THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

Estonian troops shipped at Reval under cover of the British squadron have been landed at Port Akunda to capture the invading Bolshevik forces in the rear. The latter, after skirmishing, retired eastwards away from the coast. The Russian cruiser Partak, with a Bolshevik captain and crew, bombarded the fort and lighthouse on Weelf Island. When a detachment of the British squadron came to the rescue the Partak took to flight but was pursued and surrendered after a few shots.

50 years ago

A lorry driver had an amazing escape when his lorry jack-knifed and crashed through the parapet of the Upper North Water Bridge, near Montrose. John Wigmore, 40, of Somerset, escaped with a torn ligament in his leg. Although he is detained in Stracathro Hospital, he is to be discharged today. “Lucky to be alive” was the verdict of the first people to see his wrecked lorry. Mr Wigmore was taking three tons of granulated building material loaded in sacks south when he had to brake.

25 years ago

A retail warehousing development valued at more than £15 million and creating hundreds of jobs could go ahead on a site between Kingsway West and Clepington Road, Dundee, if a planning application which has now been lodged is successful. The plan is to build eight retail units, create over 600 parking spaces and provide a petrol filling station on the development site occupied mostly by steel stockholders Brown & Tawse. The firm will relocate if the plans are approved.

One year ago

A thief has stolen a precious eternity ring during a break-in on the anniversary of the death of an Angus mother. The culprit smashed their way through a glass back door of Vic and Lesley Anderson’s Arbroath home before taking jewellery, electrical goods and designer handbags in a fourfigure raid. A gold eternity ring belonging to Lesley’s mother, Sheila Fairweather, was also stolen in the Wednesday night break-in, exactly 23 years to the day since Mrs Fairweather’s death.