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| Picture No | 10006385 |
| Date | 9 June 1865 |
| Description | Railway accident at Staplehurst, Kent 1865 |
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A railway accident at Staplehurst, Kent. The accident happened when the boat train from Folkestone (South-Eastern Railway) derailed on a defective line, killing ten people and injuring 40. Charles Dickens, Ellen Ternan and her mother escaped unhurt, though Dickens suffered psychologically to the end of his life -- he died on 9 June five years later.
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| Source | Illustrated London News, 17 June 1865, page 572 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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