1.--Severe frost set in, and continued until the 9th. The snowfall was
very heavy, serious inconvenience was caused to railway and other
traffic, and many casualties were reported upon the coast as the result
of a north-east gale.
2.--The Duke of York made his first public visit to Lynn, and opened the
new Technical School erected by the Corporation at the cost of 3,000.
10.--A furious gale which sprung up from the south-west did not subside
until the 12th. Much damage was done in town and country, and many
casualties were reported among the Yarmouth fishing fleet.
11.--Died at his residence, Burlingham House, the Hon. Harbord Harbord,
in his 58th year. Mr. Harbord was the sixth and posthumous son of the
third Lord Suffield, and was twice married; first to Constance Adelaide,
third daughter of Sir H. J. Stracey, and afterwards to Barbara Sophia
Harriot, daughter of Mr. Edgar Disney, of Ingatestone, and widow of Major
Philip Bennet, of Rougham Hall. Having acquired a practical knowledge of
agriculture under Mr. Robert Leeds he undertook the management of the
estates of his friends and relatives. "In Norfolk his relationship to
the landowners whom he represented gave him a status and influence with
the tenantry altogether above and beyond that of the ordinary estate
agent." Mr. Harbord, who was a Deputy-Lieutenant and magistrate for
Norfolk, and upon the commission of the peace for Wiltshire, for many
years acted as foreman of the grand jury at the Norfolk Assizes.
18.--The whole county of Norfolk, including the city of Norwich and the
boroughs, was declared an infected area in consequence of the prevalence
of swine fever. Major Tennant, chief inspector of the Board of
Agriculture, attended a meeting of the Executive Committee at the
Shirehall, Norwich, and discussed the subject of the swine fever
regulations; and on October 17th an Order of the Board was published
revoking restrictions upon the sale and movement of swine within the
county as from October 23rd.
19.--After the lapse of many years, Blondin, "the most famous and
intrepid of all rope walkers," appeared at Norwich in fulfilment of an
engagement at Gilbert's Circus. On the 28th of the month he attained his
70th year.