NOTES
on
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS
by
Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
Copyright 1879G.P. Putnam's Sons
CONTENTS.
I
The Death of Mr. Huskisson
3
II
The Angola and Shipton Accidents
12
III
The Wollaston Accident
20
IV
Accidents and Conservatism
27
V
Telescoping and the Miller Platform
43
VI
The Versailles Accident
58
VII
Telegraphic Collisions
66
VIII
Oil-Tank Accidents
72
IX
Draw-Bridge Disasters
82
X
The Norwalk Accident
89
XI
Bridge Accidents
98
XII
The Protection of Bridges
111
XIII
Car-Couplings in Derailments
117
XIV
The Revere Catastrophe
125
XV
Rear-End Collisions
144
XVI
Novel Appliances
153
XVII
The Automatic Electric Block System
159
XVIII
Interlocking
182
XIX
The Westinghouse Brake
199
XX
The Battle of the Brakes
216
XXI
The Railroad Journey Resulting in Death
230
XXII
The Railroad Death-Rate
241
XXIII
American as Compared with Foreign Railroad Accidents
250
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