The Resource The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster
The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster
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The item The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- As rush hour came to a close on the evening of May 25, 1950, one of Chicago's new fast, colorful, streamlined streetcars -- known as a Green Hornet -- slammed into a gas truck at State Street and 62nd Place. The Hornet's motorman allegedly failed to heed the warnings of a flagger attempting to route it around a flooded underpass, and the trolley, packed with commuters on their way home, barreled into eight thousand gallons of gasoline. The gas erupted into flames, poured onto State Street, and quickly engulfed the Hornet, shooting flames two hundred and fifty feet into the air. More than half of the passengers escaped the inferno through the rear window, but thirty-three others perished, trapped in front of the streetcar's back door, which failed to stay open in the ensuing panic. It was Chicago's worst traffic accident ever -- and the worst two-vehicle traffic accident in U.S. history. Unearthing a forgotten chapter in Chicago lore, The Green Hornet Streetcar Disaster tells the riveting tale of this calamity. Combing through newspaper accounts as well as the Chicago Transit Authority's official archives, Craig Allen Cleve vividly brings to life this horrific catastrophe. Going beyond the historical record, he tracks down individuals who were present on that fateful day on State and 62nd: eyewitnesses, journalists, even survivors whose lives were forever changed by the accident. Weaving these sources together, Cleve reveals the remarkable combination of natural events, human error, and mechanical failure that led to the disaster, and this moving history recounts them -- as well as the conflagration's human drama -- in gripping detail
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781609090586
- Label
- The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster
- Title
- The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century
- Disasters
- Disasters -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Electric railroad accidents
- Electric railroad accidents -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Explosions
- Explosions -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Gasoline -- Transportation
- Gasoline -- Transportation -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Traffic accidents
- Traffic accidents -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Traffic fatalities
- Traffic fatalities -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Truck accidents
- Truck accidents -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As rush hour came to a close on the evening of May 25, 1950, one of Chicago's new fast, colorful, streamlined streetcars -- known as a Green Hornet -- slammed into a gas truck at State Street and 62nd Place. The Hornet's motorman allegedly failed to heed the warnings of a flagger attempting to route it around a flooded underpass, and the trolley, packed with commuters on their way home, barreled into eight thousand gallons of gasoline. The gas erupted into flames, poured onto State Street, and quickly engulfed the Hornet, shooting flames two hundred and fifty feet into the air. More than half of the passengers escaped the inferno through the rear window, but thirty-three others perished, trapped in front of the streetcar's back door, which failed to stay open in the ensuing panic. It was Chicago's worst traffic accident ever -- and the worst two-vehicle traffic accident in U.S. history. Unearthing a forgotten chapter in Chicago lore, The Green Hornet Streetcar Disaster tells the riveting tale of this calamity. Combing through newspaper accounts as well as the Chicago Transit Authority's official archives, Craig Allen Cleve vividly brings to life this horrific catastrophe. Going beyond the historical record, he tracks down individuals who were present on that fateful day on State and 62nd: eyewitnesses, journalists, even survivors whose lives were forever changed by the accident. Weaving these sources together, Cleve reveals the remarkable combination of natural events, human error, and mechanical failure that led to the disaster, and this moving history recounts them -- as well as the conflagration's human drama -- in gripping detail
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cleve, Craig Allen
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chicago (Ill.)
- Disasters
- Explosions
- Traffic accidents
- Traffic fatalities
- Electric railroad accidents
- Truck accidents
- Gasoline
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Disasters
- Electric railroad accidents
- Explosions
- Gasoline
- Traffic accidents
- Traffic fatalities
- Truck accidents
- Illinois
- Label
- The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1127135103
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781609090586
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv176nvk3
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1127135103
- Label
- The Green Hornet Street Car Disaster
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1127135103
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781609090586
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv176nvk3
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1127135103
Subject
- Biographies
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century
- Disasters
- Disasters -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Electric railroad accidents
- Electric railroad accidents -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Explosions
- Explosions -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Gasoline -- Transportation
- Gasoline -- Transportation -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Traffic accidents
- Traffic accidents -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Traffic fatalities
- Traffic fatalities -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Truck accidents
- Truck accidents -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- History
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