Dec. 19th. The screw collier “Magdeburg” struck on Scroby Sand, but was got off by the steam tug “Reliance” for £200.
Dec. In the 2nd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers in 1871 there were in the five companies 11 officers, 22 sergeants, and 460 men, 87 of whom were marksmen.
The 600 fishing craft belonging to this port pay annually for towage about £4,000.
A new Primitive Methodist Chapel opened at Bradwell.
Mr. J. T. Clarke, solicitor, appointed a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Admiralty in England.
Two hundred and forty millions of herring landed at the Fish Wharf during the whole of the present season.
The number of shipwrecked men received during the year at the Sailors’ Home was 228.
A whiting measuring 26 inches caught on the coast.
1872.
Jan. 1st, The barque “Sing Tai” (Rising Sun), 500 tons, launched from Messrs. Beeching’s shipyard.