Calamity critiques rail safety and blame in paraffin collision
The author argues for tighter rail safety after a paraffin truck crash. They call for central placement of dangerous goods, elimination of locked passenger doors, and stricter signalling to prevent future disasters. The piece warns against fading reforms after public fear subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confortade
Rascal
Thompson
London and North-Western Railway Company
Sydney Smith
St. Paul's
Abergele
The Female Claimants or THE FRANCHISE
Mr Spotforth acts as Conservative election agent warning overseers about adding non voters to the electoral roll. A statute allows a 5002 debt penalty plus costs for listing ineligible women or men. Southwark overseers reportedly include all women householders on the voter register. Hillindon overseers are said to have done likewise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spotforth
Southwark
Hillindon
West Middlesex
Limoges
France
Badinaud
Nova Scotia
John Macdonald
Canada
Halifax
Galena
General Grant
Crown Prince of
Prussia
Berlin
The
Daily News
Prince Heinrich
Heinrich
South Afrrica
South Africa
Natal
Port D'Urban
Europe
Mauch
Uran
Congress
Utah
Hooper
Mechanic Arts
Old States
FranceOpposition victory in Jura stirs Paris public
French opposition gains in Jura agricultural district spark broad coverage in Paris. Liberal papers hail Grévy’s return as a sign of revived public spirit, while others view it as victory for the Democratic opposition. Reports note a banquet dispute, arrests, and Vienna whispers of later resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Department of the Jura
Paris
Liberté
Avenir National
Débate
Temps
Siecle
M. Grévy
Constitutionnel
M. Grevy
The
Patrie
Pays
M. Huot
Loches
Dudgeon
Vienna
Duke de Gramont
Biarritz
Berlin
M. Benedetti
M. Baudrillard
Troyes
Prussia
Foreign Miscellany from Europe and Americas
Intelligence from India proclaims Shere Ali as Ameer of Affghanistan while Galicia reports cattle disease in districts including Brody Hamierika and Zloczow. The Queen of Holland is seriously ill at The Hague with a persistent cough.
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India
Shere Ali
Ameer
Affghanistan
Galicia
Brody
Hamierika
Zloczow
Holland
Hague
Mont Cenis
Italy
France
England
Arena
Simplon
Geneva
Berlin
Count Bismark
Belgium
Prussia
Charles R. Darwin
Charles Wheatstone
Victor Regnault
Paris
M. Thiers
M. Rouher
Hersfeld
Hesse Cassel
Germany
Muzas
Nogent-sur- Marne
Vincennes
Rapperschwyl
Zurich
Plater
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