| Show QUEEN VICTORIA SHOCKED HER SUBJECTS BY RAILWAY JOURNEY when queen victoria in june made her first journey by train from slough to paddington and declared that sue slie had enjoyed it wide circles in britain sustained a serious shock sien men and women slowly shook their heads observes a writer in pearsons weekly Ac according cordin to contemporary records queen victoria accomplished tile the journey free from the usual dustano crowd and heat and was quite cli charmed armed with it tile the queens favorite coachman insisted the engine upon accompanying I 1 driver in order to see that nothing was done to endanger her safety when he be descended from the footplate at paddington station reliable observers say he be resembled a disheveled negro minstrel wore more than a servant in livery afterwards asked in A question was tile the house 0 f commons by an al P who thought that her maje person should not be subjected to the hazards of railway travel an answer was given stating that two carriages had been interposed between the engine find and the carriage occupied risk of collision to obviate by the queen in those flays days many otibe people strongly oppose opposed d the new mode of trav el the duke of cumberland for instance in the house of lords voted against a bill for a new dew railway because it would be very disturbing to tile the eton boys ile he added that passengers sen ers would be shaken to death in these evils devils carriages and all for what |
