The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
THE ARCHIVES
100 years ago
Extensive damage was done by a fire at Balgay Waste Works, Sinclair Street, Lochee, belonging to G. Wallace & Co. When Dundee Central Fire Brigade arrived on the scene about half-past seven o’clock in the evening, they found that the building, which consisted of two floors, was well alight. Flames had burst through a considerable portion of the roof. The inflammable nature of the contents of the building had given them every encouragement to rapid progress and very soon the roof fell in.
50 years ago
There is a crisis over the investiture ball at Caernarvon tomorrow. A telegram arrived from Kenya yesterday saying that thousands of daffodils ordered to decorate the tables at Glynllison Agricultural College would not be coming. Farmer’s wife Mrs Iona Trefor-Jones, who is designer of the floral decor for the ball, said: “We can’t get the daffodils – our national emblem – because of a 10-week drought in Kenya.” Kenya is the only country in the world with a suitable climate to grow daffodils in summer.
25 years ago
One of the biggest bombs ever found in the Firth of Forth was blown up yesterday – and went phut! The massive explosion expected when Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from Rosyth destroyed the Second World War mine off Port Seton, East Lothian, did not happen. “I have seen more bubbles in a bath. It was not the big blast expected,” said a spokesman for Forth coastguard. “I think over the years it had suffered from sea water damage.” The German land mine measured six feet by two feet and weighed 2,000lb.
One year ago
The heatwave has raised fears over the future of Tayside’s salmon stocks. As Scotland sweltered on the hottest day of the year, with temperatures of 30C recorded in some parts of Perthshire, the angling industry said drying rivers pose a huge risk. Fisheries Management Scotland, which represents fishery boards and trusts, said many river systems are dangerously low on water – at a time when many wild salmon are returning to them to spawn. The low water levels were said to be “pretty universal”.