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D8809-1
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- 1939-08-29 (Creation)
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Aftermath of truck accident on August 29, 1939 at the Goodrich Silvertown Stores, tire, battery and automobile service station. View from across street, showing station with "Holiday Sale" banner on front. Traffic officer supervises traffic for truck accident nearby. At approximately 3:30p.m., a six ton mach truck, driven by Greg Marion of Seattle, lost the use of his brakes on steep Pacific Ave. at about 32nd Street. The truck gained momentum down the steep slope, but driver Marion was able to steer the truck around surrounding vehicles. At around 21st and Pacific, his luck ran out. The truck grazed a Tacoma Grocery Co. truck, hit a fire hydrant hurling it 50 yards across the street, sent its back wheels through the Silvertown's plate glass office windows, uprooted a gas pump and, its momentum broken, came to rest in the street. Miraculously, only two people were injured and those only slightly. Driver Marion was unhurt. (T. Times 8/30/1939, pg. 1)
Goodrich Silvertown Stores (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma--1930-1940; Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1930-1940;