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Here at West 74th Street and Central Park West, Henry H. Bliss dismounted from a streetcar and was struck and knocked unconscious by an automobile on the evening of September 13, 1899. When Mr. Bliss, a New York real estate man, died the next morning from his injuries, he became the first recorded motor vehicle fatality in the Western ...
Mary Ward (née King; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869) was an Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist. [1] She was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. As the event occurred in 1869, she is the first person known to have been killed by a motor vehicle. [2][note 1]
Sewell's death is the first recorded fatality of a driver. [6] September 13, 1899 – United States – Henry H. Bliss is the first person killed by a car in the United States. He was struck by an electric-powered taxicab while exiting the 8th Avenue trolley on West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City.
Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and first car put into series production. [ 1 ]
The crash killed one passenger and injured another. The crash marked the first streetcar fatality in the history of Seattle. [57] May 23 – United States – The westbound train on the St. Louis and San Francisco road, which left St. Louis was wrecked at about 11:15 pm at a point three miles (4.8 km) west of Sullivan, Missouri. [citation needed]
Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt was born on January 14, 1880, in Manhattan, New York. He was the youngest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934). [ 1 ] Among his siblings was Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942), who married Harry Payne Whitney , [ 2 ] Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877–1915), [ 3 ] and ...
Biggy's body was found two weeks later. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of accidental death although some people believed his death was suicide. The case remains unsolved. [25] [26] 1909: Establishment of SFPD motorcycle squad for "stopping scorchers (bicyclists) and reckless vehicle drivers" and countries first fingerprint bureau. [27]
The death of Bridget Driscoll (née Swift; [1] c. 1851 – 17 August 1896) was the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in Great Britain. [2][3] Driscoll was born in Ireland but living in Surrey with her husband and children at the time of her death. She had planned a three-day trip to London to attend a ...