Show I i EN ROUTE FOR IE IRELAND o Queen Victoria Started on Her iler Journey Last Lat Night Night London April Apri 3 Queen ue Victoria Vicoria Wt left t Windsor at at half hlf past pt 9 last lq evening en ea route lot for fo Ireland Her He majesty mety is ac accompanied accompanied companied by Princess Prince Christian ani aM Princess Henry Her of Battenberg and H is i attended by the Countess of Antrim the Hon Harriet Hat Phipps Sir Arthur Biggs Big private secretary sreta to the queen Sir Fleetwood Ewd Edwards keeper ker of for br private purse puree pur and Captain The queen qu had bad ha dm drive driven en out outto outto to t Frogmore during the afternoon amid considerable enthusiasm on the part pt of the townspeople and her de departure departure e from the station so was ws comparatively compa quiet quiet although athu quite a rod rodha had ha assembled to cheer ch the outgoing train trin Not Net in the history of the Great Gret Wf West R est estern era ern and London NorthwestErn er rn j ri roads have greater geer precautions eve ee been bee observed to protect pret the tl rrai royal train than those tho which had been perfected when her majesty started northward tonight These Thee officials who hav have m su superintended u the transportation n rt cf r rca czars ca kaisers kiser and an princes rince of o 11 tl 1 ra na rations rations tons in and out of Windsor have hae ex cx exerted themselves beyond precedent to insure the safety set of the royal train tai be between b between tween Windsor and Holyhead Royal Koyal trains seldom seldon run rn at night night but the queen who is i especially ay ad adf er erto to fast travel stipulated that the tm t should occupy eleven cleve hours hour ath ug it is usually covered in six This Thi slow slowness slowness ness at a time nhen en traffic is light wa wJ night one of o run the reasons for deciding upon A J Preparations D For Trip Tp The T preparations for the trip tad had been In hand for weeks week and ad th the tram had already aready run every ever foot fot of the 0 lt t tand and every eyer particle of the th appa 5 o Of the te train tn and the track had been sub SUh subjected sub J to the most mot careful inspection leaving LaYing Windsor tho tb tram train trin was wa m I n the hands of the te Great Gret We t rn com COU m officials to t where the London Northwestern company s officials assumed responsibility at mid midnight midnight midnight night when the te journey b by Aar vay of Crewe and Chester to Holh began The officials of the latter Hn lne line wH will i ha he helte are little sleep tonight tonight Stationmasters operators and ad inspectors at every ever station ston al alg i tw th route no matter mater how hoW sl small nall n were we ee nj required to be b on o duty ba dut dutto 0 Ju Juto an hour before the te royal tram train trin was wa rya to examine personally as a to tc s sj ad switches and to see se that all al I proper working order The pilot engine named Prince o piot egin Wales ran rn a a quarter quarte of oC o an hour ahead of the royal train and after it tS P Page Page roya tn atel p age all l tracks trac were a kept ket clear The royal roval train was drawn l by r n t w tn ald alda locomotives with expert en i ia a a complete s staff of o railway e I electricians accompanied the trI train t immediate action in ha case cas should go g wrong |