Location
The Exchange Erith, The Old Library, Walnut Tree Road, Erith
DA8 1RA See map
Dates
Wednesday 12 February 2 pm to 4 pm
Admission
£6
On 3 September 1878, there was a collision between a passenger paddle steamer, the Princess Alice and a collier, the Bywell Castle, that resulted in the drowning of 640 people.
Join ex-chair of the Erith and Belvedere Local History Society, Ken Chamberlain, for an illustrated talk about this forgotten local tragedy.