Historical information

SEC Tram 17 and a former bus used as a food vendor stand, that has finished up in the front of S.E. Dickins Pty Ltd. (Grocers) store 1/10/1949. The tram derailed at the intersection of Sturt and Grenville St. collided with the bus and pushed it into the front of the store. Many people standing around the incident, including two trammies in front of the tram. Thought to be a Ballarat Courier Photograph. Wal Jack's caption advises the Bedford van was a doughnut kitchen.
1020.1 - added 3/06/2006 - small newspaper cutting with the same photo and a caption "While the driver was picking up lunch at Ashkar's pie shop, his tram ploughed into Dickin's grocery, on the present site of Norwich Plaza". Probably from The Courier, and date unknown.
1020.3 - as for 1020, from the Jack Richardson Collection with Wal Jack comments on rear. Comments on rear - see btm1020i4. Photo caption advised 1/10/1949. On Kodak Velox paper.


See Reg Item 5587 for newspaper reports and 6858 for other photographs.
See image i7 for high res scan of album photograph.
See image i8 for high res scan of negative - on a large format size neg - most likely purchased from The Courier. Scanned at 3200dpi.

Significance

Yields information about Ballarat 17 in an accident with a bus used a doughnut kitchen and S.E. Dickins Store, Bridge St Ballarat.

Physical description

Set of images and a copy negative of a Black and white photograph of an accident.

Inscriptions & markings

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