News: Fires and other disasters

No one was killed but many were injured when these bleachers collapsed during a highschool football game. The cause was, briefly, a mystery. Olympus OM-1, 35mm Zuiko, Tri-X, D-76

. . . I noticed that the nuts seemed to be missing from the bolts holding the bleachers together. Olympus OM-1, 200mm Zuiko, Tri-X, D-76

. . . the police noticed, too. The lack of the nuts was later officially determined to have been the reason the bleachers fell. Olympus OM-1, 35mm Zuiko, Tri-X, D-76

Newspaper reporters and photographers become familiar with automobile accidents. This one took place on a rainy day in New York. Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

. . . paramedics provide back and neck support, lest there be paralyzing spinal cord damage. Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

A driver in a small car cut off this tractor-trailer, full of supplies for the Mister Donut chain. The truck's driver swerved to avoid the car, but his truck skidded and fell over, pinning him inside. Then a fire broke out in the trailer. Olympus OM-1, 35mm Zuiko, Tri-X, D-76

As firemen and police looked on helplessly, the truck's gas tank ruptured, engulfing the man in flames. Afterwards, all that was identifiable were the few charred dollar bills that had been in the driver's billfold. Olympus OM-1, 35mm Zuiko, Tri-X, D-76

This rollover accident ended with the car upside-down in a stream next to the Sawmill Parkway north of Manhattan. Leica M-2, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

Miraculously, the driver of this truck survived. Leica M-2, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76 1:1