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On This Day: Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning... (1916)

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On November 7, 1916: Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid water...

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