Document - Photocopy, Alan Bradley, "Tram front wrecked but driver unhurt", mid 1990's

Significance

Yields information about tramway accidents in Drummond St Ballarat, during the SEC era and in particular on in 1963 when a tram was in a collision with a cattle truck.



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

Physical description

Photocopy of a photograph and article that appeared in The Courier, Ballarat newspaper of 22/1/1963 tram No. 27 that had collided with a truck at corner of Drummond Nth and Mair St the previous Saturday. Refer to Reg Item 4045 for further details. Shows the tram after the collision with the St John of God Hospital in the background.



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

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