. Every boy's book of railways and steamships . from Paddington to West telegraph was another apparatus that drewforth the scorn of the sceptics. Their conversion,however, was at hand. Near Slough a particularlyatrocious murder was committed, and the criminaltook train for Paddington. When the railwayofficials heard the description of the suspectedman, they telegraphed to London, where the man,greatly to his astonishment, was arrested upon hisarrival. No despised innovation ever had a betteradvertisement, and all disbelief in the electric wiredied a violent death. We will take a ra
. Every boy's book of railways and steamships . from Paddington to West telegraph was another apparatus that drewforth the scorn of the sceptics. Their conversion,however, was at hand. Near Slough a particularlyatrocious murder was committed, and the criminaltook train for Paddington. When the railwayofficials heard the description of the suspectedman, they telegraphed to London, where the man,greatly to his astonishment, was arrested upon hisarrival. No despised innovation ever had a betteradvertisement, and all disbelief in the electric wiredied a violent death. We will take a rapid survey of the completedline from London to Bristol, which was opened onJune 30, 1841. Box Tunnel (p. 81), 98| milesfrom London, is approached by a deep cuttingover two miles in length, and the rails lie 270 feetbelow the crest of the hill. The suggested tunnelmet with the most strenuous opposition, andGeorge Stephenson, when giving evidence in favourof the work before a Parliamentary Commission,was told that no passenger would ever make a. PLATE XVI. ROYAL SALOON. A GARLAND OF IRON RIBBONS 131 second unnerving passage of the black depths inwhich there is a fall of 1 in 100. After the linewas open passengers frequently left the train atthe station nearest the mouth of the tunnel, andposted over the hill to the next station. Brunei himself had occasion to rememberBox Tunnel, through which only one line of railswas laid. At eleven oclock at night the famousengineer was bringing the up-train through, whento his alarm he discovered that the policeman atthe top end had signalled the down mail train the tunnel had not been clear of smoke andsteam, the mail train lights could not have beenperceived, and a collision would have been inevi-table. There was just time for Brunei toreverse and dash back down the incline to Boxstation, where the mail train passed him. Not alittle disgusted at the delay, Brunei again pro-ceeded into the tunnel, where the engine fouledthe rails
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