A car in the basement

1930's car shown being fixed, maybe the kind that drove into our basement

We lived on 23rd and Thurman in Southwest Portland.  We were having lunch and heard a big crash.  The whole house shook.   A car had driven down the hill into the corner of the house, which was at street level.  We lived on the second floor.

I was only 3 or 4 years old.  I just wondered at the time, "How did this car get into our basement."

It was lucky I wasn't playing in the basement and had been called up to lunch at the time.

This happened back in the 1930's.  But can you imagine how it could be used now at the end of the evening news, at a lighthearted look at the day.


Del