Staplehurst rail crash
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staplehurst-rail-crash-177-16057520
title:
Staplehurst rail crash
text:
The Staplehurst rail crash was a derailment at Staplehurst, Kent, on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm. The South Eastern Railway Folkestone to London boat train derailed while crossing a viaduct where a length of track had been removed during engineering works, killing ten passengers and injuring forty. In the Board of Trade report it was found that a man had been placed with a red flag 554 yards (507 m) away but the regulations required him to be 1,000 yards (910 m) away and the train had insufficient ti
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description:
Railway accident in Kent, England, in 1865
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staplehurst_rail_crash
date created:
2006-02-01T18:12:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T06:18:40Z
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