- MS 105/2/6/38
- Item
- 1860-1866.
Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors
[Loose lying.] Legal and miscellaneous papers relating to the Dundee and Newtyle and the Scottish North Eastern Railway Co. Relates particularly to claims for compensation following a collision at Perth Station in which several "Professional Pedestrians" (amongst others) were injured, c.1864. ["Professional Pedestrians" was the name given to professional race-walkers. One claimant, Wm. Lang, was Champion Pedestrian of England and this bundle suggests that several athletes were making their way to a race in Glasgow when the accident occurred.] 1860-1866.
Includes: Statement of half-yearly account by Thomas Nicholson, Treasurer of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway Company. 1863. Brief of Evidence in connection to the Highland Railway Bill. 1866.
Dundee and Newtyle Railway Company