Stephen D. Peet
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The Ashtabula Disaster by Stephen Peete Preface
the narrative of the greatest railroad disaster on record is a task which has been undertaken in the following pages no event has awakened more widespread interest for many years and the calamity will not cease to have its effect for a long time to come the author has had unusual facilities for knowing the particulars
and has undertaken the record of them on this account a familiarity with the locality the place and the citizens personal observation on the spot during the night and a critical examination of the wreck before it was removed in the morning gave him an exact knowledge of the accident which few possessed
this followed by intercourse with the survivors with the friends of the deceased and the representatives of the press and by correspondence which resulted from his assistance in identifying bodies and searching for relics all added to his acquaintance with the event and its consequences the author is however
happy in making an acknowledgment of assistance from the thorough investigation of the coroner's jury from the faithful presentation of facts by the reporters of the press especially those of the interocean and the cleveland leader also from the pictures taken by the artist frederick blakesley
and from the articles published and sent by various friends which contained sermons sketches and biographical notices he has to acknowledge also encouragements received from captain t e trueworthy of california and his publishers j s goodman and lewis lloyd co
The discussions before the country in reference to the cause of this accident, the author has not undertaken to give.
These have been contained in the Railroad Gazette, the Railway Age, the Springfield Republican, the New York and Chicago Dailies, and many other papers.
Prominent engineers, such as C.P.
Buckingham,
clemens herschel e c davis l h clark col c r morton e s chesborough edward s philbrick d v wood f r smith and many others have passed their opinion upon it
the accident at first seemed to involve the question of the use of iron for bridges and whether the european system was not better than the american and a comment upon this was given by charles collins when he testified that twenty five thousand dollars more would have erected a stone bridge
yet as the discussions continued the conclusion seems to have been reached that riveted iron bridges might be safe if properly constructed
and the engineers appointed by the state legislature of Ohio reported that they find nothing in this case to justify our popular apprehension that there may be some inherent defect in iron as a material for bridges.
We find no evidence of weakness in this bridge, which could not have been discovered and prevented.
the erection of iron bridges with the trusses all below the track as contrasted with so-called through bridges has also been discussed in this case the tendency to buckling where the track is supported by iron braces rather than suspended from them was most apparent for engineer
testified that there was not a single brace which was not buckled.
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