Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 DECEMBER 1893

SEVERE STORM

Ardrossan:
The storm of yesterday was one of the severest experienced here for a long time.

Shortly after eight o’clock in the morning the barque WOODVILLE, which, partly loaded, was moored in the south-west corner of the Eglinton Dock awaiting the arrival of coal to complete her cargo, broke from her moorings, and drifted right across the inner basin. Her bowsprit fouled the steamer LORD ROSEBERY and snapped in two. She was again made fast immediately thereafter. Slight damage was done to the stern of the WOODVILLE through colliding with the dock wall.

At mid-day the tide rose to an unusual height. In North Crescent the sea dashed over the boundary wall, flooding the road and the enclosure in front of the houses. The damage has, however, been trifling.

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 DECEMBER 1891

NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING – ARDROSSAN HARBOUR

About six o’clock yesterday morning an engineer named ARTHUR LEWIS, employed by the firm Messrs Combe, Barbour & Company, Belfast, on his way to Kilbirnie to erect some machinery there left a boat and was on his way up the quay, when he accidentally fell into the inner basin of the New Dock.

Some labourers threw him a rope, by means of which he was rescued, after being some time in the water.

He carried his tools in a box, which, coming into contact with his head as he fell, cut him badly.

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 DECEMBER 1890

BIRTH

LAUGHLAND: At 19 The Crescent, Ardrossan, on the 7th instant, the wife of James Laughland, junior, manufacturer, Kilmarnock; a son.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 DECEMBER 1886

DETAILS OF THE STORM

Our Ardrossan correspondent says: - From a late hour on Wednesday night a severe gale from the north-west raged here, and continued to midday yesterday, when it slightly moderated.

At the harbour, with the exception of the displacement of chimney cans and slates, no serious damage was done, though great precautions had to be adopted. Vessels were fixed with double moorings, and several small boats were sunk. The sea was washing right over loaded smacks, and outdoor labour had to be entirely suspended.

The reading of the barometer was the lowest seen here for many years.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 DECEMBER 1896

ACTION AGAINST MESSRS G. & J. BURNS

In the Kilmarnock Sheriff Court an action was raised at the instance of Adam Watters, labourer, Montgomerie Lane, Ardrossan, against G. & J. B urns, shipowners and shipping agents, Glasgow and Ardrossan, for payment of £50 as damages in respect of personal injuries sustained by the pursuer at Ardrossan Harbour on 2nd March last.

Pursuer was engaged along with others in loading a steamship with steel plates when a sling chain snapped, and a steel plate which was being hoisted by a crane fell upon him.

Defenders denied responsibility, pleading that the accident was due to circumstances which could not have been foreseen.

Yesterday Sheriff Hall gave judgment in favour of the defenders, and found the pursuer liable in expenses.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 DECEMBER 1897

DEATH

WALLACE: At Holmenkollen, Ardrossan, on the 9th instant, Elizabeth Jane Gardiner, aged 4½ months, youngest child of Tom Wallace and of his deceased and beloved wife, Margaret Somerville Gardiner.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 DECEMBER 1897

BIRTH

MACKINNON: At the Mill Farm, Ardrossan, on the 8th instant, the wife of Alexander Mackinnon; a son.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 DECEMBER 1890

ARDROSSAN SCHOOL BOARD

Rev. J. D. McCall presided.

The officer’s report was read as follows:-

Ardrossan Public School – Average attendance during the month, 426 or 79 per cent; attendance on day of meeting, 443 or 87 per cent.

Saltcoats Public School – Average attendance during the month, 483 or 75.9 per cent; attendance on day of meeting, 481 or 75.7 per cent.

The New Year holidays were fixed from 24 December until the 5th of January.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 DECEMBER 1895

ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKING

Yesterday morning the shop of Mr. William Walls, licensed grocer, Harbour Road, Ardrossan, was found to have been forcibly entered during the night.

A sum of eight shillings in coppers and also a bottle of brandy were discovered to be amissing.

Entrance had been effected by the back door, which had been forced open.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 DECEMBER 1870

VESSEL SPOKEN

SINBAD (barque) from Ardrossan to Berbice, November 1, latitude 21 10 N; longitude 30 40 W.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 DECEMBER 1870

PIG IRON

The following were the shipments of pig iron at Ardrossan Harbour for the week ending December 10: - Foreign, 315 tons; coastwise, 1508 tons; Total 1823 tons.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 DECEMBER 1872

ARDROSSAN COURSING CLUB MEETING

The Ardrossan Coursing Club meeting will begin today, weather permitting, over the Ardrossan estate of the Earl of Eglinton.

The meet will take place at Sharphill, about a mile from Saltcoats Station at half-past nine o’clock.