 | Alexander Jones - Telegraph - 1852 - 218 pages
...least of its merits : accident and obstruction can at once be made known, and the remedy provided. 'On New- Year's Day 1850, a catastrophe, which it...line was kept clear, an engine and other arrangements was prepared as a buttress to receive the runaway. The superintendent of the railway also started down... | |
 | American Geographical and Statistical Society - Geography - 1852 - 610 pages
..." 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...Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and intermediate stations ; and, while the road was kept clear, a buttress was prepared to receive the... | |
 | Laurence Turnbull - Telegraph - 1853 - 272 pages
...telegraph to come and help, and it was ready at the junction even before the train that required it. " On New Year's day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is...to receive the runaway. The superintendent of the railroad also started down the line on an engine ; and on passing the runaway, he reversed his engine... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Telegraph - 1855 - 302 pages
...was going on, it came to rest without any calamitous result. Mr. Walker mentions the following:— " On New Year's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is...runaway. The superintendent of the railway also started do\m the line on an engine; and on passing the runaway, he reversed his engine and had it transferred... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 pages
...occurred to an empty train at Gravesend ; and the driver having leaped from it, the engine started at full speed to London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to the stations along the route ; and while the line was kept clear, arrangements were prepared as a buttress,... | |
 | Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1865 - 488 pages
...Gravesend ; and the. driver having leaped from his engine, the latter started alone at full speed for London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph...were prepared as a buttress to receive the runaway, while all connected with the station awaited in awful suspense the expected shock. The superintendent... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Cables, Submarine - 1867 - 304 pages
...night when little business was going on, it came to rest without any calamitous result. " On New Tear's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate,...to London and other stations ; and while the line wa» kept clear, an engine and other arrangements were prepared as a buttress to receive the runaway.... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - Science - 1867 - 544 pages
...at Gravesend ; and the driver having leaped from his engine, this latter started at full speed for London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph...receive the runaway. The superintendent of the railway abo started down the line on an engine ; and on passing the runaway he reversed his engine and had... | |
 | Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1870 - 288 pages
...Gravesend ; and the driver having leaped from hia engine, the latter started alone at full speed for London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph...arrangements were prepared as a buttress to receive tho runaway, while all connected with the station awaited in awful suspense the expected shock. The... | |
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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. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other stations ; and while the line was kept... 