Saltcoats - On This Day In History

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CASUALTY OF WAR
23 DECEMBER 1917

Killed in action at sea, Engineer Lieutenant Commander DAVID DUNCAN CUNINGHAME, (38), H.M.S. Surprise, husband of Ada Decima Richards or Cuninghame, London, and son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Cuninghame, late of Saltcoats.

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VESSEL STRANDED
26 DECEMBER 1877

MAGGIE ANN STEWART

The wooden vessel MAGGIE ANN STEWART – 43 feet in length, 15 feet in breadth, and 7 feet in depth – built in Saltcoats in 1868 for John and Hugh McKinnon, Tiree, stranded at Rosslare, and became a total wreck.

[Further details of this vessel are contained in the following link:-

https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?y ... NN+STEWART

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VESSEL STRANDED
26 DECEMBER 1869

WARNER

The wooden sailing brigantine WARNER – 80 feet in length, 21 feet in breadth, and 13 feet in depth – built in 1817 by William Brown and Company, Saltcoats, for Patrick Warner, William Brown, James Niven, and others (Warner and Company), was stranded behind Blyth breakwater while on a voyage between Aberdeen and Sunderland, after her sails were lost in a gale.

[Further details of this vessel are contained in the following link:-

https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?y ... sel=WARNER

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 DECEMBER 1912

DINNER

On Thursday night in the Town Hall, Saltcoats, Provost Miller, entertained to dinner the members of the Town Council, Parish Council, and representatives of parish councils and school boards from neighbouring towns.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
28 DECEMBER 1917

Killed in action, Private JOHN MILLER, (23), Royal Scots Fusiliers (Ayrshire and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion – Theatre of war, Palestine – son of the late John Miller, 21 Canal Street, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
29 DECEMBER 1866

FEARFUL DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN AT DALRY

Great consternation prevailed here on the morning of Tuesday last, by the discovery that a young woman had fallen to the bottom of the New Linn pit.

The young woman it appears – whose name is JESSIE STRACHAN – belongs to Glasgow, but in consequence of a little weakness of intellect she was removed to Saltcoats, where she has resided for some time past.

She had risen very early on Tuesday morning and wandered a considerable distance from her temporary home, as she was observed in the vicinity of the pit about seven o’clock – half an hour before the melancholy occurrence took place. How the affair happened is likely to remain a matter of conjecture.

The body when recovered was fearfully mutilated, and has been removed to Glasgow for internment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
30 DECEMBER 1912

DEATH OF MR JAMES BRYDEN, SALTCOATS

After a brief illness Mr JAMES BRYDEN, clothier, Saltcoats, died early on Saturday morning. He was in his 84th year and was the oldest businessman in the town.

During his long life he enjoyed remarkably good health. He was a member of the Parish Council and had also served on the Parochial Board. He was on the Committee of Management of the Mission Coast House and attended the annual meeting on the 17th instant.

Mr Bryden served in the Volunteers for many years, latterly as a sergeant.

In his eightieth year he climbed Goatfell along with some townsmen, and last October, in company with a friend, he walked round Arran.

Mr Bryden was held in the highest esteem in the district.

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GLASGOW HERALD
31 DECEMBER 1902

SALTCOATS – MARINERS’ FRIENDLY SOCIETY

This society has just published its annual statement, from which it appears that the income of the year amounted to £26 10s 2d, and the expenditure to £24 10s 6d – leaving a balance in favour of the society of £1 19s 8d, the stock of the society (in all) being £385 1s 1d.

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GLASGOW HERALD
2 JANUARY 1877

BAZAAR – SALTCOATS

Yesterday afternoon a supplementary bazaar to clear off articles left from a previous bazaar on behalf of the proposed hall and institute was held in the Town Hall, Saltcoats, Mr John Cuninghame, The Pavilion, presided, and made a few suitable remarks, and among those present were Mr John Cuninghame, Pavilion, and party; Mr and Mrs Charles Cuninghame, Waterside, Mrs, Miss, and Mr Fortescue, Clifton; Mr and Mrs J. Halkett, Royal Bank; Mrs and Miss Cochrane, and Messrs Campbell, Fullerton and Crawford.

The following were stall-holders and assistants:-

No. 1 Mrs Halkett, assisted by Misses Maxton and the Misses Mack; No. 2 Mrs Crawford, Mrs Smith, Miss King, and Miss E. Kerr; No. 3 Miss Mary Bryce.

A considerable amount of business was done.

At intervals during the proceedings Miss Fullarton gave some admirable selections and harmonies.

A spelling bee was held in the evening.

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 JANUARY 1889

SALTCOATS – CRUELTY TO A BULLOCK

At Saltcoats Justice of the Peace Court on Saturday WILLIAM KING, drover, was convicted of cruelty to a bullock by failing to kill the animal properly.

He was fined £2, with £1 17s 6d expenses.

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CASUALTY OF WAR
7 JANUARY 1918

Died of dysentery, Sapper GILBERT GORDON CAMPBELL, (29), Corps of Royal Engineers – Theatre of war, East Africa – husband of Jean Douglas Tennant or Campbell, 46 Argyle Road, Saltcoats and son of Boyd Campbell, Saltcoats.

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WIKIPEDIA SHIPWRECKS
8 JANUARY 1839

THE WELLINGTON

The vessel WELLINGTON, on a voyage from Saltcoats to Belfast, was driven ashore and wrecked at Killala, County Mayo.