Chapter IV The Explosion

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. Samuel Henry Prince 28
7. The Collision 37
8. Response to the Collision 49
9. The Explosion 56
10. Helping the Victims 72
11. The Panic that Wasn’t 88
12. Treating the Injured 95
13. Organizing the Response 113
14. THE MAGNIFICENT RAILWAYS 133
15. The Deluge 152
16. The American Invasion 170
17. Emergency Hospitals 186
18. Social Assistance 201
19. The American Legend 221
20. Dealing with the Dead 241
21. Media Distortions 260
22. Why it Happened 307
23. Return to Normalcy 328
24. Lessons from the Explosion 346
25. Detailed Notes About Sources 355
26. The Railway Telegraph 395
27. Death Toll 397
28. Notes 401
29. Bibliography 415
30. Index 423