Danger Signals

Danger Signals

John A. Hill, co-founder of The McGraw-Hill Companies (1858-1916)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PART I. JIM WAINRIGHT'S KID

-03- AN ENGINEER'S CHRISTMAS STORY

-04- THE CLEAN MAN AND THE DIRTY ANGELS

-05- A PEG-LEGGED ROMANCE

-06- MY LADY OF THE EYES

-07- SOME FREAKS OF FATE

-08- MORMON JOE, THE ROBBER

-09- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S TRIP

-10- THE POLAR ZONE

-11- PART II. DANGER SIGNALS

-12- CHAPTER I. LEARNING THE BUSINESS MY FIRST OFFICE

-13- CHAPTER II. AN ENCOUNTER WITH TRAIN ROBBERS

-14- CHAPTER III. IN A WRECK

-15- CHAPTER IV. A WOMAN OPERATOR WHO SAVED A TRAIN

-16- CHAPTER V. A NIGHT OFFICE IN TEXAS A STUTTERING DESPATCHER

-17- CHAPTER VI. BLUE FIELD, ARIZONA, AND AN INDIAN SCRIMMAGE

-18- CHAPTER VII. TAKING A WHIRL AT COMMERCIAL WORK MY FIRST ATTEMPT THE GALVESTON FIRE

-19- CHAPTER VIII. SENDING A MESSAGE PERFORCE RECOGNIZING AN OLD FRIEND BY HIS STUFF

-20- CHAPTER IX. BILL BRADLEY, GAMBLER AND GENTLEMAN

-21- CHAPTER X. THE DEATH OF JIM CARTWRIGHT CHASED OFF A WIRE BY A WOMAN

-22- CHAPTER XI. WITNESSING A MARRIAGE BY WIRE BEATING A POOL ROOM SPARRING AT RANGE

-23- CHAPTER XII. HOW A SMART OPERATOR WAS SQUELCHED THE GALVESTON FLOOD

-24- CHAPTER XIII. SENDING MY FIRST ORDER

-25- CHAPTER XIV. RUNNING TRAINS BY TELEGRAPH HOW IT IS DONE

-26- CHAPTER XV. AN OLD DESPATCHER'S MISTAKE MY FIRST TRICK

-27- CHAPTER XVI. A GENERAL STRIKE A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER FOR A DAY

-28- CHAPTER XVII. CHIEF DESPATCHER AN INSPECTION TOUR BIG RIVER WRECK

-29- CHAPTER XVIII. A PROMOTION BY FAVOR AND ITS RESULTS

-30- CHAPTER XIX. JACKING UP A NEGLIGENT OPERATOR A CONVICT OPERATOR DICK, THE PLUCKY CALL BOY

-31- CHAPTER XX. AN EPISODE OF SENTIMENT

-32- CHAPTER XXI. THE MILITARY OPERATOR A FAKE REPORT THAT NEARLY CAUSED TROUBLE

-33- CHAPTER XXII. PRIVATE DENNIS HOGAN, HERO

-34- CHAPTER XXIII. THE COMMISSION WON IN A GENERAL STRIKE

-35- CHAPTER XXIV. EXPERIENCES AS A GOVERNMENT CENSOR OF TELEGRAPH

-36- CHAPTER XXV. MORE CENSORSHIP

-37- CHAPTER XXVI. CENSORSHIP CONCLUDED

-38- CHAPTER XXVII. CONCLUSION