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| Title | But Ten Feet from Death |
| Abstract | Article recounting the streetcar or cable car accident during President Grover Cleveland's visit to Kansas City in 1887, narrowly missing the President's carriage and injuring four people in the crowded street. |
| Notes | The carriage containing the President and Mrs. Cleveland had just crossed the Ninth street cable line at Ninth and Broadway last night, when a broken strand in the cable came along, caught in the grip of one of the cars that were [sic] standing on Ninth street, a few feet west of Broadway, and dashed the car into a swarm of people. A dozen people or more were injured but the accident did not result seriously to more than two. The presidential procession was just passing up Broadway and the street at that point was a perfect sea of human beings. .. The President and Mrs. Cleveland were not injured. |
| Date | October/13/1887 |
| Source | Kansas City Journal |
| Location | Microfilm |
| Page | 3:06 |
| Local Subject | Cleveland, Grover
Cleveland, Frances F.
Cable Cars
Presidents
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 108617 |
| CONTENTdm number | 22830 |
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