THE CRAZE FOR SPEED.
m 00'/, MILES AN HOUR BY RAIL. The German Railway Journal claims that the greatest speed eve/ attained in Europe by a steam-driven railway train has been reached on several trips this week between Munich and Augsburg, on the Bavarian State Railway system. The engines, which were express train locomotives, pulled trains weighing 100 tons at the maximum speed of ninety-six and a-half miles per hour. The terrific pace was maintained for a considerable period. 100 MILES AN HOUR BY WATER. Mr Peter Cooper Hewitt, of New iork, has completed some remarkable trials of a gliding watercraft which ho has invented. He had no difficulty in attaining a speed of thirty-eight miles, and he declared that with a similar vessel of larger proportions he will be able to reach a speed oi a hundred miles an hour. The main features of the vessel are an exceedingly shallow hull and plaues, which enable it to glide over the water like a bird.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 10 September 1907, Page 4
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165THE CRAZE FOR SPEED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 10 September 1907, Page 4
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