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John A. Hill. Danger Signals
Danger Signals
Table of Contents
Part I
Part II
Illustrations
Part I
Part II
DANGER SIGNALS
Part I
JIM WAINRIGHT'S KID
AN ENGINEER'S CHRISTMAS STORY
THE CLEAN MAN AND THE DIRTY ANGELS
A PEG-LEGGED ROMANCE
MY LADY OF THE EYES
SOME FREAKS OF FATE
MORMON JOE, THE ROBBER
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TRIP
THE POLAR ZONE
DANGER SIGNALS
Part II
CHAPTER I
LEARNING THE BUSINESS—MY FIRST OFFICE
CHAPTER II
AN ENCOUNTER WITH TRAIN ROBBERS
CHAPTER III
IN A WRECK
CHAPTER IV
A WOMAN OPERATOR WHO SAVED A TRAIN
CHAPTER V
A NIGHT OFFICE IN TEXAS—A STUTTERING DESPATCHER
CHAPTER VI
BLUE FIELD, ARIZONA, AND AN INDIAN SCRIMMAGE
CHAPTER VII
TAKING A WHIRL AT COMMERCIAL WORK—MY FIRST ATTEMPT—THE GALVESTON FIRE
CHAPTER VIII
SENDING A MESSAGE PERFORCE—RECOGNIZING AN OLD FRIEND BY HIS STUFF
CHAPTER IX
BILL BRADLEY, GAMBLER AND GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER X
THE DEATH OF JIM CARTWRIGHT—CHASED OFF A WIRE BY A WOMAN
CHAPTER XI
WITNESSING A MARRIAGE BY WIRE—BEATING A POOL ROOM—SPARRING AT RANGE
CHAPTER XII
HOW A SMART OPERATOR WAS SQUELCHED—THE GALVESTON FLOOD
CHAPTER XIII
SENDING MY FIRST ORDER
CHAPTER XIV
RUNNING TRAINS BY TELEGRAPH—HOW IT IS DONE
CHAPTER XV
AN OLD DESPATCHER'S MISTAKE—MY FIRST TRICK
CHAPTER XVI
A GENERAL STRIKE—A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER FOR A DAY
CHAPTER XVII
CHIEF DESPATCHER—AN INSPECTION TOUR—BIG RIVER WRECK
CHAPTER XVIII
A PROMOTION BY FAVOR AND ITS RESULTS
CHAPTER XIX
JACKING UP A NEGLIGENT OPERATOR—A CONVICT OPERATOR—DICK, THE PLUCKY CALL BOY
CHAPTER XX
AN EPISODE OF SENTIMENT
CHAPTER XXI
THE MILITARY OPERATOR—A FAKE REPORT THAT NEARLY CAUSED TROUBLE
CHAPTER XXII
PRIVATE DENNIS HOGAN, HERO
CHAPTER XXIII
THE COMMISSION WON—IN A GENERAL STRIKE
CHAPTER XXIV
EXPERIENCES AS A GOVERNMENT CENSOR OF TELEGRAPH
CHAPTER XXV
MORE CENSORSHIP
CHAPTER XXVI
CENSORSHIP CONCLUDED
CHAPTER XXVII
CONCLUSION
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John A. Hill, Jasper Ewing Brady
Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers
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"'Why? Now look here Kid, I like that sister of yours, and I want to see her.'
"But the Kid just stopped, leaned against the nearest building, and laughed—laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. The next day he brought me word that his sister had gone to Chicago to make some sketches for the firm and hoped to come to see us after she was through. I started for Chicago the day following, the Kid with me.
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