Description:The 1876 accident at Ashtabula had all the elements of a classic tragedy: cold, snowy weather that lent eeriness to the dark of night; height, as in the 70 feet from bridge to river; modern technology in an experimental iron bridge; mechanical power in locomotives; human beings fighting for their lives; fire, water, and ice all at once; the evil of robbers preying on the injured and dying; the good in heroes and heroines who risked their lives to rescue the needy; the event striking the unknown and the world famous, such as P.P. Bliss. It is difficult to imagine a worse happening to a little village of 2,500 citizens.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bliss and Tragedy: the Ashtabula Railway-Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P. Bliss. To get started finding Bliss and Tragedy: the Ashtabula Railway-Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P. Bliss, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Sherman Oak Books
Release
2003
ISBN
193198509X
Bliss and Tragedy: the Ashtabula Railway-Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P. Bliss
Description: The 1876 accident at Ashtabula had all the elements of a classic tragedy: cold, snowy weather that lent eeriness to the dark of night; height, as in the 70 feet from bridge to river; modern technology in an experimental iron bridge; mechanical power in locomotives; human beings fighting for their lives; fire, water, and ice all at once; the evil of robbers preying on the injured and dying; the good in heroes and heroines who risked their lives to rescue the needy; the event striking the unknown and the world famous, such as P.P. Bliss. It is difficult to imagine a worse happening to a little village of 2,500 citizens.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bliss and Tragedy: the Ashtabula Railway-Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P. Bliss. To get started finding Bliss and Tragedy: the Ashtabula Railway-Bridge Accident of 1876 and the Loss of P.P. Bliss, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.