QUINCY HILL WATER TANK DISASTER (1909) - CONTINUED

Local residents view the debris carried by the tank waters to the home on Tenth and Avery Streets. This house still stands.

A policeman stands in the wreckage of a house washed down off the hill.

Though this house (above and below, on right) on Shattuck Avenue was closest to the tanks, it and the house next door survived the deluge and stood until the 1980s.

Looking east on Tenth Street.

Looking east on Tenth Street toward Avery Street and Quincy Hill.

Looking west on Tenth Street toward the First Presbyterian Church on Market.

Cleaning up the debris left by the waters on Tenth Street. The houses behind the men are still standing on the south side of the street.

Bystanders watch a couple of bodies being retrieved from the rubble at the corner of Tenth and Avery.