Accident

Contains 434 photos

24th & Castro
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24th & Castro

View southeast across intersecion to accident between MSRY 11-line streetcar and Castro St. cable car. Castro Street Cable Car House in background.

Noe Valley
24th & Dolores
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24th & Dolores

Accident of Municipal Railway (Muni) 11-line streetcar #808. Smashed into front of house on northeast corner.

Dolores Heights
Sloat & 34th Ave
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Sloat & 34th Ave

View west. MSRY 12-line streetcar #159X. Derailment accident, kids and officals looking at bent poles.

Lakeshore
Hayes & Van Ness
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Hayes & Van Ness

Accident of MSRY 21-line streetcar #117 and another streetcar.

Civic Center
8th Ave near Geary
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8th Ave near Geary

View north on 8th toward Geary. 21-line streetcar #110. Derailment and collision with car. Star of the Sea Church in background. Reliable Drugs on left.

Richmond Inner
8th Ave & Balboa
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8th Ave & Balboa

MUNI 31-line streetcar #976 collision with 21-line streetcar #116, when brakes failed. View from Balboa Street rooftop to the northeast.

Richmond Inner
Hayes & Gough
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Hayes & Gough

Streetcar accident. 21-line streetcar #118 collision with truck. View towards the northwest corner, crowds of people.

Civic Center
16th & Utah
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16th & Utah

22-line streetcar #867. Streetcar collision with soda bottle truck. The Kist Soda warehouse was on the northwest corner of 17th & Utah (see wnp58.866)

Potrero Hill
Turk near Pierce
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Turk near Pierce

Elevated view northeast from Turk between Pierce and Steiner to streetcar collision on 31-Line. Streetcar at left lost its brakes at Turk and Baker, traveled downhill and struck the rear of the center car in the photo at Scott St. The cars traveled an additional block before stopping. Nine were injured. At upper left Garrick Theatre (Previously Orpheum Theater & later Bagdad Bowling Alley (before move to 26th and Noriega) and Princess (later Ellis) Theatre, on Ellis near Fillmore. Service station at Steiner corner at right. All or nearly all buildings in view moved or demolished as part of Fillmore redevelopment. (AS)

Western Addition
18th & Castro
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18th & Castro

Elevated view northwest over derailed Cable Car #5, with Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) utility truck #157 attending. Ramsay's Pharmacy on southwest corner, Dr. R.D. Crittendon Dentist on upper floor, Star Pharmacy on northwest corner. 33-Line bus at top.

Castro
Geary & Van Ness
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Geary & Van Ness

Elevated view east on Geary to SF Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line streetcar derailed in middle of intersection. Large crowd. Richelieu Hotel in background.

Cathedral Hill
Market & Sansome
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Market & Sansome

Elevated view east on Market to Muni K-line streetcar collision with Market Street Railway (MSRy) 31-line streetcar. Another MSRy 31-Line #973 in foreground. Ferry building in background. Anglo-California Trust Building at left. Underwood Building 525 Market, Hooker & Lent Building (renamed Cunard Building in 1917) at southwest corner of 1st and Market, Sheldon Building at southeast corner< PG&E Building beyond. Birdcage traffic signal. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building.

Financial District
St. Francis Circle
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St. Francis Circle

View north to MUNI K-line streetcar overturned next to inbound K-line #132 after collision. Arden Wood Christian Science Sanitarium, Sterling Furniture billboard with clock on top, in background.

Merced Manor
San Jose near Theresa
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San Jose near Theresa

United Railroads streetcar #806 listed as on the Ingleside Road. This is taken as part of an accident report when a girl named Gladys Roselli, who lived on Circular Avenue, was hit by a streetcar headed to Ocean View. Homes on left were 1600 block of San Jose Avenue, and none are extant. Now part of Interstate Highway 280. - United Railroads [U00922]

Mission Terrace
Post near Montgomery
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Post near Montgomery

Elevated view of automobile accident with taxi cab. Henry Green Liquors, Blatteis Realty, Mechanics Institute, National Silver Co.

Downtown / Union Square