Description
Product ID: | 9781526766564 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Britain's Railway Disasters |
Subtitle: | Fatal Accidents From the 1830s to the Present Day |
Authors: | Author: Michael Foley |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | History: specific events and topics, History: specific events & topics, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), Trains and railways: general interest, Social impact of disasters, Trains & railways: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Passengers were locked into carriages and often tried to acquire keys to the doors. Travelling 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 |
Imprint Name: | Pen & Sword Transport |
Publisher Name: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-11-27 |