The disaster of the railroad yesterday. The aberration of a driver.
[title of Resto del Carlino, 21 July 1893]
Rigosi Peter, fireman Roads Ferrate Southern-Adriatic network , serial number 42918, an anarchist.
of him, the records of the time reported by rail:
There are clear signs of fatigue and impatience work environment
Fined five pounds for responding with so inconvenient to the Head of Deposit Piacenza while he was making comments to his right driver.
Suspension for three days and pay for the service came to quarrel with the driver Baroncini Frederick, for trivial reasons, including Mestre and Marano.
Suspension from the service and pay for three days for taking part in a phrase that bad for a joke by a driver of the Deposit of Milan and not on him, causing an argument, followed by assault, the station in Piacenza.
Suspension from the service and pay for two days for taking part in an unfortunate altercation under the shelter of the station in Padua.
Absent the train's departure in 1008 of 7 August warned though, the day before and ahead of the departure from svegliatore
deficiencies that are expensive, between 3 and 5 Lit when the daily wage was 2.5 pounds.
Life of drivers, from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, it was hard. Rounds interruption up to thirty or forty hours, exposure to the elements on machines with no protection, military discipline. A tough job: a ride from Venice to Bologna forced the stoker shoveling forty tons of coal. And the mortality rate was high: the drivers who had reached retirement only 10% of the total.
face I do not know her name nor had
With that voice spoke as the voice and sang with
how old he was seen then
what color his hair
But in the fantasy I ' image
his heroes are all young and beautiful
heroes are all young and beautiful
[ The locomotive, Francesco Guccini ]
Peter Rigosi , anarchist, machinist, railroad. Some say that he had read La bete humaine, by Emile Zola , and remained impressed. On July 20, 1893 took possession of a locomotive by sending her to crash into a car parked on a siding of the Bologna train station. The impact was tremendous but Rigosi miraculously came out alive, his face and ruined his leg amputated. The national press coverage was enormous. He never revealed the reason for his gesture.
Readings
Emile Zola, The human beast , Rizzoli, et al. Bur
Listening
Francesco Guccini Radici , Ricordi 1972
Images
1 - Garry Winogrand 1964
2 - Garry Winogrand 1969
3 - Garry Winogrand 1982
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