Danger Signals - Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers
Brady, Jasper Ewing;Hill, John A.
English
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"Quick as a flash the Kid had my arm."
DANGER SIGNALS
REMARKABLE, EXCITING AND UNIQUE
EXAMPLES OF THE BRAVERY, DAR-
ING AND STOICISM IN THE
MIDST OF DANGER OF
Train Dispatchers And Railroad Engineers
BY
JOHN A. HILL
and
JASPER EWING BRADY
Absorbing Stories of Men with Nerves of Steel,
Indomitable Courage and
Wonderful Endurance
FULLY ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
JAMIESON-HIGGINS CO.
1902
|
Copyright 1898, 1899
By S. S. McClure Co.
Copyright 1899
By Doubleday & McClure Co.
Copyright 1900
By Jamieson-Higgins Co.
Contents
Part I
| | Jim Wainright's Kid | 7 |
| | An Engineer's Christmas Story | 37 |
| | The Clean Man And The Dirty Angels | 59 |
| | A Peg-Legged Romance | 77 |
| | My Lady Of The Eyes | 99 |
| | Some Freaks Of Fate | 152 |
| | Mormon Joe, The Robber | 193 |
| | A Midsummer Night's Trip | 229 |
| | The Polar Zone | 255 |
Part II
| I | Learning The Business—My First Office | 1 |
| II | An Encounter With Train Robbers | 11 |
| III | In A Wreck | 19 |
| IV | A Woman Operator Who Saved A Train | 25 |
| V | A Night Office In Texas—A Stuttering Despatcher | 33 |
| VI | Blue Field, Arizona, And An Indian Scrimmage | 42 |
| VII | Taking A Whirl At Commercial Work—My First Attempt—The Galveston Fire | 52 |
| VIII | Sending A Message Perforce—Recognizing An Old Friend By His Stuff | 62 |
| IX | Bill Bradley, Gambler And Gentleman | 68 |
| X | The Death Of Jim Cartwright—Chased Off A Wire By A Woman | 80 |
| XI | Witnessing A Marriage By Wire—Beating A Pool Room—Sparring At Range | 87 |
| XII | How A Smart Operator Was Squelched—The Galveston Flood | 96 |
| XIII | Sending My First Order | 105 |
| XIV | Running Trains By Telegraph—How It Is Done | 111 |
| XV | An Old Despatcher's Mistake—My First Trick | 125 |
| XVI | A General Strike—A Locomotive Engineer For A Day | 137 |
| XVII | Chief Despatcher—An Inspection Tour—Big River Wreck | 147 |
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