| CHAPTER. | | PAGE. |
| I | The death of Mr. Huskisson | [3] |
| II | The Angola and Shipton accidents | [12] |
| III | The Wollaston accident | [20] |
| IV | Accidents and conservatism | [27] |
| V | Telescoping and the Miller Platform | [43] |
| VI | The Versailles accident | [58] |
| VII | Telegraphic collisions | [66] |
| VIII | Oil-tank accidents | [72] |
| IX | Draw-bridge disasters | [82] |
| X | The Norwalk accident | [89] |
| XI | Bridge accidents | [98] |
| XII | The protection of bridges | [111] |
| XIII | Car-couplings in derailments | [117] |
| XIV | The Revere catastrophe | [125] |
| XV | Rear-end collisions | [144] |
| XVI | Novel appliances | [153] |
| XVII | The automatic electric block system | [159] |
| XVIII | Interlocking | [182] |
| XIX | The Westinghouse brake | [199] |
| XX | The battle of the brakes | [216] |
| XXI | The railroad journey resulting in death | [230] |
| XXII | The railroad death-rate | [241] |
| XXIII | American as compared with foreign railroad accidents | [250] |