Auchinraith Mine Disaster, 1930
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- Mansionhouse auction, 1961
- Auchinraith Mine Disaster, 1930
- Inheritance of Craigends estate, 1959-61
- Military occupation, c.1940-1948
- Purchase of Craigends estate, c1965
- Dunn v Cuninghame, 1902
- Military occupation, c.1915
- Great political fete, 1907
- Cuninghame v Scott, c.1947
- Demolition of Craigends House, c.1967-1981
- Ruin of Craigends House, c.1961-1967
Blantyre Pit Disaster - Six Victims to be Buried Today - Arrangements were made yesterday by the Blantyre branch of the Lanarkshire Miners' Union for the funeral of five of the six victims of the explosion on Saturday at Auchenraith Colliery. The five men, who will be interred today in High Blantyre Cemetery are Andrew Kalinsky, Merry's Rows; Richard Dunsmuir, Small Crescent; William Sprott, Auchenraith Terrace; and Richard King, High Street - all of Blantyre; and Joseph Regan, Watson Street, Larkhall.
As a tribute to the memory of the dead miners all the pits in Blantyre and district will be closed today. The shops will also be shut for a period. Five local bands will lead the cortege.
The internment of the sixth victim, George Shorthouse, who resided in Gladstone Street, Burnbank, Hamilton, will be private, and will take place today to the Bent Cemetery, Hamilton.