Michael Foley

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Britain's Railway Disasters: Fatal Accidents from the 1830s to the Present DayHardcover, 19 April 2014

Britain's Railway Disasters: Fatal Accidents from the 1830s to the Present Day
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Print Length
224 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Wharncliffe
Date Published
19 Apr 2014
ISBN-10
1781593795
ISBN-13
9781781593790

Description

Passengers on the early railways took their lives in their hands every time they got on board a train. It was so dangerous that they could buy an insurance policy with their ticket. There seemed to be an acceptance that the level danger was tolerable in return for the speed of travel that was now available to them.

British Railway Disasters looks at the most serious railway accidents from the origins of the development of the train up to the present day. Seriousness is judged on the number of those who died. Information gleaned from various newspaper reports is compared with official reports on the accidents.

The book will appeal to all those with a fascination for rail transport as well as those with a love of history.

Michael Foley examines the social context of how injuries and deaths on the railways were seen in the early days, as well as how claims in the courts became more common, leading to a series of medical investigations as to how traveling and crashing at high speed affected the human body.

Interesting facts:

* Passengers were locked into carriages and often tried to acquire keys to the doors.

* Traveling in second and third class was much more dangerous than first class.

* Punishments inflicted on early railway companies for causing death were often based on a law dating back the middle ages.

* Not only was there often more than one fatal crash in the same week, there were some multiple fatal accidents on the same day.

* There was an ailment known as railway spine. It was similar to whiplash injuries seen in modern car accidents.

Product Details

Author:
Michael Foley
Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
19 April 2014
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm
Genre:
British
ISBN-10:
1781593795
ISBN-13:
9781781593790
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Publisher:
Weight:
703.07 gm

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