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Newspaper - Photocopy, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram front wrecked but driver unhurt" & Tram Schedules, 1963

  • Newspaper clipping shows the aftermath of a tram accident, with a damaged tram and wreckage strewn across a street, and a person standing near the scene.

    "Tram front wrecked but driver unhurt"

  • Newspaper clipping shows the aftermath of a tram accident, with a damaged tram and wreckage strewn across a street, and a person standing near the scene with a small paragraph about on-time running in Ballarat compared to that of Melbourne.

    "Tram front wrecked but driver unhurt" & Tram Schedules

  • Newspaper clipping shows the aftermath of a tram accident, with a damaged tram and wreckage strewn across a street, and a person standing near the scene.
  • Newspaper clipping shows the aftermath of a tram accident, with a damaged tram and wreckage strewn across a street, and a person standing near the scene with a small paragraph about on-time running in Ballarat compared to that of Melbourne.

Historical information

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 the 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.
Second copy has in the bottom right-hand corner, a note dated 18/1/1963 regarding timekeeping by Ballarat trams compared to that of Melbourne, quoting SECV Ballarat branch manager, Mr. F K White.

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 an article from The Courier 8/1/1963 and 18/1/1963.

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