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Angola Horror The 1867 train wreck that shocked nation & transformed RRs Vogel
Angola Horror, The by Charity Vogel
The Angola Horror, 1867 Train Wreck that Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads.
Charity Vogel
Hard Cover dust jacket
296 Pages
Copyright 2013
Contents
Cast of Characters [ ix
Prologue: America on the Rails [ 1
1 ] Troubled Sleep [ 11
2 ]Angola at Dawn [ 24
3 ]Getting Under Way [ 37
4 ]En Route [ 49
5] Delays [ 60
6 ]Approach [ 73
7 ]Breaking [ 89
8]Falling [ 92
9 ]Horror [ 104
10 ] Rescue [ 119
11 ] Recognitions [ 132
12 ] Reports [ 147
13 ] Mourning [ 162
14 ] Judging [ 180
15 ] Debates [ 190
16 ] Changes [ 207
Epilogue: Lost Souls [ 219
Postscript: After the Horror [ 228
Author's Note [ 233
Notes [ 243
Bibliography [ 273
Index [ 283
On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek, just east of the small settlement of Angola, New York, on the shores of Lake Erie. The last two cars of the express train were pitched completely off the tracks and plummeted into the creek bed below. When they struck bottom, one of the wrecked cars was immediately engulfed in flames as the heating stoves in the coach spilled out coals and ignited its wooden timbers. The other car was badly smashed. About fifty people died at the bottom of the gorge or shortly thereafter, and dozens more were injured. Rescuers from the small rural community responded with haste, but there was almost nothing they could do but listen to the cries of the dyingand carry away the dead and injured thrown clear of the fiery wreck. The next day and in the weeks that followed, newspapers across the country carried news of the "Angola Horror," one of the deadliest railway accidents to that point in U.S. history.
"The Angola Horror is an astonishing, indeed terrifying, story told with insight, compassion, and suspense. Charity Vogel achieves the near impossible, capturing the individuality of those caught up in the tragedy while simultaneously creating an expansive, compelling portrait of post-Civil War America."
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