Danger Signals

About this eBook

Author

Brady, Jasper Ewing, 1866-1940

Title

Danger signals : Remarkable, exciting and unique examples of the bravery, daring and stoicism in the midst of danger of train dispatchers and railroad engineers

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Railroad stories

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19007

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19007

Release Date

August 8, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Contents — Part I — Part II
3. 3.Illustrations — Part I — Part II — DANGER SIGNALS.
4. 4.Part I.
5. 5.JIM WAINRIGHT'S KID
6. 6.AN ENGINEER'S CHRISTMAS STORY
7. 7.THE CLEAN MAN AND THE DIRTY ANGELS
8. 8.A PEG-LEGGED ROMANCE
9. 9.MY LADY OF THE EYES
10. 10.SOME FREAKS OF FATE
11. 11.MORMON JOE, THE ROBBER
12. 12.A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TRIP
13. 13.THE POLAR ZONE — DANGER SIGNALS.
14. 14.Part II.
15. 15.CHAPTER I — LEARNING THE BUSINESS—MY FIRST OFFICE
16. 16.CHAPTER II — AN ENCOUNTER WITH TRAIN ROBBERS
17. 17.CHAPTER III — IN A WRECK
18. 18.CHAPTER IV — A WOMAN OPERATOR WHO SAVED A TRAIN
19. 19.CHAPTER V — A NIGHT OFFICE IN TEXAS—A STUTTERING DESPATCHER
20. 20.CHAPTER VI — BLUE FIELD, ARIZONA, AND AN INDIAN SCRIMMAGE
21. 21.CHAPTER VII — TAKING A WHIRL AT COMMERCIAL WORK—MY FIRST ATTEMPT—THE GALVESTON FIRE
22. 22.CHAPTER VIII — SENDING A MESSAGE PERFORCE—RECOGNIZING AN OLD FRIEND BY HIS STUFF
23. 23.CHAPTER IX — BILL BRADLEY, GAMBLER AND GENTLEMAN
24. 24.CHAPTER X — THE DEATH OF JIM CARTWRIGHT—CHASED OFF A WIRE BY A WOMAN
25. 25.CHAPTER XI — WITNESSING A MARRIAGE BY WIRE—BEATING A POOL ROOM—SPARRING AT RANGE
26. 26.CHAPTER XII — HOW A SMART OPERATOR WAS SQUELCHED—THE GALVESTON FLOOD
27. 27.CHAPTER XIII — SENDING MY FIRST ORDER
28. 28.CHAPTER XIV — RUNNING TRAINS BY TELEGRAPH—HOW IT IS DONE
29. 29.CHAPTER XV — AN OLD DESPATCHER'S MISTAKE—MY FIRST TRICK
30. 30.CHAPTER XVI — A GENERAL STRIKE—A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER FOR A DAY
31. 31.CHAPTER XVII — CHIEF DESPATCHER—AN INSPECTION TOUR—BIG RIVER WRECK
32. 32.CHAPTER XVIII — A PROMOTION BY FAVOR AND ITS RESULTS
33. 33.CHAPTER XIX — JACKING UP A NEGLIGENT OPERATOR—A CONVICT OPERATOR—DICK, THE PLUCKY CALL BOY
34. 34.CHAPTER XX — AN EPISODE OF SENTIMENT
35. 35.CHAPTER XXI — THE MILITARY OPERATOR—A FAKE REPORT THAT NEARLY CAUSED TROUBLE
36. 36.CHAPTER XXII — PRIVATE DENNIS HOGAN, HERO
37. 37.CHAPTER XXIII — THE COMMISSION WON—IN A GENERAL STRIKE
38. 38.CHAPTER XXIV — EXPERIENCES AS A GOVERNMENT CENSOR OF TELEGRAPH
39. 39.CHAPTER XXV — MORE CENSORSHIP
40. 40.CHAPTER XXVI — CENSORSHIP CONCLUDED
41. 41.CHAPTER XXVII — CONCLUSION

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