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Subway Fire: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 12:16am.
On January 6, 1915, an electrical short in a manhole started a fire that filled the subway line under Broadway at West 55th Street with smoke, resulting in chaos for a quarter-million commuters. The New York Times reported that one person, Ella Grady, was killed. We note that photographer George Grantham Bain, like many of us writing checks just after January 1, was a year off in dating this photo. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
Complete lack of crowd control
Submitted by Texcritic on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 2:07pm.
Amazing how all of the rubber neckers stand on the partially removed grates peering down into the subway.
An interesting contrast would be the mid 2007 steam line blow out near Grand Central where half of the emergency responders were dealing with crowd control.
Woodward Hotel
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 12:26pm.
Which is now the Dream Hotel. It used to have a sister building across from it on 55th Street, long gone.
Lousy Experience
Submitted by Jane on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 11:15am.
I was in a 1990 subway fire. Water leaked onto a transformer causing an explosion that sent thick brown smoke throughout the train. Nothing like feeling like you and your 50+ train-mates are going to die in a hole.
The building at left rear…
Submitted by bellhalla on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 9:58am.
… (with the arches) seems to be the only building in this photo or the other one still extant. It's visible in Google Street View here.
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