Danger Signals
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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