One day the train hit something and it created a huge bump. Tom was in his mobile laboratory and all his chemicals fell. By this time he had accumulated a lot of them. He had very delicate and flammable phosphorous sticks that began on fire. The room began on fire but Tom quickly got it out. The conductor of the train kicked Tom and James off the train and the next stop. He pleaded and promised not to bring his laboratory onto the train. The conductor agreed and gave them their jobs back.

Thomas Edison: Boy Inventor
Sue Guthridge
1947
Pages 170-175

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