Orders have boon received at Crewe t Works for the construction of about forty locomotives, of a\iiew type, capable of great power unci speed. One of this type j of engine was recently tr-stod between London and Crowe, with a load behind if , of'nearly four hundred ton?, and the whole dislanco of 158 miles was accomplished in less than 150 minutes. i The blacksmith was hoarse, and feverish, loa; - j Ho lay on his bed and "bellow"-ed tla"shoe." The dreadful cold that ho had got TCnd mado him feel—well, just "red-hot." . I'd rather do threo years, said he, t In prison walls for "forge"ry, But ho took Woods' Great Peppermint s Cure, - Which put him on his 'metal" sure '- Advt. 21 '. Wild ducks are estimated to fly <)0 : miles an hour; swallows fly r.ither faster, 3 and the swift flies about 200 miles an J hour.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1082, 22 March 1911, Page 8
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146Untitled Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1082, 22 March 1911, Page 8
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