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...glamor of railroading is summed up in two words-Casey Jones. Mention these words to any engineer, fireman or roundhouse worker, and he will immediately be your friend. If he doesn't start singing, he will tell you a pack of grand stories...
...March 18, 1900, with Mardi Gras guests abroad. Casey Jones saw a crash coming with the rear-end of a freight train near Vaughns, Mississippi. He did all he could to prevent it, pulled on the air-brakes, threw his engine into reverse. Then he yelled to the fireman: "jump if you want to save your neck." But Casey Jones, no jumper, stayed with his locomotive and died instantly in the crash...
...Reno hill, He tooted for the crossing with an awful shrill, The switchman knew by the engine's moans That the man at the throttle was Casey Jones. He pulled lip within two miles of the place, Number four stared him right in the face, Turned to the fireman, said; "Boys, you'd better...
...pioneer years of railroading to the present time. Many queer looking engines are portrayed, including the "Samson", "Stoverbridge Lion", the "Norris", and "Boynton Bicycle Engine Number 1" This last contrivance had only one large wheel under the boiler with the engineer's cab located on top of the fireman's cab, the last located only a few feet above the road...
...Gatineau Point, Quebec, a convent caught fire. Sisters Annette, Margaret Marie and Superior Ste. Cyrille stood at the top of a fire escape calling for help. But they were attired only in nightgowns; when a fireman approached them they ran back into the convent and were burned to death...