The Angola horror: the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads
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2013
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) illustrations |
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| 505 | 8 | |a "On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek, just east of the small settlement of Angola, New York, on the shores of Lake Erie. The last two cars of the express train were pitched completely off the tracks and plummeted into the creek bed below. When they struck bottom, one of the wrecked cars was immediately engulfed in flames as the heating stoves in the coach spilled out coals and ignited its wooden timbers. The other car was badly smashed. About fifty people died at the bottom of the gorge or shortly thereafter, and dozens more were injured. Rescuers from the small rural community responded with haste, but there was almost nothing they could do but listen to the cries of the dying--and carry away the dead and injured thrown clear of the fiery wreck. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The next day and in the weeks that followed, newspapers across the country carried news of the "Angola Horror," one of the deadliest railway accidents to that point in U.S. history. In a dramatic historical narrative, Charity Vogel tells the gripping, true-to-life story of the wreck and the characters involved in the tragic accident. Her tale weaves together the stories of the people--some unknown; others soon to be famous--caught up in the disaster, the facts of the New York Express's fateful run, the fiery scenes in the creek ravine, and the subsequent legal, legislative, and journalistic search for answers to the question: what had happened at Angola, and why? The Angola Horror is a classic story of disaster and its aftermath, in which events coincide to produce horrific consequences and people are forced to respond to experiences that test the limits of their endurance. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Vogel sets the Angola Horror against a broader context of the developing technology of railroads, the culture of the nation's print media, the public policy legislation of the post-Civil War era, and, finally, the culture of death and mourning in the Victorian period. The Angola Horror sheds light on the psyche of the American nation. The fatal wreck of an express train nine years later, during a similar bridge crossing in Ashtabula, Ohio, serves as a chilling coda to the story."--Publisher's website | |
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| contents | America on the rails -- Troubled sleep -- Angola at dawn -- Getting under way -- En route -- Delays -- Approach -- Breaking -- Falling -- Horror -- Rescue -- Recognitions -- Reports -- Mourning -- Judging -- Debates -- Changes -- Lost souls -- After the horror "On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek, just east of the small settlement of Angola, New York, on the shores of Lake Erie. The last two cars of the express train were pitched completely off the tracks and plummeted into the creek bed below. When they struck bottom, one of the wrecked cars was immediately engulfed in flames as the heating stoves in the coach spilled out coals and ignited its wooden timbers. The other car was badly smashed. About fifty people died at the bottom of the gorge or shortly thereafter, and dozens more were injured. Rescuers from the small rural community responded with haste, but there was almost nothing they could do but listen to the cries of the dying--and carry away the dead and injured thrown clear of the fiery wreck. The next day and in the weeks that followed, newspapers across the country carried news of the "Angola Horror," one of the deadliest railway accidents to that point in U.S. history. In a dramatic historical narrative, Charity Vogel tells the gripping, true-to-life story of the wreck and the characters involved in the tragic accident. Her tale weaves together the stories of the people--some unknown; others soon to be famous--caught up in the disaster, the facts of the New York Express's fateful run, the fiery scenes in the creek ravine, and the subsequent legal, legislative, and journalistic search for answers to the question: what had happened at Angola, and why? The Angola Horror is a classic story of disaster and its aftermath, in which events coincide to produce horrific consequences and people are forced to respond to experiences that test the limits of their endurance. Vogel sets the Angola Horror against a broader context of the developing technology of railroads, the culture of the nation's print media, the public policy legislation of the post-Civil War era, and, finally, the culture of death and mourning in the Victorian period. The Angola Horror sheds light on the psyche of the American nation. The fatal wreck of an express train nine years later, during a similar bridge crossing in Ashtabula, Ohio, serves as a chilling coda to the story."--Publisher's website |
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| spelling | Vogel, Charity Ann Verfasser aut The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads Charity Vogel Ithaca Cornell University Press 2013 1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) illustrations txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier America on the rails -- Troubled sleep -- Angola at dawn -- Getting under way -- En route -- Delays -- Approach -- Breaking -- Falling -- Horror -- Rescue -- Recognitions -- Reports -- Mourning -- Judging -- Debates -- Changes -- Lost souls -- After the horror "On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek, just east of the small settlement of Angola, New York, on the shores of Lake Erie. The last two cars of the express train were pitched completely off the tracks and plummeted into the creek bed below. When they struck bottom, one of the wrecked cars was immediately engulfed in flames as the heating stoves in the coach spilled out coals and ignited its wooden timbers. The other car was badly smashed. About fifty people died at the bottom of the gorge or shortly thereafter, and dozens more were injured. Rescuers from the small rural community responded with haste, but there was almost nothing they could do but listen to the cries of the dying--and carry away the dead and injured thrown clear of the fiery wreck. The next day and in the weeks that followed, newspapers across the country carried news of the "Angola Horror," one of the deadliest railway accidents to that point in U.S. history. In a dramatic historical narrative, Charity Vogel tells the gripping, true-to-life story of the wreck and the characters involved in the tragic accident. Her tale weaves together the stories of the people--some unknown; others soon to be famous--caught up in the disaster, the facts of the New York Express's fateful run, the fiery scenes in the creek ravine, and the subsequent legal, legislative, and journalistic search for answers to the question: what had happened at Angola, and why? The Angola Horror is a classic story of disaster and its aftermath, in which events coincide to produce horrific consequences and people are forced to respond to experiences that test the limits of their endurance. Vogel sets the Angola Horror against a broader context of the developing technology of railroads, the culture of the nation's print media, the public policy legislation of the post-Civil War era, and, finally, the culture of death and mourning in the Victorian period. The Angola Horror sheds light on the psyche of the American nation. The fatal wreck of an express train nine years later, during a similar bridge crossing in Ashtabula, Ohio, serves as a chilling coda to the story."--Publisher's website Geschichte 1865-1890 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1867 gnd rswk-swf HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh Railroad accidents fast Wirtschaft Railroad accidents New York (State) Angola Bahnbetriebsunfall (DE-588)4191670-0 gnd rswk-swf Eisenbahnverkehr (DE-588)4151503-1 gnd rswk-swf Sicherheitstechnik (DE-588)4077423-5 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf Angola, NY (DE-588)116451802X gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Eisenbahnverkehr (DE-588)4151503-1 s Sicherheitstechnik (DE-588)4077423-5 s Geschichte 1865-1890 z 1\p DE-604 Angola, NY (DE-588)116451802X g Bahnbetriebsunfall (DE-588)4191670-0 s Geschichte 1867 z 2\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Vogel, Charity Ann Angola horror http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=671625 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Vogel, Charity Ann The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads America on the rails -- Troubled sleep -- Angola at dawn -- Getting under way -- En route -- Delays -- Approach -- Breaking -- Falling -- Horror -- Rescue -- Recognitions -- Reports -- Mourning -- Judging -- Debates -- Changes -- Lost souls -- After the horror "On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek, just east of the small settlement of Angola, New York, on the shores of Lake Erie. The last two cars of the express train were pitched completely off the tracks and plummeted into the creek bed below. When they struck bottom, one of the wrecked cars was immediately engulfed in flames as the heating stoves in the coach spilled out coals and ignited its wooden timbers. The other car was badly smashed. About fifty people died at the bottom of the gorge or shortly thereafter, and dozens more were injured. Rescuers from the small rural community responded with haste, but there was almost nothing they could do but listen to the cries of the dying--and carry away the dead and injured thrown clear of the fiery wreck. The next day and in the weeks that followed, newspapers across the country carried news of the "Angola Horror," one of the deadliest railway accidents to that point in U.S. history. In a dramatic historical narrative, Charity Vogel tells the gripping, true-to-life story of the wreck and the characters involved in the tragic accident. Her tale weaves together the stories of the people--some unknown; others soon to be famous--caught up in the disaster, the facts of the New York Express's fateful run, the fiery scenes in the creek ravine, and the subsequent legal, legislative, and journalistic search for answers to the question: what had happened at Angola, and why? The Angola Horror is a classic story of disaster and its aftermath, in which events coincide to produce horrific consequences and people are forced to respond to experiences that test the limits of their endurance. Vogel sets the Angola Horror against a broader context of the developing technology of railroads, the culture of the nation's print media, the public policy legislation of the post-Civil War era, and, finally, the culture of death and mourning in the Victorian period. The Angola Horror sheds light on the psyche of the American nation. The fatal wreck of an express train nine years later, during a similar bridge crossing in Ashtabula, Ohio, serves as a chilling coda to the story."--Publisher's website HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh Railroad accidents fast Wirtschaft Railroad accidents New York (State) Angola Bahnbetriebsunfall (DE-588)4191670-0 gnd Eisenbahnverkehr (DE-588)4151503-1 gnd Sicherheitstechnik (DE-588)4077423-5 gnd |
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| title | The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads |
| title_auth | The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads |
| title_exact_search | The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads |
| title_full | The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads Charity Vogel |
| title_fullStr | The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads Charity Vogel |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads Charity Vogel |
| title_short | The Angola horror |
| title_sort | the angola horror the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed american railroads |
| title_sub | the 1867 train wreck that shocked the nation and transformed American railroads |
| topic | HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh Railroad accidents fast Wirtschaft Railroad accidents New York (State) Angola Bahnbetriebsunfall (DE-588)4191670-0 gnd Eisenbahnverkehr (DE-588)4151503-1 gnd Sicherheitstechnik (DE-588)4077423-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Railroad accidents Wirtschaft Railroad accidents New York (State) Angola Bahnbetriebsunfall Eisenbahnverkehr Sicherheitstechnik USA Angola, NY |
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