This photo was shared on one of the local facebook groups for Columbia County Pa.
It's described as an automobile in Fishing Creek, across from what today is the entrance to the Bloomsburg Fair Grounds.
The Danville and Bloomsburg Trolley Company operated from 1903 - 1926. I have not yet looked to see if there was another trolley company in the area, but those dates would be similar for most trolley lines in the area. The car appears to be a very early model - My guess would be that this photo is no later than 1912. But that is merely a guess.
That would put double track covered bridge to the right, in the photo above, and the accident to the right of the bridge in the photo below.
Read more about the bridge here:
A Hupmobile went over the embankment in 1928. That would fit the description of the car over the embankment here, but I am not completely certain.
A Hupmobile sedan went over an embankment into Hemlock Creek and and Overland Whippet sedan was badly damaged in a rear end collision on the Bloomsburg-Danville road, near the double track bridge, Bloomsburg, last evening about 7:30 o'clock. The occupants of both machines escaped injury. According to police the Hupmobile was driven by B. H. Girton, Lock Haven and the Whippet by Miss Harriet Williams, Bloomsburg. Girton was the only occupant of his machine while Miss Williams was accompanied by her mother. Police said that both cars were traveling towards Danville. When the cars were about half way between the double track and the single track bridge the Hupmobile struck the Whippet sedan in the rear end and the Girton machine sheered to the left of the highway where it went over the embankment into the creek.
1911 Hupmobile
Read More about The Danville Bloomsburg Trolley Here:
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