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SUMMARY:Crash at Crush
DESCRIPTION:Listen to award winning author Mike Cox discuss one of America’
 s wackiest and tragic stories at 7:30 p.m. Thursday\, March 31\, a free li
 ve event at the Allen Public Library that will also  be shared virtually a
 t   allentx.swagit.com \nOn September 15\, 1896\, the town of Crush provid
 ed the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at
  top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he
  had planned for every contingency.  But the extravaganza quickly unravele
 d into one of the Lone Star State’s most confounding tragedies. On Septemb
 er 16\, 1896\,  The Dallas Morning News  declared\, “ a scene that will ha
 unt a man…make him nervous whenever he hears an engine whistle and disturb
  his dreams with black clouds of death-dealing iron hail.” \nThe soon-to-b
 e famous Scott Joplin commemorated the debacle in “The Great Crush Collisi
 on March\,” and entrepreneurs like “Head-On Joe” Connolly of Iowa continue
 d the tradition of the staged locomotive duel for decades. In the first-ev
 er book on the subject\, writer-historian Mike Cox finally tells the full
  story of the  Crash at Crush. \nElected to the  Texas Institute of Letter
 s  in 1993\, along with  James Michener  and  Bill Moyers \, Mike Cox is t
 he best-selling author of more than 35 nonfiction books and hundreds of ma
 gazine articles\, essays\, and newspaper columns. \nIn recognition of his
  body of work\, Mike received the A.C. Greene Lifetime Achievement Award i
 n 2011. Two of his books -- a work on Texas disasters and a two-volume his
 tory of the Texas Rangers -- are included in the 101 Essential Texas Books
  by Glenn Dromgoole and Carlton Stowers. \nThe library is located at 300 N
 . Allen Dr.  Call 214-509-4911 for additional information.\nAllen Public L
 ibrary\n300 N. Allen Dr.\nAllen\, TX 75013 United States\n
LOCATION:300 N. Allen Dr.\, Allen\, TX 75013
URL:http://allen.bubblelife.com/community/allen_calendar/library/35660962/k
 ey/3511199164/Crash_at_Crush
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