Vince Coleman (train dispatcher)
Canadian train dispatcher (1872–1917)
Vince Coleman (train dispatcher)
Patrick Vincent Coleman (13 March 1872 – 6 December 1917) was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways (formerly the ICR, Intercolonial Railway of Canada) who was killed in the Halifax Explosion. He is best known for successfully warning an inbound passenger train to stop ahead of the then-imminent explosion. He is remembered as one of the heroic figures of the disaster.
Read on Wikipedia · Image Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Open boosters, collect cards and trade them. Free to play.
Play for free