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The long working hours of railway servants were widely recognised as being the cause of accidents. See for example bar382 Signalman on the Line.
There were several instances of men being convicted for striking despite the Trades Unions Act of 1871 that legalised Trades Unions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Stokers%27_strike
The last two verses refer to the wreck of the Northfleet in 1873.
The Gas Stokers Strike of 1872 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Stokers%27_strike
