Ashtabula Disaster - Stephen D Peet
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What caused the Ashtabula bridge to collapse and how was it built?
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Preface of The Ashtabula Disaster This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. 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.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What caused the Ashtabula bridge to collapse and how was it built?
0:00–29:48
2
How did the night‑time storm and darkness affect the train’s crash?
29:48–1:14:57
3
What were the immediate rescue actions of townspeople and firemen?
1:14:57–1:57:17
4
Why did the fire crews hesitate to use water on the burning wreck?
1:57:17–2:41:19
5
How did survivors describe their personal experiences escaping the wreck?
2:41:19–3:27:40
6
What role did religious leaders play in comforting the victims and families?
3:27:40–4:14:43
7
What conclusions did the coroner’s jury and engineers reach about bridge safety?
4:14:43–4:59:47
8
How was the disaster commemorated and what lessons were drawn for future rail travel?
4:59:47–5:45:25