鈥楥harles Dickens relieving the sufferers at the fatal railway accident; near Staplehurst'.The Staplehurst rail crash was a derailment at Staplehurst; Kent on 9 June 1865 at 3: 13 pm. The South Eastern Railway Folkestone to London boat train derailed while crossing a viaduct where a length of track had been removed during engineering works; killing ten passengers and injuring forty.Charles Dickens was travelling with Ellen Ternan and her mother on the train; they all survived the derailment. He tended the victims; some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected Dickens greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and afterwards was nervous when travelling by train; using alternative means when available. Dickens died five years to the day after the accident; his son said that he had never fully recovered.London; 1865.From: Penny Illustrated Paper.Penny Illustrated paper 24/06/1865 page 49London; British Library.