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| Picture No | 10272055 |
| Date | 1870 |
| Description | Railway suicide 1870 |
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A man, having lost money betting at the nearby Warwick race-course, commits suicide by lying in front of a Great Western Railway train. ~~Having placed his umbrella and hat in the hedge at the side of the track, the respectably dressed man, aged around forty years old, laid down with his head across the rail to await his inevitable fate.
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| Source | Engraving in 'Days' Doings', 24 September 1870 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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