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Train Crash at Crush, Texas : America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt, EPUB eBook

Train Crash at Crush, Texas : America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt EPUB

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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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