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Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:
Andrew Crews
August 14, 2021
1914 Assistant Fire Chief Gilbert Hovey dies when the front suspension of Chief Wright's big 1910 Locomobile collapses and Hovey is thrown out of the car and into a telephone pole (right). Hovey was 42 years old.
1922 This morning, Judge James R. Davis submitted a petition from property owners in the settlement of Viva, between San Antonio and Leon Springs on the San Antonio & Aransas Pass railroad, that the streets and alleys in the 35-year-old town be ordered closed. The commissioners' court granted the petition. Thus, the township was wiped out. There were no casualties.
1982 Workers spend five hours removing the 4,000-pound marquee from the Texas Theater only to have it bend and crumble due to structural rust. The marquee was due to have been donated to the Institute of Texan Cultures.
This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.
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