Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 JANUARY 1865

CURLIANA

The annual curling game for the silver tankard presented by the late Lord Eglinton for competition by curlers of Ayrshire came off on the Auchans Loch, near Dundonald, yesterday.

Twenty-eight parties entered and there were consequently fourteen rinks.

The ice was very keen the earlier part of the day but got softish and cracked in the afternoon.

Mr. Guthrie, of Crossburn, and Mr. Hunter, Dalmellington, acted as umpires.

The following were recorded among the scorers: -

Ardrossan – James Anderson – 20; and
Stevenston – James Boyd – 15.

According to the rules of the game, the club that beats its opponent by the highest number of shots is the winner. Galston was therefore the winner.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 JANUARY 1865

SHIPPING NEWS

Report of Captain Dewar, of the barque, CLARENCE, from Ardrossan to Dublin, with coal: -

“Left Ardrossan, January 16.

On 17th at 3 a.m., weather showery. Wind N, under double-reefed sails, and being five miles south of Carlington, when she sprung a leak.

All hands were kept on the pumps and finding the water gaining rapidly, bore up for Holyhead; but when about two miles off the Skerries, the water had increased to about eight feet, her figurehead was under water, and the sea was making a complete breach over her.

As the small coal was choking the pumps, we left in our boat, finding it impossible to keep her up. The sea was running very high, and the wind strong from the N., and as the boat was only 15 feet over all, I had very little hope of reaching the land, but succeeded in landing at the back of the breakwater at Holyhead about 4.30 p.m.

The boat was met by several men connected with the New Harbour works, who assisted us to land in a very exhausted state, from our hard work and exposure to the weather.”

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 JANUARY 1854

FOR SALE AT ARDROSSAN

The good brig HURON, two years old, built in St. New Brunswick, of best Bay Shore spruce. Is very well found in stores.

Tonnage 254 register;
Length 93 6/10 feet;
Breadth 26 6/10 feet;
Depth 18 9/10 feet.

The above vessel is offered for sale on account of the owner requiring a larger one. If not sold within 8 days, she will proceed to sea.

Apply Captain Waters on Board; here to Edmiston & Mitchell, 25 Gordon Street, Glasgow.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 JANUARY 1941

DEATH

DUNLOP: At Linthorpe, Ardrossan, on the 24th January, 1941, Captain John Dunlop, of Anchor Line Limited, dearly loved husband of Mary Croal Poe.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 JANUARY 1979

SEAMAN HIT BY WIRE LOSES FOOT

Mr. DUNCAN ROBERTSON, a 50 year-old seaman, of 188 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, lost a foot at Ardrossan Harbour last night when he was hit by a wire rope which slipped from a winch drum as a coaster prepared to sail.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JANUARY 1853

SHIP NEWS

Ardrossan, January 24 – The CLUNY, McCurdie, of and from Liverpool, for New Orleans, struck an off-lying rock off the South Rock Light, on the morning of the 21st instant, and put in here on the evening of that day with five feet of water in the hold, the pumps not keeping her clear. She is aground in the harbour, and the undamaged cargo (salt) is being discharged into store, in order to get the ship on the slip for repair.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JANUARY 1856

LAUNCH AT ADROSSAN

On Friday afternoon, about quarter past one o’clock, Messrs Barr & Shearer, shipbuilders, Ardrossan, launched a fine timber ship from their building-yard, in the presence of a large number of spectators, several of whom had arrived that forenoon from Glasgow.

The necessary preparations having been completed, the ship took the water in fine style, after being gracefully named the “VICTOR EMANNUEL” BY Miss Mary Shearer.

The lines of the ship are very fine, and it was an opinion freely expressed by nautical men at the time of the launch, that they would be much disappointed if she did not prove a fast sailing craft.

She is owned by Messrs Henry Moore & Company of Liverpool, and is intended for the Liverpool and East India trade.

Captain Newlands, a gentleman well known in the China and Eastern trade, is appointed commander.

At four o’clock the builders entertained a select company of gentlemen to dinner in the Eglinton Arms Inn, Ardrossan.

Provost Barr (of Messrs Barr & Shearer) occupied the chair.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JANUARY 1857

SCHOONER FOR SALE

There will be sold by public roup on Tuesday, 3rd February next, within the Tontine Hotel, Ardrossan, at one o’clock afternoon, the A1 schooner PRINCESS MARIE, of Irvine, now lying in the wet dock here.

The vessel is only one year old, having been built in 1885, and classed for six years. She is just out of dock after having been refitted with new bulwarks, new rigging fore and aft, and entirely new sails, chains, and anchors. She is a remarkably fast sailer, carries well upon a light draught, and is eminently fitted for a coaster and fruiter.

For further particulars, application may be made to Messrs Barr & Shearer, shipbuilders, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JANUARY 1901

ACCESSION OF KING EDWARD VII

Ardrossan:
The Royal Proclamation was posted up at the Town Buildings early on Saturday, and attracted much notice.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JANUARY 1901

THE DEAD QUEEN – MEMORIAL SERVICES

Ardrossan:
Appropriate reference was made to the death of Queen Victoria in all the churches in the town yesterday.

In St. John’s United Free Church and the E.U. Congregational church the morning service was memorial.

Arrangements have been made for holding a joint service in the New Parish Church on the day of the Royal funeral.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JANUARY 1941

OBITUARY – CAPTAIN JOHN DUNLOP – WITH ANCHOR LINE 26 YEARS

Captain John Dunlop, whose death has taken place at his residence in Ardrossan, was associated with the Anchor Line for 26 years.

He commanded Anchor liners on the Western ocean run and made many friends among the passengers who journeyed between this country and America during this period.

His first command was the CALEDONIA.

A native of Ardrossan, he served his time as a carpenter in the Ardrossan shipyard, and he went to sea as a ship’s carpenter, commencing the study for his certificate while serving on windjammers.

In the last war he was on a ship which was torpedoed.

Captain Dunlop is survived by his wife, one son, a sub-lieutenant in the R.N.V.R., and a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JANUARY 1853

SHIP NEWS

Ardrossan, January 24 – The CLUNY, McCurdle, of and from Liverpool, for New Orleans, struck an off-lying rock off the South Rock Light, on the morning of the 21st instant, and put in here on the evening of that day with five feet of water in the hold, the pumps not keeping her clear. She is aground in the harbour, and the undamaged cargo (salt) is being discharged into store, in order to get the ship on the slip for repair.

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