Saltcoats - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
21 NOVEMBER 1890

SALTCOATS – CENTENARY OF FATHER MATHEW

On Wednesday night in connection with the League of the Cross Temperance Society. A public meeting was made to celebrate the centenary of Rev. Father Mathew, and promote temperance principles. There was a large attendance.

Rev. Father Mackintosh presided, and upon the platform were leading residents in the district, including Dr. Brown, Mr Arthur Guthrie, Bailie Glen, James Campbell (writer), Commissioners Barbour and McLachlan, ex-Bailie Boyd, Ardrossan; Commissioner Anderson, Ardrossan; and Messrs E. Magee, D. Donaldson, P. McCarroll, S. Black.

The chairman gave an interesting sketch of the career of Father Mathew. He stated that the League of the Cross Society had been the means of doing a great amount of good in the district.

Excellent addresses were given by Messrs Guthrie, Donaldson, Barbour, Boyd, McLachlan, and Magee.

[Theobald Mathew (1790-1856) was an Irish priest and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew.]

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EVENING TIMES
22 NOVEMBER 1984

DAD DIES AS CAR CRASHES

A young father of two died in a horrific road accident this morning and three others had to be cut free from the wrecked car.

Robert Todd, (24), unemployed painter, died instantly when the car he was driving careered through a roundabout in Stevenston, rolled over an embankment, ploughed through a road sign, and smashed into a lamp post.

The tragic crash happened at 1.30 a.m. and firemen from nearby Irvine North Station had to cut Mr. Todd, of 26 Cunninghame Road, Saltcoats, and three passengers free.

An emergency doctor rushed to the scene but said Mr Todd had died instantly.

The three rescued from the wrecked Vauxhall are Peter Burgoine, (21), of Craigs Place; Joseph Cunningham, (26), of Bradshaw Street, and James Adamson, of Dippen Place, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 NOVEMBER 1915

BIRTH – LUMSDEN

At Belmont, Mitchell Place, Saltcoats, on the 21st instant, the wife of William W. Lumsden; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 NOVEMBER 1915

DEATH – WATT

At Castle (illegible) Cottage, Saltcoats, on 21st instant, David Watt, writer, late of Glasgow.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 AUGUST 1913

DEATH - KELSO

At 3 Montgomerie Crescent, Saltcoats, on 26th instant, Jeanie Howie, aged 78, third and last surviving daughter of the late Captain Kelso, Saltcoats.

GLASGOW HERALD
24 NOVEMBER 1913

WILLS AND ESTATES

Miss Jeanie Howie Kelso, of 3 Montgomerie Crescent, Saltcoats, who died on August 26, left personal estate valued at £2767, in addition to which she owned real estate.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 NOVEMBER 1914

DEATH - ARNOTT

Suddenly, on 22 November, John Sinclair Arnott, of Gijon, Spain, and Frith View, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 NOVEMBER 1912

DEATH - McMICHAEL

Suddenly, at Huelva, Saltcoats (the residence of her niece, Mrs William Hamilton), on 24th November, Margaret McMichael, late of Carmunnock.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 NOVEMBER 1902

BIRTH - INGRAM

At 8 Franklin Road, Saltcoats, on the 25th instant, the wife of Alexander Ingram; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 NOVEMBER 1907

DEATH - HAMILTON

Suddenly, at Teynriach, Saltcoats, on the 26th instant, Jeannie Archibald Hamilton, aged 30 years, youngest daughter of Alexander Hamilton, merchant, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 NOVEMBER 1909

CARNEGIE HERO FUND

Armand R. Muir, postman, Ardrossan, rescued a boy from drowning at Saltcoats Harbour on August 1.

He was injured by striking a rock when he jumped into the water.

The Royal Humane Society awarded him a testimonial and for a previous rescue Muir received the Society’s medal for saving life.

The Trustees presented the sum of £10.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 NOVEMBER 1971

MURDER COURT TOLD OF TALK AT MIDNIGHT

A young couple told a High Court murder trial yesterday that a friend who called at midnight to offer them gifts, including a refrigerator, TV set, and record player, suddenly poured out the story of how he had seen a man stabbed.

John Byrne, (27), and his wife, Margaret, (20), of James Miller Crescent, Saltcoats, were giving evidence on the first day of the trial of Joseph Jackson, (21), of 3 Arnott Place, Saltcoats, and Bernard Loughran, (26) of 6 Wallace Road, Irvine.

Both denied having murdered John Hill MacDonald, aged 43, a librarian, of Caswell Close, Farnborough, Hampshire, in his holiday flat at McIsaac Road, Saltcoats, on September 16/17 this year.

Both men also denied robbing MacDonald of items including a refrigerator, TV sets, and record player. They also denied taking MacDonald’s car.

The trial continues today.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 NOVEMBER 1912

PUBLIC MEETING AT SALTCOATS

A public meeting of ratepayers of Saltcoats was held last night in the Town Hall, Mr James Fulton presiding over a good attendance.

The meeting was held to consider the recent decision of Sheriff Mackenzie in connection with the ice-cream by-laws framed by ten burghs, including Saltcoats, which the Sheriff had refused to confirm.

A resolution calling upon the Town Council to adhere to the by-laws was unanimously passed.