Southend-on-Sea is a watering place on the Essex coast of the estuary of the Thames. It is 36 miles east from London by railway, and as the nearest * as idc resort to London, it is much frequented during the holiday season. Manna Parade is a fine thoroughfare along the sea front. Several of the larger hotels along the Parade have been converted into hospitals since the outbreak of the war Weslcliff.on.Bea and Lcigh-on-Soa are western suburbs of Southend A few miles along the coast, cast from Southend, is the gunnery school ot Shotbury-
"'"'Canvey Island is a low, marshy island off the coast of Essex, seven miles wcs of Southend. It has a population of between 500 and 600. SOUTHEND DESCRIBED AS "FORTIFIED PLACE." BERLIN COMMUNIQUE ON THE RAID. - (Received May 11. 9.20 p.m.) London,, May 11. An official message from Berlin states:-" Airships dropped bombs od the fortified place of Southend."- ;<.: . ?£ I' .-.,.■. •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15915, 12 May 1915, Page 7
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