1870
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Surge in emigration sees 4640 leave in ten year period
- The number of horses and ponies was reported at 4,851, of which 2,604 were used for agriculture and 2,247 were unbroken and used solely for breeding.
February
- 16th
An unidentified vessel, classified as a skiff, and registered in Norway, recorded as carrying a cargo of "bread and cloags" (??), reported driven ashore at Sandlodge, Sandwick.
April
- The Demerara. a full rigged ship, of Greenock, Scotland, presumed wrecked or foundered on or near the NW of Shetland.
May
August
November
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