Monday, October 22, 2012

The wreck of the 9th Avenue


I did a double take when I discovered the date of this accident on the elevated railway in Manhattan – September 11th 1905. The account of the accident

3 comments:

A Lady's Life said...

Oh Gosh that looks awful!!

Unknown said...

Wow! What a tragedy! It does look awful! Interesting they should make a postcard of it...

Anji said...

A Lady's Life: Can you imagine the noise it must have made?

Isobel: They seem to have managed to get a photographer to many scenes of disasters in those days. I suppose you could say that they are historical documents nowadays