Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was averted by the aid of the telegraph. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend ; and the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter started alone at full speed to London.... The electric telegraph: its history and progress - Page 173by Edward Highton - 1852Full view - About this book
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1850 - 526 pages
...junction even before the train that required it. I could fill the book with anecdotes such as these. On New Year's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is...telegraph. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravi'send ; and the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter started alone at full speed to... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851 - 650 pages
...merits : accident and obstruction can at once be made known, and the remedy provided. ' On New-Year's Day 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate,...the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter stinted alone at full speed to London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other... | |
| American Geographical and Statistical Society - Geography - 1852 - 610 pages
...by regulating trains and preventing disaster ; an instance of which occurred in England in 1850. " A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend ; and the engineer having leaped from the engine, the latter started alone at full speed to London. Notice was... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 pages
...the telegraph has been of signal service in the prevention of accidents. Mr. Walker mentions, that on new year's day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was averted by its use. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend ; and the driver having leaped from... | |
| Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1865 - 488 pages
...telegraphs of the South Eastern Railway Company. " On New Year's day, 1850," says this gentleman, " a collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend...his engine, the latter started alone at full speed for London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other stations ; and while the... | |
| James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - Science - 1867 - 544 pages
...the following facts recorded in the present volume will amply demonstrate. " On New Year's day 1860 a catastrophe which it is fearful to contemplate,...Gravesend ; and the driver having leaped from his engine, this latter started at full speed for London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and... | |
| Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1870 - 288 pages
...telegraphs of the South Eastern Railway Company. " On New Year's day, 1850," says this gentleman, " a collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend ; and the driver having leaped from hia engine, the latter started alone at full speed for London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph... | |
| Henry James Nicoll - Great Britain - 1881 - 506 pages
...illustrative of this is quoted by Mr. Bright in his edition of Lardner's book on the Electric Telegraph. On New Year's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was prevented by the aid of the telegraph. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend, and... | |
| Henry James Nicoll - Civilization, Anglo-Saxon - 1882 - 514 pages
...telegraph. On New-year's-day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was prevented by the aid of the telegraph. A collision had occurred...full speed to London. Notice was immediately given by the telegraph to London and other stations; and while the line was kept clear, an engine and other... | |
| Richard Pike - Railroads - 1884 - 304 pages
...superintendent of the telegraphs of the South-Eastern Railway Company, remarks':—"On New Year's Day, 1850, a collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend,...the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter darted alone at full speed for London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other... | |
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