[View on Park Ave]
View on Park Ave directly over the spot where the explosion took place opposite 41st Street [handwritten on recto]
Debris from an explosion to build the subway near 41st Street in Manhattan. Workers can be seen on the left side of the frame. Scrapbook page from "Views of New York City, Brooklyn, and Other Places Vol. 3", by Eugene Armbruster.
Center for Brooklyn HistoryExplosion in front of the Murray Hill Hotel, January 27, 1902.
On Jan 27, 1902, a wooden shed at 41st and Park Avenue filled with 200 pounds of dynamite exploded. The nearby Murray Hill Hotel saw extensive damage. The explosion, followed quickly by billowing flames and flying glass killed five on the ground, while the tunnels being dug (the reason for the explosives) were largely undisturbed.
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