train-wrecker

A crane similar in appearance to the oldtime gibbet is erected near the track, and may have served as a warning by its suggestive appearance to some would-be train-wrecker.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

Western train-wrecker, loafers, drug-fiends, perhaps a one-time college man, who through the curse of drink has got there.

Dave Ranney Dave Ranney

If capital punishment is to be on our statute books for anything, it should certainly be for the train-wrecker.

The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 Various

The awful possibilities, however, which lie within the hands of the train-wrecker suggest most forcibly that this crime should be treated with unusual severity.

The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 Various

On one floor, the air poisoned beyond description, the beds dirty, will be found over a hundred men, of all classes, from the petty thief to the Western train-wrecker, loafers, drug-fiends, perhaps a one-time college man, who through the curse of drink has got there.

Thirty Years on the Bowery Ranney, Dave 1910

The would-be train-wrecker toppled backward with a groan, just escaping the wheels of the engine.

The Border Boys Across the Frontier John Henry Goldfrap 1898

It was really a knockdown blow to the most of us, for while we may have been jealous on occasions of each other, it never occurred to any of us to be jealous of the train-wrecker.

The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life John Kendrick Bangs 1892

He is a train-wrecker, and the favorite resting-place for his heels is on some one else's foot.

The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life John Kendrick Bangs 1892

She told Robinson she hated lectures, and went to a stereopticon show with the train-wrecker.

The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life John Kendrick Bangs 1892