The CHUSAN Disaster at Ardrossan

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 NOVEMBER 1874

SERIOUS CASE OF ASSAULT – ONE OF THE CREW OF THE CHUSAN STABBED

A seaman named George Joyner is at present in custody in Glasgow on a charge of stabbing HASSAN ALI, one of the crew of the steamer CHUSAN, on Saturday night.

Hassan Ali, who is a coloured man, has been living for some time in the Sailors’ Home, along with several of his shipwrecked companions, while waiting a berth to be provided for him by his former employers, and an ill feeling seems to have sprung up between the blacks and the other seamen in the locality. A quarrel arose among them on Saturday night, in the course of which Ali was stabbed on the shoulder, and it is alleged that the wound was inflicted by the prisoner.

He will be brought before the Western Police Court today, and in all probability remitted to the Sheriff.

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 DECEMBER 1874

MUNICIPAL MEETING - ARDROSSAN

The monthly meeting was held on Monday evening - Bailie Currie presiding.

A discussion took place as to the repayment of a sum of £14 expended in burying the seamen who were drowned in the wreck of the CHUSAN, and the Clerk was instructed to write Messrs Baring, London, for the outlay incurred.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 DECEMBER 1874

ARDROSSAN - BRAVERY REWARDED

The Board of Trade have awarded the sum of £3 each to JOHN TEMPLETON, GAVIN KEAN, ARCHIBALD BOYD, ship carpenters, and PATRICK McKAY, pig-iron labourer, for their gallant conduct in manning a small boat and endeavouring to save life from the wreck of the CHUSAN October last.

The parties named attended at the Custom House yesterday, and Mr Henderson, Collector of Customs, in paying them the awards, stated that the Board of Trade, in consideration of the great efforts they made to save life, granted higher sums than usual in such cases.

[brian f]

GLASGOW HERALD
10 DECEMBER 1874

ARDROSSAN - BRAVERY REWARDED

The Board of Trade have awarded the sum of £3 each to JOHN TEMPLETON, GAVIN KEAN, ARCHIBALD BOYD, ship carpenters, and PATRICK McKAY, pig-iron labourer, for their gallant conduct in manning a small boat and endeavouring to save life from the wreck of the CHUSAN October last.

The parties named attended at the Custom House yesterday, and Mr Henderson, Collector of Customs, in paying them the awards, stated that the Board of Trade, in consideration of the great efforts they made to save life, granted higher sums than usual in such cases.

£3 in 1874 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £341.47 in 2020, a difference of £338.47 over 146 years.

Indeed a handsome reward and well deserved

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GLASGOW HERALD
29 DECEMBER 1874

THE WRECK OF THE CHUSAN

Four of the survivors from the wreck of this steamer – Mrs Johnson (the captain’s widow), the captain’s son, Miss Elliott, and Mr Humphreys (the purser) – arrived safely at Salem, Massachusetts, on the 30th November.

In the columns of the Salem Gazette they express their gratitude to the people of Ardrossan for all the kindness shown them during their stay in Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
6 JANUARY 1875

ARDROSSAN TOWN COUNCIL

The Council met on Monday evening, under the presidency of Provost Barr.

Under the Local Authority proceedings, the clerk reported that the owners of the CHUSAN had paid the expenses incurred through the burial of the sailors whose bodies had been washed ashore.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 AUGUST 1875

ARDROSSAN - THE STEAMER CHUSAN

The hull, boilers, engine, and materials of this steamer, which was wrecked at Ardrossan in October, were exposed for sale yesterday in the Eglinton Arms Hotel.

There was a large attendance at the sale, and the competition was a spirited one.

The entire 95 lots realised about £2600.

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GLASGOW HERALD
20 SEPTEMBER 1875

ARDROSSAN – A SAILING BOAT SUNK

On Saturday forenoon, a young man on a visit here from London, narrowly escaped death by drowning.

He had gone out alone in a sailing boat and as the management of the sail was too much for him, the boat capsized and sank, while he was thrown into the water. He kept himself afloat with the aid of a board till he was picked up by a boat which was returning with workmen from the wreck of the CHUSAN, and brought him ashore in safety, little the worse of his ducking.

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GLASGOW HERALD
5 FEBRUARY 1876

ARDROSSAN PAROCHIAL BOARD

On Thursday evening, the statutory half-yearly meeting was held in the Town Hall, Saltcoats. Mr James Fullerton occupied the chair.

An application by Doctor Stevens to purchase a lair for the erection of a monument to the memory of the seamen who were drowned at the wreck of the steamer CHUSAN was considered. A sum of money had been raised in Ardrossan which was to be applied for this purpose. Some objection was made to the application, as the Cemetery Committee had already refused permission for its erection, but after discussion a motion was carried agreeing to the request of Doctor Steven.

[George Ardrossan]

The Chusan monument was erected in Ardrossan Cemetery and is still in fairly good condition. The inscription, now partly-eroded, is 'In memory of George C Johnson, Master and William Miller, Second Mate and the crew of the steamship Chusan who were drowned off the Harbour off Ardrossan on 21 October 1874. Erected by subscription'. The words Faith, Hope and Charity are engraved on the pillar.


George

[brian f]

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[Hughie]

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