1850
June 17, 1850Monday January 28th, William Firth Lindsay, aged 8, and his brother Joseph Southwell Lindsay aged 4, were buried and died in a sand cave collapse on the banks of the Erskine River, near the Swing Bridge, and later buried on the bank above the river.
George Clissold recalled that in 1914 while in the Erskine River, he was approached by two women (mother & daughter) who had just visited the grave of the children who were smothered in the Erskine River. The mother was very old in years (about 90, presumably Mary Ann Lindsay). They had arrived in Lorne the day before but could not get accommodation. Mrs Herbert of “Carinya” helped by making a bed on a couch for them that night and they left next day as no further accommodation was available.
