QUINCY HILL WATER TANK DISASTER (1909) - CONTINUED

Looking from the bottom of the Quincy hillside, across Avery Street and all the way down Tenth Street.
(Photo courtesy of Kristian Baxter.)

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.

Looking east on Tenth Street. Below: Looking east on Tenth Street in December 1968.

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.

Looking down from the top of Quincy Hill to Tenth and Avery Streets in 2009, you can see that many of the houses on Tenth (including the little Victorian on the corner) are still standing. (Photo by Rob Shriner.)