Henry Hale Bliss

Birth: 13 Jun 1830
Death: 14 Sep 1899 (aged 69)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery

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Henry Hale Bliss was the first person recorded to be killed by an automobile accident in North America. He was struck by an electric automobile after he exited a trolley car at 74th Street and Central Park West and turned to help a woman out of the trolley. The car was driven by the chauffeur for a physician who assisted at the scene. Bliss, a real estate dealer, died at the hospital the following morning.

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1842–1895 (m. 1868)

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1869–1948

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The_Sun (NY)_Fri__Sep_15__1899. Bliss was struck Wednesday night (September 13), and died as a result of his injuries the following morning, Thursday, September 14.

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A plaque was dedicated at the site on September 13, 1999, to commemorate this event, it reads:

Here at West 74th Street and Central Park West, Henry H. Bliss dismounted from a streetcar and was struck and knocked unconscious by an automobile on the evening of September 13, 1899. When Mr. Bliss, a New York real estateReal estate
Real estate is a law term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is fixed in location. man, died the next morning from his injuries, he became the first recorded motor vehicle fatality in the Western HemisphereWestern Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geography term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian , the other half being the Eastern Hemisphere.....

This sign was erected to remember Mr. Bliss on the centennial of his untimely death and to promote safety on our streets and highways.

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