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The result was: promoted by
Schwede66talk 07:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that locals responding to the 1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck used snowballs to extinguish the fires in the wrecked cars (illustration, pictured)? Source: "And, although badly burned about the face and hands, Hanford started to roll a snowball toward the terrible mass of burning timbers and hissing metal. Soon hundreds of willing hands were pushing great mounds of snow toward the danger spot ... Tons of snow were thrown upon the two cars, and in a short time the volunteer workers had the hills and roadway scraped almost entirely clear of snow. " Railroad Stories.
ALT2: ... that the
brakeman prosecuted for his negligence in the 1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck testified that he had never read the rulebook because he was illiterate? Source: "Although George Melius had been employed in train service on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad for more than twenty years, he could neither read nor write!" Railroad Stories
Comment: The 142nd anniversary of this is coming up on January 13. I can easily reword if we want to run one of these on that date. (I am also not totally done with this article; just nominating it now because Christmas. I may also have another picture to go with one of the hooks. Uploaded it; it's the Thomas Nast cartoon above.