11 November (1903) Fire gutted B. B. Davies’ tailor shop

11 1903 (Wed.) Fire gutted house and shop of B. B. Davies, Tailor, St Mary St. (near the Angel Hotel).

4 October (1940) Fire at the Cliff Hotel

4 1940 (Fri.) Fire at the Cliff Hotel caused £200 of damage
4 1892 (Tues.) Death of Col. C W Miles, owner of the Priory Estate at Burton Hill House, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. 6^th son of Mr Philip John Miles, MP, Col Miles was succeeded by his son Capt Napier Miles of the First Life Guards.
4 1843 (Wed.) Y Gwir Iforiaid (Cardigan Lodge of the True Ivorites) composed of 129 full members.

4 1902 (Wed.) Fire consumed newly acquired grocery premises of Messrs Evans and Co. (later J. G. Morgan clothes shop and now Howies).
4 1880 (Fri.) Sale of Cardigan Prison advertised by Thomas Griffiths, auctioneer

8 1872 (Mon.) Oddfellows movement instituted in Cardigan. Some will claim to have seen odd fellows in Cardigan before this date!
8 1872 (Mon.) Fire destroyed premises of J. R. Daniel, Cabinet Maker, St. Mary’s Street. The Council met and decided to purchase a Fire Engine. A manual Fire Engine cost £102. The money was to be raised by public subscription. Not really surprising then that a second hand fire engine (called ‘Ada’ from Neath), was not bought until the early 1930s! Until then it was buckets only.
8 1867 (Tues.) ‘John Stuart’ lifeboat rescues the ‘Coronation’ of Bideford.