| UPDATED: 10-12-2005 |
QUINCY HILL WATER TANK DISASTER (1909) - CONTINUED
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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.
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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. |
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Looking east on Tenth Street. |
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Looking east on Tenth Street toward Avery Street and Quincy Hill. |
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Looking west on Tenth Street toward the First Presbyterian Church on Market. |
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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. |
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Bystanders watch a couple of bodies being retrieved from the rubble at the corner of Tenth and Avery. |
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