Hi ,Have just come across your post on Roots chat re George Gall. George was my g/ grandfather, the account of his death can be found in the Dumbarton herald October 14th 1869, and reads>fatal boat accident. on Friday afternoon, two men in the service of the Duke of Montrose proceeded to Inchmurrin in a boat to take a cow to the mainland on the Buchanan side of Loch Lomond, on the return voyage the cow became restive and ultimately leaped out of the boat dragging with it the herd who had a rope attached to its head, the man left in the boat which was fortunately not capsized was unable to render any assistance to his companion who seems to have been hurt in being dragged out of the boat as he only once came to the surface, the body of the deceased was recovered the same evening. The cow contrived we understand to swim back to the island. The conveying of cattle to and from the islands on Loch Lomond in open boats seems to be attended with great danger, and this fatal casualty may be expected to lead to the introduction of some safer plan. My father and myself both worked on the Buchanan estate until the late 1960s. I have the full family tree going back to 1674 with many of the certificates. DA Gall.
