SUPERNATURAL - The Lighthouse - page 126

29 January 1901 . On 20 August 1904 he fell from the Eilean Mor light tower and was
killed.
William Ross, who was one of the resident lightkeepers on Eilean Mor, should have
been present at the station on Saturday 15 December 1900. He was ill in Breasclete
and was being covered by Donald Macarthur on that date. At the time he was an ALK
and was transferred to the Sound of Mull from the Flannan Isles on 1 February 1901.
He was promoted to PLK on 6 September 1901 before being transferred to Eilean Glas
Lighthouse fromtheSoundofMull.On15April1902,oneyearandfourmonthstothe
dayafterthedisappearances,RossdroppeddeadinthelightroomatEileanGlas.Ashas
been mentioned, it could be said to be unfortunate coincidences that two lightkeepers
had connections to James Ducat, Thomas Marshall and Donald Macarthur, and it could
be said that it is unfortunate coincidence that the deaths of these two men both took
place in or on a light tower, one of them being the Eilean Mor Lighthouse itself.
Notes
1 This topic can be downloaded and read in its entirety from www.archive.org .
2 Travels to Terra Incognita by Martin Rackwitz, Waxmann Verlag GmbH, 2007. An excel-
lent and very readable book, which is probably better for those who do not wish to plough
through the older English in Martin Martin's book.
3 The correct name of the vessel was Mary Celeste , it is often called the Marie Celeste in error
- this was the name given to the vessel by Arthur Conan Doyle in his fictional account.
4 Baffling Mysteries: A Collection of Weird Problems and Unsolved Riddles by Cary Miller,
1976, pp. 19-27.
5 Memo from the superintendent to Robert Muirhead regarding the necessity for transferring
J. Moore, assistant keeper, Flannan Isles, 15 January 1901.
6 Extract of text from copy of telegram from Captain Harvey, Scottish National Archive file
no. NLC3/1/1.
7 The Flying Saucer Vision by John Michell, Abacus, 1974, pp. 113-17.
8 Ibid.
9 The film, which was remade in 2006, was based on the novel Ritual by David Pinner.
10 The Flying Saucer Vision by John Michell, Abacus, 1974, pp. 113-17.
11 Ibid.
12 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebridean_Mythology_and_folklore.
13 The Flying Saucer Vision , John Michell, Abacus, 1974, pp. 113-17.
14 Vanishings by Michael Harrison, New English Library, 1981, pp. 119-23
15 Ibid.
16 For instance, see ' The Flannan Isles', by Mark Fraser, in Haunted Scotland , issue 7, 1997.
17 Description of the Western Isles of Scotland by Donald Monro, 1774.