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Caption on image verso: Scene of the Tremont St subway explosion, March 4, 1897. At 11:47 a.m. on March 4, 1897, gas escaping from a six-inch main lying on top of the subway at the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets became ignited by a passing electric car, causing an explosion in which six persons were killed and about 60 injured. According to one eyewitness, the electric car was thrown eight feet from the ground falling on its side, and in a second was in flames. Three cars were derailed, their passengers being more or less injured, while nearly all the pedestrians near the corner were injured by flying glass. Rev. W. Start, an overseer of Tufts College, who was standing on the sidewalk in front of the Hotel Pelham, was among those killed. Two persons who were driving by the scene in carriages were also killed.
Number on image: 7791
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Acquired from Brookline Public Library, May 3, 1951
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