GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1910 BODY FOUND ON NORTH SHORE The body of a man, between 35 and 40 years of age, was found yesterday on the north shore at Ardrossan about 100 yards from the public road. The body, which had been in the water only a day or two, was that of a man of medium build, five feet an...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1849 SEAMAN DROWNED On Tuesday evening last, John Murphy, one of the firemen on the GLOWWORM steamer, in attempting to go on board that vessel in Ardrossan Harbour, owing to the darkness of the night, and the gangway having been removed from the position it was in during the ...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1912 BODY OF A NEWLY BORN BOY FOUND On Sunday afternoon two lads found a parcel on the Caledonian railway at Saltcoats, and on opening it discovered the body of a newly born infant boy. The police were communicated with and the body was removed to the mortuary. It is supposed...

GLASGOW HERALD
16 APRIL 1869

MARRIAGE – WILSON and BENNETT

At Eglinton Place, Saltcoats, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. George Philp, Mr Thomas Wilson, Ardrossan, to Grace, youngest daughter of the late Mr Robert Bennett.

GLASGOW HERALD
16 APRIL 1869

MARRIAGE – SMITH and CRUICKSHANKS

At Stevenston Manse, Ayrshire, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Alexander King, of West Kilbride, the Rev. James Smith, B.D., of Newhills, Aberdeenshire, to Christian Catherine, only daughter of the Rev. James Cruickshanks, Stevenston.

GLASGOW HERALD 15 APRIL 1947 VESSEL SINKS AT QUAY The small motorship DIDO C, Belfast, sank at the quayside in Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan, after having been damaged on Sunday night while the steamer KANTULE, Panama, was shifting from one berth to another. None of the crew was injured. The DIDO C was a...

GLASGOW HERALD 15 APRIL 1898 SALTCOATS - FUNERAL OF EX-PROVOST McISAAC Yesterday the remains of this gentlemen were removed from Parkend and laid in the Ardrossan Cemetery. The funeral was public, and owing to the long residence of the deceased in the burgh, his close connections with public affairs...

GLASGOW HERALD 15 APRIL 1938 STEVENSTON RAILWAY SHUNTER KILLED John McCormack, a young married man employed as a shunter at Ardeer Factory, Stevenston, was killed at his work yesterday. He was engaged in shunting operations when he was struck down by a waggon. McCormack, who resided in Moorpark Road...

GLASGOW HERALD
14 APRIL 1911

ARDROSSAN TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

At a meeting of Ardrossan Town Council, the resignation of Mr Robert Boyd, Burgh Treasurer, was submitted, and received with regret.

GLASGOW HERALD
14 APRIL 1911

DEATH - MACKELLAR

At Ardrossan, on the 13th instant, Peter Henderson Mackellar, surveyor to Lloyd’s, son of the late Peter Mackellar, shipowner, Greenock.

GLASGOW HERALD 14 APRIL 1868 SEAMAN DROWNED On Thursday, the 9th instant, the schooner ELIZA, Captain McKay, from Ardrossan for Runcorn, put into Belfast Lough, windbound. The captain reports that on Thursday morning, while the vessel was within five miles of the Lough, a seaman named Archibald Nive...

GLASGOW HERALD 14 APRIL 1859 SHIPWRECKS AT SANDA The cargo of the CALIFORNIA is being saved as rapidly as possible. A lighter load has already been forwarded to Glasgow via Ardrossan. There is at present one lighter alongside, which is expected to be loaded and despatched today, and another two are ...