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
Nov. 27th. Mad pranks of a bull belonging to Mr. Southgate. It entered
Mr. Harrison’s grocer’s shop in the Market, injuring one of the
assistants and damaging the goods. Afterwards running down Regent Street
and along the Hall Quay, it found its way to the Broad Row, where it
smashed windows and did other injury, till being secured by a rope round
a lamp-post, it was killed, and the carcase removed on a cart. The
inhabitants were much terrified, and tradesmen quickly closed their
shops.
Dec. 4th. William Holt, Esq., Magistrates’ Clerk and Borough Coroner,
died, aged 57 years.
Dec. 4th. Mr. C. A. Goodwin passed a very successful examination as
second mate at the London Local Marine Board.
Dec. 4th. Gale and heavy thunderstorm.
Dec. 5th. Mr. Charles Diver resigned his seat in the Council for Regent
Ward, and paid the £25 fine; and Mr. Walter Brown was elected to the seat
on 24th, by 224 votes, or 52 more than Mr. F. Burton. On Dec. 11th Mr.
Diver was appointed Borough Coroner, and Dec. 13th as Magistrates’ Clerk.
(See June 24th, 1869, and Jan. 8th, 1884.)
Dec. 8th. John Reeve (38), of Hopton, fell off a load of hay in
Gorleston, and died from injuries received.
Dec. 9th. William Jackson, porter on the Eastern and Midlands Railway,
at Yarmouth, was run over by a railway carriage, and one of his legs was
subsequently amputated at the Hospital.
Dec. 11th and 12th. Another destructive gale and very high tide, the
wind blowing “great guns.” Loss of Messrs. Bessey and Palmer’s “Francis”
and three hands; the carrier steamer “Marie,” owned by the Baroness
Burdett-Coutts, and all hands (12); also Mr. M. Barber’s brigantine
“Susannah,” with a crew of four or five hands; and five smacks. About 60
lives were lost in all.
Dec. The season’s catch of herrings was 19,232 lasts.
Dec. Sir Francis Roxburgh, Q.C., appointed Mr. John Etheridge Chief
Clerk to the Registrar of the County Court.
Dec. 14th. The derelict barque “Ulah” beached opposite the Nelson
Monument. Crew lost.
Dec. W. N. Burroughs, Esq., gave a donation of £500 to the Yarmouth
Hospital, and £500 to the Fishermen’s Hospital as a birthday present.
Mr. Burroughs died on April 12th, 1884. (See June 11th, 1884.)
Dec. 22nd. Chief Constable W. Brogden presented with a handsome gold
keyless hunter watch by the Mayor, on behalf of the Race Committee, for
his vigilant attention to duty.
Winners of the Ladies’ Challenge Cups in the Yarmouth Volunteer
Corps:—_2nd Norfolk Rifles_. As will be seen by the following list,
Sergeant Buddery took the cup in 1883, after 24 years.
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