The first train reaches Berging
The journey from Vellmar takes 5 hours. The first passengers were the mayor, the clerk and a party of schoolchildren, in that order.
By our staff in Berging. The first train reaches Berging. The journey from Vellmar takes 5 hours. Speaking to this journal, a boatman from the lower quay said: 'We heard it from the far bank and thought it was the ferry.'
By the next morning Berging had returned to its ordinary business, the causeway being under a hand's depth of water. A woman who had come in from the market said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.
Those concerned: Berging (location); Market Walk (street).
The Grand Chancellor, Thomas Fenn, is not expected to make a statement.
The Herald will follow the matter.
