16th & Potrero
Bus accident into power pole and traffic light. Reliable Auto Glass, Standard Oil gas station, MUNI H-line streetcar #159.
MissionAccident
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San Jose & Randall
View south on San Jose Avenu at Randall. Accident between autos at the north end of Bernal Cut, San Jose Avenue
Holly Park
Buchanan & Turk
Accident with overturned auto which bystanders appear to be turning upright. SFPD Accident Investigation Bureau auto. Dins Groceries.
Western Addition
Unknown Location
Auto accident in backyard.
Dolores near Cesar Chavez
Looking north on Dolores. Auto wreckage after hitting light pole. Policeman photographing the scene.
Noe Valley
Mission Creek
China Basin, wrecked auto being raised out of creek. 6th Street swing bridge on left. Derelict steamboat 'Capital City' in the background. The boat would partially sink in the creek in 1952, and would be wrecked and removed in 1958.
Mission Bay
San Jose & Randall
View Northerly toward Randall and Mission, from San Jose Avenue. Traffic accident with overturned auto. Entire block with Norwalk Gasoline station and Jebbie's Hotdogs, demolished for gas station. Bernal Heights in background right.
Holly Park
16th & Potrero
Accident with bus crash into power pole. See wnp26.2023.
Mission
Unknown Location
Traffic accident between truck and Dodge automobile. Better copy of duplicate wnp 26.1998.
Pier 27
Front view of bow and anchor of ship 'American Producer' being sprayed by multiple teams of firemen The ship was owned by United States Line and carried 7,000 tons of bombs and rockets for delivery to Da Nang during the Vietnam War. It swerved to avoid hitting another ship and plowed into the pier. The fire department sprayed foam as a precaution. [Pier 27 (folder: Fire, Pier - Damage - Fire Loss)
Northern Waterfront
47th near Anza
View north on 47th just south of Anza. Blue Ribbon Tea and Coffee delivery truck at bottom of collapsed street created by broken Olympic Saltwater pipe. Police officer and crowd at intersection.
Richmond Outer
Sutter near Powell
View east on Sutter toward Powell, Rebuilt Temple Emanu-El at left. PG&E Building, Hotel Colonial. Leah Dreyfus accident. A contemporary newspaper account described the fatal accident on January 26, 1912 as follows: "Mrs. Leah Dreyfus, a wealthy widow and mother of Emil and Walter Dreyfus of the contracting firm of Dreyfus Brothers, was almost instantly killed by a Sutter street car at the Powell street crossing at 12:30 this afternoon. Mrs. Dreyfus was about to cross at the corner and became confused by approaching cars. Before she could get out of the way she was knocked down, being thrown heavily to the pavement." Another account noted she was 64 years old, lived at 2463 Jackson Street, and was an active member of the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. [Sutter & Powell looking East. A.R (accid
Downtown / Union Square
Sutter near Powell
View west on Sutter toward Powell. Hotel Regent. Empty lots on northwest and southwest corners. Leah Dreyfus accident. A contemporary newspaper account described the fatal accident on January 26, 1912 as follows: "Mrs. Leah Dreyfus, a wealthy widow and mother of Emil and Walter Dreyfus of the contracting firm of Dreyfus Brothers, was almost instantly killed by a Sutter street car at the Powell street crossing at 12:30 this afternoon. Mrs. Dreyfus was about to cross at the corner and became confused by approaching cars. Before she could get out of the way she was knocked down, being thrown heavily to the pavement." Another account noted she was 64 years old, lived at 2463 Jackson Street, and was an active member of the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. [Sutter & Powell looking West A.R (accident
Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Location
Automobile (De Soto) in scrap yard, crashed
Montgomery & Broadway
View north on Montgomery from Broadway, car accident (newsphoto) [Montgomery St. Broadway - Barney Peterson, photographer - stamped Jun 9, 1953]
North Beach