Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467139342)

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.

Author: Mike Cox
ISBN-10: 1467139343
ISBN-13: 9781467139342
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2019
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d