Vol. 1 No.6 - Pg.2 - Col.4 - MIRACULOUS SPEED

MIRACULOUS SPEED.—The result of the Sunderland election was looked for with so much interest in London, that the Times ran an express. The distance by railroad was 308 miles, which was accomplished by the special engines in seven hours and thirty minutes. The journey from Darlington to York, 45 miles, was performed in fifty-two minutes, and in some parts of the line, the train was proceeding at the almost incredible speed of a mile in 48 seconds—at the rate of 75 miles an hour!