gloss Daily News founded 1846 by Charles Dickens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_News_(UK)

[Note 476.1] The long working hours of railway servants were widely recognised as being the cause of accidents. See for example bar382 Signalman on the Line.

[Note 476.2] 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

[Note 476.3] Gas Stokers trike 1872 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Stokers%27_strike

[Note 476.4] The last two verses refer to the wreck of the Northfleet in 1873.

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mizzled mizzle² To go away suddenly; to vanish, disappear [OED]

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