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 ...

GLASGOW HERALD 14 APRIL 1851 EMIGRATION TO CANADA At Ardrossan for Quebec and Montreal, the well-known and fast sailing barque SPRINGHILL, 600 tons burthen, J. Ellicott, commander will be pointedly despatched on Friday, 18th April. This favourite vessel presents a most desirable opportunity for pass...

EVENING TIMES 14 APRIL 1982 BIKE TRAGEDY FOR FAMILY A teenager was fighting for his life today after an accident in which his brother was killed. John Breslin, (18), 42 Dalry Road, Ardrossan, was riding pillion on his brother William’s motor bike when it careered into a bus queue in Ardrossan Road, ...

GLASGOW HERALD
14 APRIL 1911

BIRTH - LIND

LIND: At 29 Bradshaw Street, Saltcoats, on 12th instant, to Mr and Mrs John Lind; a daughter.

GLASGOW HERALD 14 APRIL 1897 ESTABLISHED SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND ARDROSSAN The Synod considered an appeal against a decision of the Presbytery of Irvine regarding the North Church of Saltcoats. The amendment passed at the meeting of the Presbytery of Irvine, and on which the appeal was based, stated th...

GLASGOW HERALD 14 APRIL 1967 EXPLOSION AT ARDEER FACTORY Mr Alan Rayney, aged 26, of 19 Pirnmill Road, Saltcoats, was injured yesterday in an explosion at the silicone plant of the I.C.I. factory at Ardeer. He was struck by flying bricks and debris and knocked unconscious. He suffered a broken leg a...

GLASGOW HERALD
13 APRIL 1912

VIP TRAVELS FROM ARDROSSAN

Lord Haddo and party sailed from Ardrossan to Belfast last night per R.M.S. PARTRIDGE.

GLASGOW HERALD
13 APRIL 1910

ARDROSSAN SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

At the monthly meeting of Ardrossan School Board – Mr A. J. Ritchie presiding – it was decided to ask Mr T. H. Taylor, who had resigned as a member of the Board, to reconsider his decision.

GLASGOW HERALD
13 APRIL 1867

SHIPPING CASUALTY

Carrickfergus Roads, April 9 – The LILLIAN, from Ardrossan for Boston, United States, arrived here, lost jibboom when at anchor on April 5, from being run into by the schooner EMMA, of Belfast.

GLASGOW HERALD 13 APRIL 1910 SALTCOATS LICENSING COURT – PROVOST A. S. MILLAR PRESIDING It was agreed to continue the hours of closing of licensed premises at 10 p.m. A police report was read regarding the Crown Hotel, which bore that information had been lodged with a constable that on a recent dat...

GLASGOW HERALD
13 APRIL 1855

DEATH - WYLLIE

At Hamilton Street, Saltcoats, on the 7th instant, Elizabeth Currie, youngest daughter of Captain Hugh Wyllie.

GLASGOW HERALD
13 APRIL 1849

DEATH - McKILLOP

At Saltcoats, on the 7th instant, Dr. John McKillop.