Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 NOVEMBER 1874

THE WRECK OF THE CHUSAN
BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY AT ARDROSSAN

This inquiry was resumed at Ardrossan on Thursday - Messrs Anthony Mack and William Mutter presiding - assisted by Captains Pryce and Wilson, nautical assessors.

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GLASGOW HERALD
8 NOVEMBER 1876

ARDROSSAN TOWN COUNCIL

The monthly meeting was held on Monday evening – Provost Barr presiding.

It was reported that the drainage repairs had been attended to.

The clerk was instructed to write the Water Company as to whether they would supply water for the purpose of flushing Princes Lane and Montgomerie Lane drains.

In reply to the chairman, the officer stated that he did not see much wrong with the conducting of public houses, and the chairman said he was to show no leniency in cases where there was an infringement of the law.

The Sanitary Inspector reported the town as in good order.

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LAUNCH AT ARDROSSAN
9 NOVEMBER 1947

The motor vessel PACIFIC COAST – 265 feet in length, 38 feet in breadth, and 15 feet in depth – built by Ardrossan Dockyard Limited for Coast Lines Limited, Liverpool, was launched on the above date.

[Further details of this vessel, including one photograph, are included in the following link:-

https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?y ... IFIC+COAST

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 NOVEMBER 1874

THE WRECK OF THE CHUSAN - OTHER THREE BODIES FOUND

On Saturday morning, another of the bodies from the wreck of the CHUSAN was thrown up on the beach near Burnfoot, close by the spot where the other body was found on Thursday.

The remains were those of a coloured seaman, were identified as those of DAVID CUNNINGHAM, ordinary seaman, and were very much decomposed, the head being nearly severed from the body.

The body was interred on Saturday evening in Ardrossan Cemetery.

Yesterday morning, about 11 o’clock, the body of another coloured seaman was washed ashore on the beach opposite Montfod, about two miles from the scene of the wreck. It had only a shirt and a pair of drawers on.

The body was interred about five p.m. in the cemetery, and the funeral was attended by a large number of townspeople.

Shortly after five p.m. another coloured body came ashore behind Montgomerie Pier, close to the lifeboat-house. There was a pair of trousers on the body, which was conveyed to the hospital at the harbour, and will be interred as early as possible today (Monday).

Five bodies have now been found, leaving four unrecovered.

Identification in the last two cases was impossible.

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WIKIPEDIA – LIST OF SHIPWRECKS
10 NOVEMBER 1831

LADY MONTGOMERIE

The brig, LADY MONTGOMERIE, foundered in the Irish Sea 2 to 3 nautical miles off Saltcoats, Ayrshire, with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire, to Dublin.

The survivors were rescued by Ardrossan Lifeboat.

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VESSEL LOST
10 NOVEMBER 1861

MARY

The wooden sailing smack MARY – 36 feet in length, 13 feet in breadth, and 6 feet in depth – built in 1851 by Peter Barclay & Son, Ardrossan, for James and John McAlister, Kilmory, Arran, was “lost” at Carradale.

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VESSELS SINKS
10 NOVEMBER 1979

THE LADY GWENDOLEN

The motor vessel PAROS, formerly THE LADY GWENDOLEN, launched on 17 November 1952 by Ardrossan Dockyard Limited to the order of Arthur Guinness, Son & Company (Dublin) Limited, sank in Ravenna, Italy, after colliding with the vessel ALEXANDRA TIDE.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 NOVEMBER 1939

SCOTS VESSEL SUNK
TWO KIRKCALDY MEN MISSING
EXPLOSION IN NORTH SEA

Two Kirkcaldy merchant seamen have lost their lives through the sinking of the steamer CARMERTHEN COAST (961 tons), which for the past 15 years has been employed on the Kirkcaldy to London trip with general cargo…..A lifeboat rescued 15 survivors yesterday…..The ship which belonged to Coast Lines Limited, of Liverpool, was built at Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 NOVEMBER 1917

DEATH ON SERVICE

FLEMING: Died of wounds shortly after 22nd August, Private WILLIAM FLEMING, eldest son of Mrs Fleming, Eglinton Hotel, Ardrossan, in his 24th year.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 NOVEMBER 1881

ARDROSSAN – SERIOUS ACCIDENT

About eight o’clock yesterday morning, a man named JOHN HILL, employed as a labourer at the steamer SOUTH-WESTERN, received somewhat severe injuries.

It appears he had been engaged in the hold of the steamer in the work of discharging, and had just sent up four bags of ryegrass seed, weighing about 8 cwt. While watching the upward progress of the bags, the chain by which they were suspended slipped, and the bags fell on Hill’s chest, inflicting severe internal injuries.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 NOVEMBER 1938

MOTOR VESSEL FOR CATTLE TRADE

The motor vessel DUNDALK, built for the British and Irish Steam Packet Company (1936) Limited, Dublin, was launched yesterday from the yard of the Ardrossan Dockyard Limited.

The DUNDALK is a cattle and cargo carrying vessel, 185 feet in length between perpendiculars, 35 feet in breadth moulded, and 22 feet in depth moulded to upper deck.

She is designed to carry 620 tons deadweight, and will be fitted with Polar marine Diesel engines.

The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs. R. W. Sinnott, wife of the general manager of the owning company.

[Further details of this vessel, including two photographs, are contained in the following link:-

https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?y ... el=DUNDALK

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 NOVEMBER 1878

ARDROSSAN – MAGISTRATES

Messrs Hogan and Gilfillan have been appointed magistrates, and Mr John Craig, Treasurer, in room of Mr Gilfillan.