~19070716 Reid’s Crystal Palace Collapse

During renovations to this Dundas Street building, windows were cut into an east wall and its centre section removed. Despite objections from the building’s owner and the contractor, the lease holder assured that iron pillars would soon be in place to hold the weight of all four floors. He was wrong. The east wall gave way, sending tons of brick and timber cascading on to Dundas Street. Rescuers clawed frantically through the rubble in search of survivors, but not before the life had been crushed out of seven Londoners.