotland’s Most Catastrophic Historical Flood
The Muckle Spate (or ‘Big Flood’) of August 1829 remains the most catastrophic flood event in...
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Shetland Fishing Fleet Disasters: The Storms That Devastated Scotland’s Northern Isles
By a grim coincidence of the calendar, mid-July marks the anniversary of two of the worst...
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