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Identifier: streetrailwayrev05amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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had a dillicull job.It was easy enough on level track, but a slight change ofgrade gave an impetus to the wheels, which soon lefttheir guardians in the rear. An accident was narrowlyaverted. A car was approaching on the same track, butthe motorman noticing the rapidly approaching wheelsreversed the current, backed his car and kept out of theway. After the wheels caught up with the car, heshut off the current, which of course stopped the car, andthe runaways. The passengers had much amusement. Prof. Fink, an aeronaut, made a balloon ascension at a /^ADE ONE IN A CAR DID hOT NEED A COURT
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car to a stop, after encircling it three times. The passen-gers were so badly shaken up that they did not notice thegrace with which the motorman turned a summersaultover the dash. No one was injured. A similar accidenthappened in Indianapolis. Rather an odd case happened in New Jersey. A com-pany bought a tract to lay out as a summer resort. Onemorning workmen discovered a portion of it fenced inby a wire fence, which was guarded bj a woman with ashotgun. She had a lease on the property which hadbeen sold, and didnt propose to have her crops takenwithout compensation. Trollev tie uo street railway resort. The people gazed open-mouthedat his wonderful ascent, and thought it was fine when hetook to the parachute. As he gracefully descended thecrowd rushed to see him alight, which he did, but not ashe intended. In spite of all he could do he was com-pelled to step on a trolley wire, and easily jumped to theground. The parachute caught and could not be dis-lodged until a car came along.

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