"Quick as a flash the Kid had my arm."
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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] |
| XVIII | A Promotion By Favor And Its Results | [160] |
| XIX | Jacking Up A Negligent Operator—A Convict Operator—Dick, The Plucky Call Boy | [168] |
| XX | An Episode Of Sentiment | [185] |
| XXI | The Military Operator—A Fake Report That Nearly Caused Trouble | [192] |
| XXII | Private Dennis Hogan, Hero | [203] |
| XXIII | The Commission Won—In A General Strike | [222] |
| XXIV | Experiences As A Government Censor Of Telegraph | [237] |
| XXV | More Censorship | [246] |
| XXVI | Censorship Concluded | [257] |
| XXVII | Conclusion | [270] |
Illustrations
Part I
| "Quick as a flash the Kid had my arm." | [Frontispiece] |
| "I noticed his long, slim hand on the top of the reverse-lever." | [50] |
| "It was a strange courting ... there on that engine." | [70] |
| "We carried him into the depot." | [90] |
| "He was the first man I ever killed." | [170] |
| "'Mexican,' said I." | [234] |
| "What seemed to be a giant iceberg...." | [282] |
| "A white city ... was visible for an instant." | [290] |
Part II
| Facsimile Of A Completed Order As Entered In The Despatcher's Order-Book | [1] |
| "Two of the men tied my hands in front of me." | [14] |
| "After many efforts I finally reached the lowest cross-arm." | [30] |
| "One of them picked up the lantern, and swaggering over to where I sat all trembling...." | [46] |
| "He looked at me ... then catching me by the collar...." | [95] |
| "... Half lying on the table, face downward, dead by his own hand" | [128] |
| "See here, who is going to pull this train?" | [158] |
| "Are you not doing it just because I am a woman?" | [190] |
| "... Dennis, lying under the telegraph line, his left hand still grasped the instrument" | [222] |