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Expert comment: Charles Dickens letter underlines impact of rail crash on author - News Centre - University of Kent
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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
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