Historical information

Photograph of cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accident where the side of the vehicles has been very badly damaged. The tram has a sign "for the hospital' attached to it. Destination signs are Studley Park, Botanical Gardens, Johnston St, Lygon St, Swanston St and Chapel St. Photo appeared in an article on Melbourne cable trams published in 1896 in Street Railway Review - See item 6444

Significance

Yields information about severity of damage to a cable tram trailer 1890s.

Physical description

Copy photograph - Cable tram trailer 202 after a bad accident

Inscriptions & markings

Melbourne “A bad wreck” – Trailer No. 202.
Copy neg Mark Plummer collections ex late John Alfred collection.