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Omnibuses and Cabs
were from the City to Islington and back, but on some days the omnibus ran to Paddington, and on others to Stratford. One morning, on its way to the Bank, it came into collision with a waggon at Aldgate, and Hancock, in his report of
The "Automaton steam omnibus
its performances, declared that to be the only accident worth mentioning. Apparently occasional break-downs did not count.
But the public's patronage of the "Automaton" grew less as time went on. People soon found that riding in horse omnibuses was far more enjoyable. Moverover, they discovered that they
