Stevenston - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 DECEMBER 1883

THE STORM – STEVENSTON

A considerable amount of damage was done to houses in Stevenston.

At Kerelaw some trees were blown down, but the greatest damage was done at Nobel’s Explosives Works, situated near Stevenston. The refuse acid shed, a brick building about 120 feet long and 30 feet broad, was blown down between twelve and one o’clock in the morning.

A workman, named WILLIAM LYNN, was injured by a quantity of bricks falling on him. He managed to get clear of the material and received medical attention, afterwards being taken to his home in Saltcoats.

The building is a complete wreck, the walls having been blown down and the roof crushed in.

Portions of the fence about the works have been levelled.

The chimney of a cottage near the works was also blown down, and many of the houses in Ardeer Square show traces of the severity of the gale.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 DECEMBER 1881

BIRTH

SINCLAIR: At 2 Haldane Cottage, Stevenston, on the 16th instant, the wife of Donald Sinclair, salesman; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
19 DECEMBER 1933

PROPOSED TRANSFERENCE OF EXPLOSIVE FACTORIES

At a public meeting in Laurieston last night the proposed transference of Nobel’s explosive factories at Westquarter and Linlithgow to Ardeer was considered.

The scheme affects 1000 workers.

[meekan]

again Penny
where was/is Laurieston?

[Penny Tray]

again Penny
where was/is Laurieston?

Meekan,

It's a village near Falkirk where Nobel lived for a period.

Further information is contained in the following link:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurieston,_Falkirk

[meekan]

Thanks Penny didn’t want anyone thinking it was the Hotel in Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 DECEMBER 1880

DEATH

BLAIR: At Main Street, Stevenston, Ayrshire, on the 21st instant, William Blair, aged 81 years, grocer.

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 DECEMBER 1902

EIGHTEEN PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS

At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday – before Sheriff Mackenzie – EDWARD WELSH, miner, Townhead Street, Stevenston, was charged with a savage assault on another man’s wife by knocking her head against a stone wall.

He pleaded guilty, and there being no fewer than 18 previous convictions recorded against him, he was sentenced to 60 days’ imprisonment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 DECEMBER 1840

BIRTH

At 20 Walker Street, Edinburgh, on the 19th instant, the lady of Patrick Warner, Esquire, of Ardeer, a son and heir.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 DECEMBER 1918

SCOTTISH HOUSING

The housing problem is probably as serious in Ayrshire as in any part of Scotland.

At any rate there is extraordinary crowding in the area comprising Irvine, Stevenston, Saltcoats, and in a lesser degree, Ardrossan.

The great increase of population in that area is mainly due to the war activities at Nobel’s, but it is understood that with the arrangements made at Nobel’s to direct their energies to the manufacture of peaceful products there is a prospect of the firm employing as many hands after the war as they have during its progress.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 DECEMBER 1887

BIRTH

SPEIR: At Bog Farm Stevenston, on the 27th instant, Mrs. Hugh Speir; a son.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 DECEMBER 1885

DEATH

WARNER: At Mentone, on Christmas Day, aged 18, Lucy Lavinia (Lilla), second daughter of Patrick Warner, Esquire, Ardeer.