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2 - The Railway Juggernaut

Delane, Dickens and the Press

from Part I - Public Scandals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2022

Michael Wheeler
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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Public engagement with the twin scandals associated with the railways was much more direct, as most of the victims were ordinary citizens. These individuals shared their experiences by writing eyewitness accounts of crashes, or of approaches made by speculative stags, in letters to the press. Some of the newspapers that published these letters of protest were themselves caught up in the politics of the ‘railway interest’, occasionally engaging in internecine warfare through statements written by their editors. And Sir Robert Peel, whose government was responsible for the control of the railways, was prepared to address the nation directly, if anonymously, by drafting text for a Times leading article in a letter to his chancellor of the exchequer.

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The Year That Shaped the Victorian Age
Lives, Loves and Letters of 1845
, pp. 49 - 79
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • The Railway Juggernaut
  • Michael Wheeler, University of Southampton
  • Book: The Year That Shaped the Victorian Age
  • Online publication: 08 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009268868.005
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  • The Railway Juggernaut
  • Michael Wheeler, University of Southampton
  • Book: The Year That Shaped the Victorian Age
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009268868.005
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  • The Railway Juggernaut
  • Michael Wheeler, University of Southampton
  • Book: The Year That Shaped the Victorian Age
  • Online publication: 08 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009268868.005
Available formats
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