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Major General Horatio Gordon Robley with his collection of tattooed Maori heads, 1895 British Major General Horatio Gordon Robley poses with his collection of more than 30 preserved heads of the Indigenous Māori tribesmen of New Zealand.⁠ ⁠ Throughout the 1860s, Robley served the British Army in the New Zealand Wars that saw the Crown's colonial government attempt to dominate a far smaller Māori force in order to take and plunder as much of their native land as possible. The Māori referred to the conflict as "Te riri Pākehā," meaning "the white man's anger."⁠ ⁠ When Robley came home after the brutal fighting ended, he did so with several dozen Māori heads, known as "mokomokai." After years of displaying them proudly, Robley attempted to sell them back to New Zealand and profit off of his macabre collection. Though his offer was refused, the American Museum of Natural History in New York soon accepted — for an even higher sum.⁠ ⁠ See more of history...

This extraordinary accident occurred on October 22, 1895 at Montparnasse, then known as Gare de l’Ouest. The drive of the express train from Granville to Paris, hoping to make up time for its 131 passengers, increased the train’s speed and the air brake failed. Smashing through the track buffers, the express careered across the station concourse, broke through the station wall, and crashed to the street below, where it remained for four days drawing crowds of curious onlookers. READ FULL STORY IN DETAILS The  Montparnasse derailment  occurred at 16:00 on 22 October 1895 when the  Granville –Paris Express overran the  buffer stop  at its  Gare Montparnasse  terminus. With the train several minutes late and the driver trying to make up for lost time, it approached the station too fast and there was a failure to apply the train air brake. After running through the buffer stop, the train crossed the station concourse and crashed through the station wall; ...