Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 MAY 1903

CATTLE SHOW – ARDROSSAN

The annual show of the Ardrossan and West Kilbride Farmers’ Society was held at North Crescent, Ardrossan, on Saturday.

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11 MAY 1876

TOTAL WRECK OF TWO SHIPS AND LOSS OF LIFE

On Tuesday intelligence was received in Liverpool of the total wreck of the ships JANE YOUNG and ALERT.

The news comes by way of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is to the effect that the steamer GEORGE SHATTUCK had arrived at that port on the 29th May and had on board a portion of the crew of the ships JANE YOUNG and ALERT, both vessels having been totally wrecked on the island of Langlois on the 11th of May.

The JANE YOUNG was bound from Ardrossan to Quebec with a full cargo of coal, and on the 10th, during a heavy gale, a seaman fell from the main topgallant yard, and was lost overboard.

From the 6th to the 11th of May the weather was so thick that not a single observation could be obtained.

On the morning of the 11th the ship went ashore at Langlois, under a cliff 300 feet high, and became a total wreck. Only ten of the crew succeeded in reaching a ledge of rock from which, after remaining some time, they were rescued by a life-line from a French schooner, which was “dragging” with five anchors, close to the island at the time.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 MAY 1897

MARRIAGE

THOMSON – AITKEN: at 18 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. John D. McCall, Donald Thomson, Saltcoats, to Jane Miller, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Aitken.

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 APRIL 1905

ARDROSSAN MEN IN PERIL

Two young Ardrossan men named BLACK and LECKIE rowed out from Ardrossan Harbour on Wednesday night in a small boat. They had not returned up to last night, and, no information as to their whereabouts being available, it is feared that they may have been drowned.

A strong north-westerly breeze was blowing all night, and a wind from that direction would have driven any small craft that remained afloat back to some part of the Ayrshire coast.

The fact that a cap has been washed ashore seems to leave no reason for doubt as to the fate of the young men.

ARDROSSAN & SALTCOATS HERALD
14 APRIL 1905

DEATH

LECKIE: Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, William Leckie, son of William and Isabella Leckie.

ARDROSSAN & SALTCOATS HERALD
12 MAY 1905

DEATH

BLACK: Died 5 April, 1905, at Ardrossan Harbour, William Black, son of William Black.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 MAY 1892

ARDROSSAN – PAROCHIAL BOARD HOSPITAL

Some time ago the Parochial Board of Ardrossan resolved upon selling the hospital to the burghal authorities of Ardrossan and Saltcoats, but a claim of part proprietorship advanced by the county council put a stop to the negotiations. This interruption would seem to be only temporary, however, as the board have, by a majority, resolved to proceed with the sale.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 MAY 1899

PAINFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY

On Wednesday night a lad named RICHARD CAMERON, eight years of age, son of Robert Cameron, labourer, Harbour Lane, Ardrossan, met with a serious accident in the goods yard of the Glasgow & South-Western Railway station.

Cameron was playing in the yard along with another boy, and he mounted on top of a waggon that was entrained with others. Shunting operations were in progress, and an engine coming up at one end of the train, the unfortunate lad lost his balance on the moving waggon, and fell on to the rail, the waggon wheels coming into contact with his legs.

He was removed to Kilmarnock Infirmary, where one of his feet has already been amputated, and fears are entertained that the other cannot be saved.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 MAY 1899

CYCLING – CONDITION OF ROADS

Ardrossan: Saturday cycling has so far been the feature of the season here. Yesterday the weather was cool and dry, but the sky was overcast in the evening. The roads have been in the pink of condition all week.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 MAY 1897

MUNICIPAL MEETING – ARDROSSAN

Provost Young presiding.

Mr. Kirkhope gave notice of a motion to the effect that the Commissioners should take the necessary steps in conjunction with Saltcoats Commissioners, to acquire Holm Plantation as a public park, to be called Victoria Park.

Mr. Smith gave notice that he would move that the Commissioners approach Lord Eglinton with a view to having an esplanade constructed from the Saltpans, Saltcoats, to Arran Place, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 MAY 1965

SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR ARDROSSAN

Ardrossan Harbour enjoyed a high level of activity throughout last year, it was stated in the port’s annual report, issued yesterday.

The net registered tonnage for ships handled was 1,151,000 tons and cargo tonnage was 1,116,000 tons, a record in the history of the port.

Mr. J. C. Robertson, chairman of the harbour company, attributed this success to the improved facilities for oil tankers and the measures taken in recent years to develop a healthy general cargo rate.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 MAY 1892

EXPRESS DAYLIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND

On 1st June next a new service between Scotland and Ireland will be inaugurated, as on that day Messrs Burns intend commencing sailing their steamer ADDER from Ardrossan to Belfast in the morning and Belfast to Ardrossan in the afternoon.

In these days of quick travelling and keen competition, when every minute of the acceleration of an express train is prominently announced, it is something noteworthy that at one go-off a service should be accelerated by 60 minutes, which will be the case from 1st June, as last year the journey between Glasgow and Belfast in connection with the ADDER, sailing from Prince’s Pier, Greenock, occupied 6 hours. This year the journey between Glasgow and Belfast will occupy five hours – the run between Glasgow and Ardrossan being done in 45 minutes by the Caledonian Railway, transference of passengers and luggage to the steamer 15 minutes, and the ADDER will easily do the voyage between Ardrossan and Belfast in four hours.

By this service it will be possible to leave Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c., in the morning, spend two hours and a half in Belfast, and be home again the same night.

[Hughie]

I remember doing a one day excursion to Belfast with my future in-laws back around 1962. It was from Ayr and it was on an Isle of Man ship - probably the Manxman or King Orry. Four hours sailing, four hours in Belfast and four hours back. I'm pretty sure it cost 30/-.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 MAY 1891

DEATH

MUIR: At Towerlodge, Ardrossan, on the 12th instant, aged 87, James Muir, Esquire, of Towerlodge.