1866
A very serious accident occurred on Friday morning at Stonehaven station, which will surely proves a slight warning to adventurous travellers not accustomed to jump off trains whilst in motion. It seems that a sailor belonging to Cellardyke had arrived at the station with the midnight or morning mail. Anxious to get off his journey, apparently, he leaped bolt off the train, but of course fell back and rolled along the platform towards the train. The train was scarcely stopped. so the van which was next to the carriage in which the man had been traveling came slowly up, and the consequence was that the body got firmly wedged in betwixt the foot-board and the platform, the head fortunately being clear. To remove him was found to be a difficulty, since the haunches could not be liberated. Necessity, however, led to a novel idea, that of cutting the man out. The foot-board was accordingly smashed, and the cleared. The poor fellow was pretty severely injured; and it is to be hoped the caution of the passengers will now be such as to put a stop to this class of accidents, now getting so common.
1868
SAVING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. From statistical records it appears that daring the past twelve months the boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in saving, during boisterous weather the crews of the following distressed vessels on the coasts of the British Isles
(the list included) fishing-boat Active, of Cellardyke, assisted to save vessel and crew, 4
Beneficence —In the course of the past week, many poor householders in the parishes Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter and Wester, have been supplied through the liberality Stephen Williamson, Esq., of Liverpool, who is a native of Cellardyke, with the following appropriate gifts for the Christmas season, viz half a pound of tea, two pounds of sugar, and money, the gifts being in some cases supplemented with supply of coals These seasonable alms were distributed by Mrs Williamson the respected mother of the princely hearted donor
Friendly Help- During the severe storm of Thursday the deep-sea going boat Jean Wallace, of Cellardyke skipper William Smith, was brought to anchor in the offing of North Berwick. The poor crew were wet and weary with their long conflict with the storm, and stood mightily in need of rest and refreshment; but being afraid to make for the harbour, owing the many dangerous rocks that beset the fairway, there was no prospect of obtaining either, when to their great relief a boat came off from the shore with several of the local fishermen, by whose help and direction the Cellardyke boat was safely taken into the harbour. The storm beaten fishermen were assisted in the kindest way, but this was not all. Fishermen, of course, do not carry money with them on an ordinary fishing trip, and the Fife crew thus landed in a strange place without any resources but no sooner was their case known than one of the North Berwick fishermen, in the frankest and most delicate way, slipped a pound note into skipper Smith s hand, which timeous help the men were enabled to telegraph their whereabouts to their anxious families, and also procure the comforts of which they themselves stood much in need. We have been requested to publish the foregoing, that the generous and brotherly conduct of the North Berwick men may be known, and in now doing so, beg to add the earnest hope that in any similar emergency the gallant fellows may ever receive the hospitality which they on this occasion gave.
1869
CELLARDYKE.
Wreck Picked up.
During these few days past fragments of wreck have been found floating out at sea. The crew of an Elie fishing boat have picked up a large log of timber, while a crew belonging to Cellardyke have found a large box, with hinges and lid, measuring sixteen feet long. No brandings or markings are observable on them
At a public meeting to discuss the adoption of the Police Act—
Before the meeting separated a resolution was submitted, and unanimously carried, that the thanks of the community, ‘and especially of the fishermen, were due to Captain Rodger of Glasgow (a native of Cellardyke), for his disinterested kindness in removing from the fairway of Cellardyke Harbour several rocks and obstructions to the traffic there, and also for the free grant of a plot of ground at the east end of the town whereon to beach the boats during winter.