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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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His
employment
at
Stratford
came
to
a
grievous
end.
One
night
he
received
a
service
message
ordering
a
certain
train
to
stop,
and
before
showing
it
to
the
conductor
he,
perhaps
for
greater
certainty,
repeated
it
back
again.
When
he
rushed
out
of
the
office
to
deliver
it
the
train
was
gone,
and
a
collision
seemed
inevitable;
but,
fortunately,
the
opposing
trains
met
on
a
straight
portion
of
the
track,
and
the
accident
was
avoided.
The
superintendent
of
the
railway
threatened
to
prosecute
Edison,
who
was
thoroughly
frightened,
and
returned
home
without
his
baggage.
During
this
vacation
at
Port
Huron
his
ingenuity
showed
itself
in
a
more
creditable
guise.
An
'ice-jam'
occurred
on
the
St.
Clair,
and
broke
the
telegraph
cable
between
Port
Huron
and
Sarnia,
on
the
opposite
shore.
Communication
was
therefore
interrupted
until
Edison
mounted
a
locomotive
and
sounded
the
whistle
in
short
and
long
calls
according
to
the
well-known
'Morse,'
or
telegraphic
code.
After
a
time
the
reporter
at
Sarnia
caught
the
idea,
and
messages
were
exchanged
by
the
new
system.
His
next
situation
was
at
Adrian,
in
Michigan,
where
he
fitted
up
a
small
shop,
and
employed
his
spare
time
in
repairing
telegraph
apparatus
and
making
crude
experiments.
One
day
he
violated
the
rules
of
the
office
by
monopolising
the
use
of
the
line
on
the
strength
of
having
a
message
from
the
superintendent,
and
was
discharged.
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