The Ashtabula Disaster

About this eBook

Author

Peet, Stephen D. (Stephen Denison), 1831-1914

Credits

Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Subject

Bridge failures -- Ohio -- Ashtabula

Category

Text

eBook-No.

47359

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47359

Release Date

November 16, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE Ashtabula Disaster .
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.THE ASHTABULA DISASTER.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. ASHTABULA.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE RIVER AND THE BRIDGE.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE NIGHT AND THE STORM.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE WRECK.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE STARTLING CRASH.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE ALARM IN TOWN.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE FIRE AND THE FIREMEN.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. CARE OF THE SURVIVORS.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE ROBBERS.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. MIDNIGHT AT THE WRECK.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE PUBLIC EXCITEMENT.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. SCENES AT THE MORGUE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE RAILROAD OFFICIALS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE ARRIVAL OF FRIENDS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE WAVE OF SORROW.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE SEARCH FOR RELICS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE PASSENGERS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXPERIENCE OF SURVIVORS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. PERSONAL INCIDENTS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. KINDNESS SHOWN.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE MEMORIAL SERVICES.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. THE SUICIDE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. THE CHARACTER OF MR. COLLINS.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. THE LOVED AND LOST.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. SKETCHES OF CHARACTER.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. P. P. BLISS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. LESSONS OF THE EVENT.
33. 33.THE CORONER’S VERDICT.
34. 34.Transcribers’ Notes

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.