Loss on Columbus Avenue

On October 18, 1999, a North Beach landmark was knocked over and smashed by a backing delivery truck.   An area resident said the clock shattered "into a million bits.".

Touch this line to see the clock as it was before October 18

Made by the Seth Thomas Clock Company in 1906, the clock stood in front of the R. Matteucci & Co. jewelry store and came to be known as the Matteucci Clock.   The owner of the jewelry store and the clock died two days after his beloved clock was wrecked.   Dying of cancer, he was not told what had happened.  In 1959 the clock had stopped for nearly a week when its first owner passed away, then mysteriously began running again.