Significance

Yields information about tramway accidents in Drummond St Ballarat, during the SEC era and in particular on in 1941 when a tram was derailed and hit a tree resulting in substantial damage.



Significance is reduced by the quality of the photocopy but gives the source details.

Physical description

Photocopy of a photograph that appeared in The Age Melbourne newspaper of 2-12-1941 of tram No. 24 that had collided with a truck at corner of Drummond Sth and Dana St the previous day. Refer to Reg Item 4045 for further details. Shows the tram in collision with the tree and boys on bicycles around tram. See Reg item 4047 for another photograph of the same accident - ex The Courier newspaper.



Collected by Alan Bradley from State Library - see note on Reg Item 4045.

Inscriptions & markings

In blue ink "The Age 2-12-1941"