Unusual Events

"Blood Moon" over Benfleet
Super Moon Lunar Eclipse 28th September 2015
Benfleet Train Wreck.
5 June 1933.
Burst water main.
West of the bridge.
Demolition of Tilbury Power Station's chimneys
Demolished 8 am Thursday 28th September 2017
Fatality at Benfleet Railway Station. August 1901.
Death of Henry William Vine.
HMM Algeciras leaves the UK on the 15th June 2020
The world's largest container ship, HMM Algeciras leaves the Thames on the 15th June 2020.
Kersey Farm Outrage
Farmer's wife brutally attacked
Not all glory then !
The military biplane which ran out of fuel and landed at Benfleet in 1913.
Partial Eclipse of the moon as seen from Benfleet
These pictures are of the Partial Lunar Eclipse on Tuesday 16th July 2019, which was ...