Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt
Mike Cox, "Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt "
English | ISBN: 1467139343 | 2019 | 224 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | ISBN: 1467139343 | 2019 | 224 pages | PDF | 7 MB
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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