13th September 1899: Henry H. Bliss, the first person to be killed by an automobile in America

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Henry H. Bliss

13th September 2020

13th September 1899: Henry H. Bliss, the first person to be killed by an automobile in America

Henry Hale Bliss, a Manhattan real estate salesman, was helping a female companion name as Miss Lee disembark a southbound 8th Avenue trolley car at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City.

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# America
#Automobile
#New York
#Taxi
#United States

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