Description: Train Crash at Crush, Texas, Texas, Disaster, Paperback On September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he had planned for every contingency. But when elephant-sized chunks of steam locomotive began raining down into the packed stands, the extravaganza quickly unraveled into one of the Lone Star State's most confounding tragedies. The soon-to-be famous Scott Joplin commemorated the debacle in "The Great Crush Collision March,'? and entrepreneurs like "Head-On Joe'? Connolly of Iowa continued the tradition of the staged locomotive duel for decades. But the stupefying incident still slipped into the back pages of Texas lore. In the first-ever book on the subject, writer-historian Mike Cox finally tells the full story of the Crash at Crush.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467139342
Book Title: Train Crash at Crush, Texas : America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Topic: United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Railroads / History, Disasters & Disaster Relief, United States / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2019
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 1.2 Oz
Author: Not Available
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Disaster Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
