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I've changed "As queues began to form on the Aberdeen side..." to merely "As queues began to form..." because my understanding (from an Aberdeen City Council reference book, which is cited in the main Torry article) was that the ferry was returning to Aberdeen, and I felt that the wording (loosely) implied the opposite. However, I've not gone so far as to state the opposite, preferring to leave out the information until it can be established whether the source is correct – there seeming to be some doubt because I presume the original author of this article drew their information from some other source. – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 00:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I saw this on the Torry page as well. The original newspaper article in the Aberdeen Journal from 1876 states "when an overcrowded ferryboat, which was crossing the new channel of the river from north to south (going from the city to Torry)". I also read in the inquiry report "on reaching the Aber-deen side the boat was filled as quickly as it was emptied." I know contemporary resources aren't always accurate, but on balance I'm thinking it was an accident going towards Torry, rather than the other way. Very pleased to be proved wrong though! Eclipsing binary (talk) 15:42, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]