Death, Dynamite and Disaster - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death, Dynamite and Disaster write by Rosa Matheson. This book was released on 2014-05-05. Death, Dynamite and Disaster available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A safe mode of transport today, the railways were far from vehicles of sleepy commute when they first came into service; indeed, accidents were commonplace and sometimes were a result of something far more sinister. In this fresh approach to railway history, Rosa Matheson explores the grim and grisly railway past. These horrible happenings include memorable disasters and accidents, the lack of burial grounds for London's dead, leading to the 'Necropolis Railway', the gruesome necessity of digging up the dead to accommodate the railways and how the discovery of dynamite gave rise to the 'Dynamite Wars' on the London Underground in the 1880s and 1890s. Join Rosa as she treads carefully through the fascinating gruesome history of Britain's railways.
Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew #1
Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew #1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew #1 write by Anthony Del Col. This book was released on 2020-04-01. Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew #1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Teen detectives Frank and Joe Hardy have investigated many crimes in their lives, but nothing that hits this close to home. Their best friend died mysteriously after taking down a major crime organization. They must put together the clues to uncover the truth about this shocking crime, but the clues lead them to a stunningly unexpected direction! Written by Ringo-nominated writer Anthony Del Col (Kill Shakespeare, Luke Cage) and with art by Eisner-award winner Joe Eisma (Morning Glories, Riverdale), this gritty and stylish story is a noir that will attract fans of Nancy Drew of all ages.
Tay Bridge Disaster
Tay Bridge Disaster - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tay Bridge Disaster write by Robin Lumley. This book was released on 2013-11-01. Tay Bridge Disaster available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One hundred and thirty-five years after the event, the Tay Bridge Disaster remains the single most catastrophic collapse of a British engineering structure. The fateful day in 1879 shook Britain and the world of engineering to their core and sent a nation into mourning for the seventy-five souls lost to the dark, freezing waters of the Tay River. Here Lumley gives the collapse a much wider perspective than the event of one night by delving into the lives of those lost to the disaster, both passengers and railway workers, against a background of a wider Scottish history. Packed full of personal tales and with more technical appendices for those that wish to further their technical knowledge, The Tay Bridge Disaster is a must read for anyone interested in this poignant event of Scottish and British history.
Death, Daring, and Disaster
Death, Daring, and Disaster - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death, Daring, and Disaster write by Charles R. Farabee. This book was released on 2005-04-07. Death, Daring, and Disaster available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 375 exciting tales of heroism and tragedy drawn from the nearly 150,000 search and rescue missions carried out by the National Park Service since 1872.
Death Rode the Rails
Death Rode the Rails - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death Rode the Rails write by Mark Aldrich. This book was released on 2006-04-10. Death Rode the Rails available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The evolution of railroad safety, Aldrich argues, involved the interplay of market forces, science and technology, and legal and public pressures. He considers the railroad as a system in its entirety: operational realities, technical constraints, economic history, internal politics, and labor management. Aldrich shows that economics initially encouraged American carriers to build and operate cheap and dangerous lines. Only over time did the trade-off between safety and output - shaped by labor markets and public policy - motivate carriers to develop technological improvements that enhanced both productivity and safety."--BOOK JACKET.
