1902
A highly successful dance under the auspices the recently formed Anstruther Hockey Club was held in the Cellardyke Town Hall on Friday evening. The arrangements, which were under committee of ladies, were every way complete
On Thursday, last week, Mr Millar, boatbuilder, Anstruther, launched from his boatbuilding yard a first class Fishing boat built to the order of a Shetland Fisherman. As she left the weighs, she was named “The Mizpah.” She is some feet shorter than those recently built for local owners. Mr Millar is about lay on a keel for another craft the order rears A. & J. Watson, Cellardyke.
( Millers of St Monans, owned the yard next to Anstruther lifeboat Shed from 1899 until about 1913)
1903
Besides at present preparing two fishing boats for the Shetland coast, Mr Millar, boatbuilder is busy making a patent slip for the same district. The slip is of similar dimensions to the one now in use.
On Tuesday afternoon, while Alexander Stobie, cattleman, Rennyhill, was returning from the station, and when in Cellardyke, he accidently slipped, and falling heavily the ground, broke his leg. He was immediately taken home, and medical aid summoned.
Sale of Work. A Sale of work in connection with Cellardyke Y.M.C.A. was held in Cellardyke Town Hall on Saturday afternoon, the proceeds to be devoted to the purchase of an organ for use at the Sunday morning and other services. The sum drawn amounted to £22.
1904
A complaint was together submitted from Mr Oliphant, Anstruther, as to a nuisance in front his property in John Street Cellardyke. The Sanitary Inspector was instructed to rectify the same, and to require those proprietors who had failed to connect their outlets with the street sewer to do so.
1907
ST MONANS. Launch – On Saturday there was launched a steam drifter, built to the order of Mr David Corstorphine and others. As the craft left the ways she was named the Unity by Miss Lizzie Strachan, Cellardyke. The Unity is a splendid model, and her graceful lines were greatly admired. She is 92 feet extreme length; length of keel, 85 feet; depth of hold, 9 feet. She is to be fitted up with compound engines, and, like others of the same class, will be available for the prosecution of the herring and cod fishing. Her first trip will the cod fishing in the North Sea.
1909
TRAWLER RUNS ASHORE NEAR MONTROSE, AND CREW ARE RESCUED BY JOHNSHAVEN LIFEBOAT.
The Granton trawler Kirton, owned Messrs T. Devlin & Sons, ran ashore at St Cyrus, near Montrose, early yesterday morning, and the crew of nine were rescued by the Johnshaven lifeboat. The Kirton left Granton on Monday, and had been prosecuting the fishing till Thursday, when she commenced to steam for home. With the coming of darkness on Thursday night a heavy sea arose, and a strong wind approaching almost a gale sprang up. The elements were at their worst when a torrential rain commenced to fall. Cautiously the Kirton steamed ahead on what her skipper thought was her homeward course. But there was a dull thud, twice repeated, and the trawler stuck fast.
SET FIRE TO BEDDING.
Not knowing exactly where they were, the crew set fire to the bedding, and by this means gave the distress signal. This was observed by the coastguard at Johnshaven, and on his summons the lifeboat quickly put to sea. The Montrose lifeboat also took the water, but after a stiff flight with the surging billows the Johnshaven crew, under the command of Chief Coxswain McBay, reached the distressed vessel first. It was no easy task getting the men off the grounded trawler, which threatened every moment to glide from her bed of sand and capsize, and on two different occasions the lifeboat was tossed over the salmon fishing stake-net. Ultimately Captain Deas, who belongs to Cellardyke, and his eight men were got into the lifeboat and landed safety at Johnshaven. When the tide receded the vessel was left high and dry on the sand. She is deeply embedded and it is thought it will impossible to float her for about fortnight, owing the low tides at present. Captain Deas stated to our Montrose representative yesterday that he closely followed the compass, which had apparently gone wrong. The darkness and the thick rain prevented him seeing where he was.