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‘she was thrown violently down’
We’ve posted about accidents to women railway workers before (see here and here). Each time we’ve noted that there are relatively women in our data…
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New data release: Great Eastern Railway Benevolent Fund book, 1913-23
We’re thrilled to release a new data set for you: details of Great Eastern Railway (GER) staff who had been injured at work and applied…
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Dying to save her life
Our database is for the most part representative of the accidents incurred by British and Irish railway workers around the time of the First World…
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Extending the vote to workers, female & male
If you’re based in the United Kingdom, you’ll no doubt be aware that 6 February 2018 marks a significant anniversary: the centenary of the Representation…
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Portsmouth-London, in accidents
Each case in our database is interesting (and often sad) in its own right. But one of the powerful things the database allows us to…
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Where are the workshop workers?
In the cases we’ve highlighted so far on this blog, one type of railway worker has been absent: the workshop or factory employee. These were…
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Mrs Jane Horner and the illicit lift
It may perhaps surprise us to find women amongst the list of casualties the project has catalogued – but it shouldn’t. Plenty of women worked,…
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The Accidents
We’re delighted to be able to make the database available to you. It contains details of railway worker accidents investigated by the state (1900-15…