Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
3 APRIL 1907

THE MAIL TRAIN ROBBERY

No arrest has yet been made in connection with the robbery from the Caledonian train which carried the Irish mail from Glasgow to Ardrossan on Saturday night.

The authorities still entertain the belief that the value of the articles stolen was comparatively insignificant.

In addition to the parcel containing jewellery which, as already stated was abstracted, the Belfast postal authorities have informed the officials in Glasgow that the wrapper of a parcel has been found without its contents. This parcel, it has been ascertained, contained a blouse.

Some importance is attached to the fact that though the hampers contained a number of registered parcels these were left untouched.

As to the extent of the robbery, further information can now come only from the consigners or consignees of parcels which may have been included in the mail.

The manner in which the robbery was carried out remains a mystery.

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GLASGOW HERALD
4 APRIL 1885

ARDROSSAN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION

For seven seats there are ten candidates: -

Revs. John McCall, D. E. McNab, Alexander Cross, Francis Halden, Messrs. Thomas Kirkhope and Robert Lockhart, of the old Boards; Revs. James Mackintosh, David Scott, John Stewart, and
Mr. James Baillie.

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GLASGOW HERALD
4 APRIL 1903

DEATH

CRAIG: At 2 South Crescent, Ardrossan, on the 3rd instant, John Craig, general manager and secretary, Ardrossan Harbour.

OBITUARY

Mr John Craig, Secretary and General Manager of Ardrossan Harbour Company, died at his residence in Ardrossan yesterday morning.

Mr Craig was 67 years of age, and was harbour manager for about 20 years. He took a shock three weeks ago, and never recovered from the effects of it.

Mr Craig began life on the railway, and when he was only 23 years old he was appointed stationmaster on the Glasgow & South-Western Railway at Milliken Park. Mr Craig afterwards became stationmaster at Ardrossan, and later was appointed assistant to Mr Moffat, whom he eventually succeeded as harbour manager.

In his dealings with workers at the harbour Mr Craig showed that he possessed tact and prudence in no ordinary degree, and he had the confidence alike of the harbour directorate and the employees.

The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon, and will be public.

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GLASGOW HERALD
4 APRIL 1904

BIRTH

GUTHRIE: At Rossarden, Ardrossan, on the 1st instant, the wife of Thomas Guthrie; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
4 APRIL 1907

THE MAIL TRAIN ROBBERY

No fresh development has taken place in connection with the robbery from the Irish mail train between Glasgow and Ardrossan on Saturday night.

So far the postal authorities have not received any complaint from the public regarding the non-delivery of parcels sent by the mail. Should no such complaints be forthcoming, it may be assumed that the depredations were limited to the two parcels which the Belfast postal officials discovered to be missing.

Meanwhile the postal authorities have placed the matter in the hands of the Caledonian Railway Company, whose detectives, in conjunction with the police, are actively prosecuting inquiries into the robbery.

Up till last night no arrest had been effected.

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GLASGOW HERALD
5 APRIL 1892

ARDROSSAN HARBOUR WORKS – NEW DOCK, TIDAL BASIN, AND BREAKWATER

The important extensions which have been in progress for the past four and a half years are now nearing completion, the work being so far advanced that the formal opening has been fixed to take place on the 12th instant.

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GLASGOW HERALD
5 APRIL 1935

THE LARGEST MOTOR COASTER

The twin-screw motor vessel PACIFIC COAST, the largest motor coasting liner yet built in this country, was launched yesterday from the yard of the Ardrossan Dockyard Limited.

The vessel has been built by the Ardrossan Company to the order of the Coast Lines Limited.

The ceremony of naming and launching the vessel was performed by Mrs. P. Wharton, wife of a director of the Coast Lines Limited.

After the vessel had been sent off the stocks the launching party was entertained to lunch in the Eglinton Hotel. Mr. D. Ferguson, director of Ardrossan Dockyard Limited, presided.

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I wonder if the launch took place at the "New Yard" into open sea?

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GLASGOW HERALD
6 APRIL 1891

ARDROSSAN HARBOUR WORKS

When the extended harbour of Ardrossan is open for traffic it will at once commend itself to all connected with shipping, by reason of its perfect equipment no less than by its increased quay space and depth of water.

To begin with, two of our leading railway companies, the Caledonian and the Glasgow & South-Western have facilities to all parts of the harbour, which, with its broad, well-built quays, has ample room for such a network of lines and sidings as will go far to ensure a good railway service at all times.

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GLASGOW HERALD
6 APRIL 1901

BIRTH

GUTHRIE: At 2 Yarborough Place, Ardrossan, on Good Friday, Mrs. George Guthrie; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 APRIL 1902

BIRTH

BALLANTINE: At 177 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 6th instant, the wife of W. G. S. Ballantine; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 APRIL 1908

DEATH

WARDS: At Ardrossan, on 4th April, Barbara Foulis, beloved wife of the late Captain Wards, Anchor Line, and Dunoon.