CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. THE DEATH OF MR. HUSKISSON.
CHAPTER II. THE ANGOLA AND SHIPTON ACCIDENTS.
CHAPTER III. THE WOLLASTON ACCIDENT.
CHAPTER IV. ACCIDENTS AND CONSERVATISM.
CHAPTER V. TELESCOPING AND THE MILLER PLATFORM.
CHAPTER VI. THE VERSAILLES ACCIDENT.
CHAPTER VII. TELEGRAPHIC COLLISIONS.
CHAPTER VIII. OIL-TANK ACCIDENTS.
CHAPTER IX. DRAW-BRIDGE DISASTERS.
CHAPTER X. THE NORWALK ACCIDENT.
CHAPTER XI. BRIDGE ACCIDENTS.
CHAPTER XII. THE PROTECTION OF BRIDGES.
CHAPTER XIII. CAR-COUPLINGS IN DERAILMENTS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE REVERE CATASTROPHE.
CHAPTER XV. REAR END COLLISIONS.
CHAPTER XVI. NOVEL APPLIANCES.
CHAPTER XVII. THE AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC BLOCK SYSTEM.
CHAPTER XVIII. INTERLOCKING.
CHAPTER XIX. THE WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE.
CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLE OF THE BRAKES.
CHAPTER XXI. THE RAILROAD JOURNEY RESULTING IN DEATH.
CHAPTER XXII. THE RAILROAD DEATH RATE.
CHAPTER XXIII. AMERICAN AS COMPARED WITH FOREIGN RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
INDEX.
BY
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Jr. AUTHOR OF "RAILROADS: THEIR ORIGIN AND PROBLEMS."
NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 27 and 29 West 23d Street
Copyright 1879 By G. P. Putnam's Sons
