Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1875

SHIPPING CASUALTY

New York, January 28 – The JOSSIA (German barque), Koch, which arrived at San Francisco on the 19th January from Ardrossan, encountered heavy gales from S.W. to S.E. off the coast of Patagonia, and had sails split and cargo shifted.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1875

ARDROSSAN COURSING CLUB

The entry for the Champion Collar of this club took place in the George Hotel, Kilmarnock, last night.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1876

ARDROSSAN COURSING CLUB

This meeting began on the estate of the Earl of Glasgow at Fenwick on Wednesday.

The weather for the past few days has been frosty, and had such hold of the ground that it was nearly noon before we could get a beginning.

The Eglinton Champion Collar is being contested.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1879

TRADE REPORT

The following are the shipments of pig iron from Ardrossan Harbour for the week ending February 8: -

Coastwise, 1605 tons.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 FEBRUARY 1876

ARDROSSAN GRAIN MARKET

There was a good attendance at the market on Thursday, and sales brisk.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 FEBRUARY 1878

TRADE REPORT

The following are the shipments of pig iron from Ardrossan Harbour for the week: -

Coastwise, 1410 tons’ Foreign, 420 tons; Total, 1830 tons.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 FEBRUARY 1878

SHIPPING CASUALTY

Isle of Whithorn, February 9 – The brigantine DOUSE, of Ardrossan, from Port William for Ardrossan, with ore and bones, is aground outside the former harbour with 8 feet of water in the hold, and must discharge.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 FEBRUARY 1878

GENERAL SHIPPING ITEM

The NORTH-WESTERN takes her place on Monday on the Ardrossan and Belfast station, along with the NORTH-EASTERN, the two vessels conducting the daily service between Glasgow and Belfast by that route in connection with the Glasgow & South-Western Railway Company.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 FEBRUARY 1909

ARDROSSAN PARISH COUNCIL

The recent appointment by the Cunninghame Combination Poorhouse Board of a governor of the institution which has aroused some discussion throughout the parishes interested, was before Ardrossan Parish Council.

Police Judge Crawford, in moving that they strongly protest against the arbitrary manner in which the appointment had been carried out, said that not outside Russia lived such an autocrat as the Chairman of the Board. It was entirely out of the question to make such an appointment. It was insult to the ratepayers of North Ayrshire, and he hoped that they would take up a strong stand and not be led by the nose any longer by a secret conclave that decided what was to be done in defiance of common sense and common justice.

The motion was agreed to, and it was also decided that the Council's delegate at the first opportunity move the reduction of the governor's salary to the amount of his predecessor.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 FEBRUARY 1861

SEVERE STORM

The heavy gale of Friday and Saturday last cause a fearful number of disasters on the north-east coast and in the Irish Channel.

The vessels lost outside Kingstown Harbour included the HEROD, of Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 FEBRUARY 1861

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Belfast, February 11 – The steam tug GEM, from Greenock, and the RESCUE, in tow, from Ardrossan, arrived at 10 o’clock last night.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 FEBRUARY 1861

SHIPPING CASUALTY

Belfast, February 11 – The schooner MONKEY, of Drogheda, from Ardrossan, for Garston Dock, with pig iron, has put in here leaky, with part of cargo thrown overboard.