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Steam engines. As to the negligent use of the furnaces of these, see the Steam Engine Furnaces Act, 1831; and as to damaging or obstructing them, see (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 29, 35, 36. See also ss. 114-116 of the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Railway Fires Act, 1905, as amended by 13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 27; Martin v. G.E. Ry. Co., (1912) 2 KB 406. See ENGINE; ROAD TRAFFIC.