Danger Signals

Danger Signals

Jasper Ewing Brady, Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ( 1797 – 1871)


This ebook presents «Danger Signals», from Jasper Ewing Brady. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Part I. Danger Signals

- 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

- Part Ii. Danger Signals

- Learning The Business My First Office

- An Encounter With Train Robbers

- In A Wreck

- A Woman Operator Who Saved A Train

- A Night Office In Texas A Stuttering Despatcher

- Blue Field Arizona And An Indian Scrimmage

- Taking A Whirl At Commercial Work My First Attempt The Galveston Fire

- Sending A Message Perforce Recognizing An Old Friend By His Stuff

- Bill Bradley Gambler And Gentleman

- The Death Of Jim Cartwright Chased Off A Wire By A Woman

- Witnessing A Marriage By Wire Beating A Pool Room Sparring At Range

- How A Smart Operator Was Squelched The Galveston Flood

- Sending My First Order

- Running Trains By Telegraph How It Is Done

- An Old Despatcher's Mistake My First Trick

- A General Strike A Locomotive Engineer For A Day

- Chief Despatcher An Inspection Tour Big River Wreck

- A Promotion By Favor And Its Results

- Jacking Up A Negligent Operator A Convict Operator Dick, The Plucky Call Boy

- An Episode Of Sentiment

- The Military Operator A Fake Report That Nearly Caused Trouble

- Private Dennis Hogan Hero

- The Commission Won In A General Strike

- Experiences As A Government Censor Of Telegraph

- More Censorship

- Censorship Concluded

- Conclusion