Love and Poverty on the Great Accident Route
A brakeman recalls marrying a waitress after a major railroad disaster, choosing a simple life in a cottage near Swampscat woods. Financial hardship, a longing to help Kate see her aging mother, and a stormy autumn night ride frame their fragile happiness as they face the limits of poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joararys
Wliyers
Don
Death
Gand-Hill
Kate
Eastern Michigan Railway
Swampscat Woods
Connecticut
Old Billy
Mark
Stumpville Station
Waukensha City
Johnny Mills
Mills
Jones
The Road to Swampscott and a Kind Stranger Wife
A conductor refuses to slow for a meek old woman traveling alone. A passenger named Mark pays her fare and offers to host her. They reach Swampscott where Mark’s wife Kate welcomes the traveler. The rescued woman turns out to be Kate’s mother, joining the family and bringing happiness and a guardian presence on Mark’s travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Mills
Mr. Jones
Swampscott
Stumpville
Pierre Rene
Swampscott Woods
Mark
Kate
Katie
Coure
Oncon
Far West
Brakeman's Snowbound Rescue Deepens The Reckoning
A former jail inmate turned brakeman recalls polices of pride and ruin. In a dramatic storm he saves his wife Polly and baby Bertie from a perilous midnight halt near the White Blackbird. The tale intertwines remorse, redemption, and a vow never to drink again as a white stripe marks his hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer & Saratoga
Old Jones
Polly
Albany
Jake
Hudson
Dertie
Poly
White Blackbird
Earldale
Thad
Bertie
Papa
Cstoou
Jacob Cotterel
Night Express
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North Queen Street
Lancaster, Pa
Jag
J. M. Keiper
WM. H. Bollinger
Main Street
Lititz, Lancaster Co
Tshudy’s
Lititz
Robert N. Wolle
Lititz, Pa
Harrison’s
Gill’s City Gallery
Eas King Street
Lancaster
Ita
WM. H. Regennas
A.B. Reidensach
Justice OF the Peace
Ulet
Brownback
Bomberger & CO
A. Buch & Bro
Lititz, Pal
J. D. Witters
Broad Street
Ory
Gandell
Howe
Witters
Litits
Tshudy's Store
Little
Kate and I
Gore
Toledo
Canada
Detroit
Augustus
Jack
Gus
Angelique
Johnson's Boy
Johnson
George
Hackensack
Jimmy
Jasn
Butler County
Bakerstown
Richard Gibson
Mrs Gibson
Mrs. Gibson
Gibsons
Leeds
England
United States
Gibson
Gill
Gill & Whiteley
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