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Railway carriages of a train representing the year 1880 are hit by an explosion caused by women. Coloured wood engraving by Yves et Barret, 1879.

A steam locomotive  is falling off the edge of a broken bridge, with a woman hanging on to the back. Coloured wood engraving by Yves et Barret, 1879.

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Eighteen eighty, A.D

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Railway carriages of a train representing the year 1880 are hit by an explosion caused by women. Coloured wood engraving by Yves et Barret, 1879.

A steam locomotive is falling off the edge of a broken bridge, with a woman hanging on to the back. Coloured wood engraving by Yves et Barret, 1879.