Significance

Yields information about a tramway power supply defect in Ballarat and the delays to services.

Physical description

Newspaper clipping describing a cable failure at corner of Lydiard and Sturt St on Sunday Oct. 25,1953, delaying start of services about an hour - explains reason for delay and probable cause of failure. From The Courier, Ballarat, 26-10-1953, titled "Trams delayed with cable head blows up"



Record updated and images added 20/8/2013.