Название: Danger Signals
Автор: John A. Hill
Издательство: Bookwire
Жанр: Языкознание
isbn: 4057664599919
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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
THE MILITARY OPERATOR—A FAKE REPORT THAT NEARLY CAUSED TROUBLE
THE COMMISSION WON—IN A GENERAL STRIKE
EXPERIENCES AS A GOVERNMENT CENSOR OF TELEGRAPH
Part I
Jim Wainright's Kid | 7 | |
An Engineer's Christmas Story | 37 | |
The Clean Man And The Dirty Angels | 59 | |
A Peg-Legged Romance | 77 | |
My Lady Of The Eyes | 99 | |
Some Freaks Of Fate | 152 | |
Mormon Joe, The Robber | 193 | |
A Midsummer Night's Trip | 229 | |
The Polar Zone | 255 |
Part II
I | Learning The Business—My First Office | 1 |
II | An Encounter With Train Robbers | 11 |
III | In A Wreck | 19 |
IV | A Woman Operator Who Saved A Train | 25 |
V | A Night Office In Texas—A Stuttering Despatcher | 33 |
VI | Blue Field, Arizona, And An Indian Scrimmage | 42 |
VII | Taking A Whirl At Commercial Work—My First Attempt—The Galveston Fire | 52 |
VIII | Sending A Message Perforce—Recognizing An Old Friend By His Stuff | 62 |
IX | Bill Bradley, Gambler And Gentleman | 68 |
X | The Death Of Jim Cartwright—Chased Off A Wire By A Woman | 80 |
XI | Witnessing A Marriage By Wire—Beating A Pool Room—Sparring At Range | СКАЧАТЬ
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