Encline Court
View north toward Twin Peaks from a cliff above O'Shaughnessy Boulevard behind Encline Court. Cliff began to slip on December 12,1939, after recent construction on O'Shaughnessy Boulevard. [DPW A6292]
Glen ParkAccident
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Sussex near Van Buren
Elevated view east from Sussex Street toward houses on east side of Diamond Street and undeveloped Fairmount Hill showing the site of the Febrary 6, 1942 mudslide between Moffitt and Diamond. The lone house on the hill was on Moffitt Street at Farnum, and was removed before all present-day homes on that block were built in 1950.
Glen Park
Moffitt & Farnum
View north across mudslide on Moffitt near Farnum. People looking at landslide above Diamond Street. The mudslide occurred on February 6, 1942. (see also 'Diamond St. Slide')
Glen Park
Hotel Dalt
Entrance to Hotel Dalt - 34 Turk Street - Accident Report - United Railroads [U06326] <br>'Guests in the lobby of the Hotel Dalt, 34 Turk street, were stampeded last night when an automobile crashed through the window. The machine had collided with another automobile that had struck a Turk street car.' (Motor Car Plunges Into Hotel Lobby, SF Examiner, 11/22/1918, pg6)
Downtown
Van Ness & McAllister
View of auto accident on Van Ness Avenue near McAllister, looking NE from City Hall. Crowd gathered around automobile at curb.
Civic Center
Cable Car Accident
Elevated view west to crowd surrounding wrecked California Street Cable Railroad cars at California and Sansome Streets. J. Harold Dollar Building at left. Alaska Commercial Building at far right. buildings on north side of California, include Bank of California, London & San Francisco Bank Building with 4th story addition, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building. Streetlamps with multiple globes.
Financial District
Valencia & 14th
View south from center of Valencia toward 14th Street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 8-line streetcar #1582 with extensive damage to front end after and accident. Signage advertising Coos Bay Shipwreck, a ship that ran aground in heavy fog on October 22, 1927 at Lands End. Corner building at right extant 2022.
Mission Dolores
Fillmore near Green.
Elevated view east across Fillmore to Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) Counterbalance trolley car #653 accident on Fillmore Street between Green and Union.
Union Street
California & Sansome
View southeast across intersection to cable car accident. California Street Cable Railway car #17 slid downhill to collide with another car at intersection of California and Sansome Streets. J. Harold Dollar and Robert Dollar Buildings in background.
Financial District
Street Derailment
Streetcar on blocks; workers trying to re-rail car. Near Sutro Baths?
Sutro
Market near Sanchez
Municipal Railway (MUNI) L-Taraval Streetcar Wreck - Swedish American Hall in background
Duboce Triangle
Mission & 4th
View northeast from Mission Street at 4th to wrecked Market St. Railway (MSRy) 10-Line streetcar #912 after accident.
South of Market
Turk & Scott
[Runaway truck] Elevated view downward to flatbed truck filled with crated fruit which has crashed, rear first, into front yard of house. Police and crowd of people watch.
Western Addition
Golden Gate Bridge
Damaged Trestle. View from Fort Point. Trestle built for constructing San Francisco tower
Presidio
K-line accident
Streetcar vs auto accident. Market near Van Ness looking west; Symon Brothers Wreckers at 1527 market, Billboard reads Judge Fitzpatrick for Supervisor
South of Market