WCW William Huskisson 1831 page 1 . English: The Will of William Huskisson from Lancashire Archives. Huskisson was a prominent politician in the late 18th & early 19th century and Member of Parliament for Liverpool. He was killed at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 15 Sept 1830 when he was struck by Stephenson's Rocket. Huskisson was one of the first, and first widely reported, casualties of the Steam Age. 1253 WCW William Huskisson 1831 page 1 original

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