Historical information

Photograph of Ballarat No. 24 through one of the walls of the Bucks Head Hotel at the corner of Bridge St and Grenville St 8/5/1954. Original photograph held by the Ballarat Historical Society. The original photograph has a number of pin holes in it and these have been reproduced. The photograph shows the damage to the hotel and a number of people, family, standing around the tramcar.
Refer to page 105 of "The Golden City and its tramways" for details of the event.
3861.1 - digital image from the Wal Jack album - see i2 for scan and i3 for rear of photograph.
See Reg Item 5588 for newspaper reports.
See Reg item 7733i for a photo No. 24 in the depot after the event.

Significance

Yields information about Ballarat 's No. 24 when it ran away and crashed into the Bucks Head Hotel and the damage the resulted.

Physical description

Black and white print from a copy negative.