Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood: from A.D. 46 to 1884Finch-Crisp, William
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Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood: from A.D. 46 to 1884
Finch-Crisp, William
Great Yarmouth (England) -- History
Oct. 23rd. Inspector George Tewsley, chief-clerk in the Leeds Police
Force, and son of our late Superintendent of Police, promoted to
Lieutenant in the Edinburgh Constabulary, at a salary of £170 a-year. On
Jan. 1st, 1879, the Leeds Force presented him with an illuminated
address.
Oct. 24th. The Gorleston Storm Company’s lifeboatmen gallantly rescued
the crew of the brig “Fuschia,” which foundered on Scroby Sands.
Oct. E. P. Youell, Esq., appointed by the Lord Lieutenant a Magistrate
for the County of Suffolk.
Nov. 2nd. Mr. J. Green, of Gorleston, sprang into the river at the Brush
and rescued a child named Warner from drowning. In March, 1879, he was
awarded the Royal Humane Society’s bronze medal and clasp for his
gallantry.
Nov. 4th. A wooden building constructed on the North Nelson Road, which
Messrs. W. and G. Pinder used as a circus up to March 22nd, 1879.
Messrs. Pinder first made their acquaintance with Yarmouth during the
existence of the Regent Hall.
Nov. 5th. 80th birthdays of Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Marshall, twin sisters,
of this town, the only two surviving “children” of the late Robert Blake,
fish merchant, out of a family of 22.
Nov. 8th. A terrific gale and serious damage to fishing craft (about 70)
and shipping generally, with loss of life, including three hands
belonging to the smack “Olive Leaf.”
Nov. 16th. Destructive floods throughout the County—Norwich on this date
being the greater sufferer; part of the Great Eastern Railway was
submerged, as well as the Hundreds in the Northern and Eastern Divisions.
Nov. 27th. The Town Council appointed as Burial Board for the parish of
Gorleston, and in 1879 the new Cemetery at Gorleston was formed.
Dec. 14th. The news of the death of her Majesty’s second daughter
Princess Alice observed in the town with the usual outward manifestations
of sorrow.
Dec. Smack “Ingomar” lost through a collision.
Dec. 18th. Robert David Barber, Esq., J.P., T.C., and Actuary of the
Yarmouth Savings Bank, died, aged 72 years. Mr. Barber was Mayor of the
Borough in 1874. He was succeeded in the Council by Mr. Fredk. Carpenter
on Jan. 16th, 1879; W. Barnard, Esq., as a Magistrate on March 7th, 1879;
and Mr. Alfred Teasdel in the banking firm.
Dec. 20th. The s.s. “C. S. Butler,” with 900 tons of coal, of London,
wrecked on Hasbro’ Sand, but her crew of 17 saved by the “Tyro.”
Dec. 23rd. Lieut.-Colonel James Duff, M.P. for North Norfolk, died in
London, aged 47 years. His remains were interred in the quiet churchyard
at Westwick, Westwick Park. As a Statesman, an officer in the army, a
Freemason, or a private gentleman, Col. Duff’s general manner, his
courtesy, and his hospitality endeared him to the hearts of all classes
and sects who had the honour of his acquaintance.
Dec. 26th. Three Yarmouth gentlemen skated a distance of 23 miles over
the rivers Thirne and Bure.
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