Alameda Post · @alamedapost
79 followers · 478 posts · Server newsie.socialDennis Evanosky shares a story from 1903 when "Gentleman" Jim Corbett was awoken from his sleep at Croll's hotel by the massive locomotive explosion that happened just outside.
https://alamedapost.com/history/1903-locomotive-explosion-breaks-morning-silence/
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Alameda Post · @alamedapost
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Croll’s Building at the corner of Webster Street and Central Avenue has a new—and now historically accurate—plaque after the old one was stolen.
https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/e-clampus-vitus-places-new-plaque-at-crolls/
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