The Cincinnati Privy Disaster of 1904 (2014)

Posted by tosh on Friday July 24, 2020 @05:55AM
from the beltmag.com dept.

https://beltmag.com/cincinnati-privy-disaster-1904/

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Re:The Cincinnati Privy Disaster of 1904 (2014) by pr_cinci on Friday July 24, 2020 @04:36PM (#23944143)

I live just down the street from this school. We plan to send our future children there. The school and Presbyterian Church are still there, as is Gilright's Barbershop (now just Gil's)....

Never expected to see my own little neighborhood on HN.

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Re:The Cincinnati Privy Disaster of 1904 (2014) by 404-universe on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:41PM (#23943631)

Not the first time it has happened:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_latrine_disaster (1184)

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Re:The Cincinnati Privy Disaster of 1904 (2014) by throwaway_pdp09 on Friday July 24, 2020 @05:16PM (#23944555)

And it seems 1184 is not a typo. surprised

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Re:The Cincinnati Privy Disaster of 1904 (2014) by graeme on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:21PM (#23942825)

Completely gripping. Well worth reading.

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