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GLASGOW HERALD
16 JULY 1896

THE ISLE OF MAN – NOTICE TO PASSENGERS

A notice to saloon passengers who have secured berths on the TYNWALD for Friday first will be found in our advertising columns. They are requested to be on board the steamer at Ardrossan by 11 o’clock p.m.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 JULY 1896

DEAN OF GUILD COURT

At a sitting of the Dean of Guild Court at Ardrossan yesterday – Provost Young and Bailie Anderson presiding – a petition and relevant plans for the erection of a double cottage in Eglinton Street were submitted by Mr. R. D. Boyd, Glasgow Street, and considered and passed.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 JULY 1890

ARDROSSAN – HEALTH REPORT

The medical officer reports the health of the community to be exceptionally good.

The death rate for the past quarter was 10 males and 8 females, and this was reduced by one person whose body was washed ashore.

The population is 5000, the death-rate being 13.3 per 1000 of the population.

Of 4 cases of infectious disease since May, I had been diphtheria, 2 scarlet fever, and 1 enteric fever.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 JULY 1900

ACCIDENT AT ARDROSSAN HARBOUR

On Saturday afternoon, while a seaman, named Robert McLure, was engaged discharging a cargo of timber blocks from the steamer NERKOEWA he fell down the hold and broke his leg at the thigh. He was conveyed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

McLure resides in Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 JULY 1890

MARRIAGE

ARNOTT – GALT: At 23 Winton Street, Ardrossan, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Allan Cameron, assisted by the Rev. J. D. McCall, John Arnott to Elizabeth Kennedy, daughter of James Galt.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 JULY 1896

MARRIAGE

GUTHRIE – GOODWIN: At 8 Arran Place, Ardrossan, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. R. M. Adamson, M.A., assisted by the Rev. William McGilchrist, B.D., W. Clement Guthrie, Edinburgh, to Margaret Allan, youngest daughter of David Goodwin, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 JULY 1897

SCOTCH BANKRUPT

George Phillips, mineral-water manufacturer and bottler, Montgomerie Lane Ardrossan, trading there under the firm of George Phillips & Company, of which he was the sole partner.

Creditors to meet in the Eglinton Arms Hotel, Ardrossan, 27th July, at twelve o’clock – Thomas Kirkhope, solicitor, agent.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 JULY 1896

ARDROSSAN PARISH COUNCIL

At the monthly meeting of Ardrossan Parish Council – Mr. Robert Brown, chairman, presiding – it was resolved to instruct the legal agent acting for the Council in the transfer of the hospital to the burghs of Ardrossan and Saltcoats to enforce payment of purchase price.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 JULY 1914

NEW PARISH COUNCIL OFFICE

Ardrossan Parish Council has decided to proceed with the erection of central offices for the Council at a cost of about £1600.

The site of the new building is near the Stanley Burn.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 JULY 1882

STABBING CASE

About half-past nine o’clock on Friday night two sailors quarrelled in front of the Winton Buildings, Ardrossan, and one of them deliberately stabbed the other with a sheath knife.

The injured man is a Frenchman, while his assailant is a Russian.

The wound inflicted is on top of the left shoulder, half way between the shoulder and the spine, and is over inch long and two and a half inches deep.

The Russian made off, but was in custody within five minutes after committing the assault. He threw away the knife while running off, and it was found at daybreak on Saturday in a pool of water near the harbour by the police.

The injured man was conveyed to the hotel, where he now lies in a very weak state through loss of blood. The medical man thinks he may recover, though he has made a very narrow escape.

The accused will be remitted to the Sheriff.

[Hughie]

Aberdeen Press and Journal
18 July 1938

Two Glasgow men Drowned

Holiday Tragedy at Ardrossan Two Glasgow holidaymakers lost their lives in a boating accident at Ardrossan yesterday afternoon. Their names are David Forbes Harkins (25), wood machinist, 263 Cumlodden Drive, Maryhill, and James McGuinnes (23), motor driver, 33 Main Street, Bridgeton. The small boat which they were rowing struck a submerged rock about fifty yards from the shore, opposite Bath Villa. The boat tilted over and the occupants were thrown into the water and drowned.

People on the shore quite a distance away witnessed the tragedy, but by the time they reached that part of the shore opposite which the accident occurred there were no signs of the two men. The shore at this point is rocky, and as there was a strong wind blowing and the sea was rough, it was impossible to get near the place where the men had disappeared. Their bodies were washed ashore about three-quarters of an hour later.

The two men had hired the boat and they had rowed a good distance out into the firth. When they left the weather was not bad, but a strong south-westerly wind sprang up. The occupants of the boat had apparently got into difficulties in the heavy sea and may have been making for the Ardrossan shore. The bodies were identified last night. The deceased were staying for the Glasgow Fair holidays at Arthur Street, Saltcoats, where Harkins's parents are also residing. Both men were unmarried.

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GLASGOW HERALD
18 JULY 1890

DEATH

NICHOLSON: Suddenly, at the Station House, Ardrossan, on the 17th instant, William Nicholson, stationmaster.

DEATH OF MR. NICHOLSON, STATIONMASTER

Mr. William Nicholson, stationmaster, Glasgow & South-Western Railway Company, who had filled that office with much efficiency since his appointment about 11 years ago, died suddenly last night.

Mr. Nicholson was held in high esteem by the employees at the station and the general travelling public. He was connected with Ayrshire for many years, having formerly filled appointments at Ayr and Irvine.

He was 46 years of age, and leaves a widow and a large family.