Significance

Yields information about tramway accidents in Drummond St Ballarat, during the SEC era and in particular one in 1954 when a tram was in a collision with a wool truck.



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

Physical description

Series of three photocopies of a photographs and article that appeared in The Courier, Ballarat newspaper of 17/4/1954 when tram No. 37 collided with a wool truck at corner of Drummond Sth and South Streets the previous day. Refer to Reg Item 4045 for further details. Article gives details of the accident, the SEC crews involved (Dave Kellett and Herb Ward) and the truck driver. Also gives details of the recovery work.



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