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Ninth Avenue El, 53rd Street Spur
Ninth Avenue El, 53rd Street Spur

Fires, accidents and tragedies - [Elevated railroad accident.]

Fire, Accidents and Tragedies. An Elevated Railroad accident at Ninth Avenue and West 53rd Street. Twelve were killed and forty-eight injured. The photo-grapher is viewing eastward along the 53rd Street spur that joined the Sixth Avenue line to the Ninth Avenue. This was demolished in 1939.

September 11, 1905

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