Henry Hale Bliss Quotes
Strange things have happened, but seldom does it happen.
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Birth: | 13th June, 1830 |
Death: | 14th September, 1899 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Celebrity |
Henry Hale Bliss was an American celebrity. He was the first person killed by a motor vehicle crash in the United States, and the first known in the Americas. On September 13, 1899 he was disembarking from a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City, when an electric-powered taxicab struck him and crushed his head and chest. He died from his injuries the next morning.
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