<<How did they come to know of it so soon in
<<Rotherhithe (Surrey), one wonders, when it occurred at Walthamstow in
<<Essex?>>
Probably because a man could walk from one to the other in a few hours,
even taking in The Times office on the way. It's about five miles <as the
crow flies>, and about seven miles via London Bridge. A horse would do it
in a lot less than an hour
Nick Hudd
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