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- The Railway Accident near Newark, 1870 - Accidents were frightfully common on 19th-century railroads. Crude equipment, poor signaling and uncoordinated timekeeping all contributed to the problem. Heavily varnished wooden coaches, lit by kerosene lamps and heated by coal stoves, added serious risk of fire to a collision. This illustration shows a fire ignited by a train wreck in 1870 near Newark, England, in the United Kingdom.
- June 21, 1870
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The Railway Accident near Newark, 1870
Accidents were frightfully common on 19th-century railroads. Crude equipment, poor signaling and uncoordinated timekeeping all contributed to the problem. Heavily varnished wooden coaches, lit by kerosene lamps and heated by coal stoves, added serious risk of fire to a collision. This illustration shows a fire ignited by a train wreck in 1870 near Newark, England, in the United Kingdom.
- Late Accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad, March 4, 1853 - Accidents were frightfully common on American railroads in the mid-19th century. Cheap construction, crude equipment, poor signaling, and uncoordinated timekeeping all contributed to the problem. This illustration shows a wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad on March 4, 1853. A passenger train, halted by mechanical problems, was rear-ended by a mail train, killing seven people.
- March 04, 1853
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Late Accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad, March 4, 1853
Accidents were frightfully common on American railroads in the mid-19th century. Cheap construction, crude equipment, poor signaling, and uncoordinated timekeeping all contributed to the problem. This illustration shows a wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad on March 4, 1853. A passenger train, halted by mechanical problems, was rear-ended by a mail train, killing seven people.