 A signalman was marooned for 21 hours until rescued by boat.When the shed was cleared, the carcasses of 49 pigs, two calves and countless chickens along with timber from the nearby timber yard and other flood related detritus were discovered.On 21 September 1953 the line that linked Gorleston with Yarmouth Beach station was closed and from that point all Lowestoft trains terminated at South Town rather than some previously terminating at Beach.