Newspaper, The Age, "Tram lines buckle as heatwave gets worse", 3/01/1991

Historical information

Newspaper clipping titled "Tram lines buckle as heatwave gets worse", with a photo of buckled trams lines at the top of a hill in Riversdale Road Camberwell, with tram crews, inspector looking on. Article by Bruce Tobin, photo by Mike Martin. Notes the hot temperatures, fires, and that tracks along Kingsway had also buckled, as reported by a The Met spokesman Pat Wilson.

Significance

Demonstrates a rare event in Melbourne - a set of buckled tram rails due to heat.

Physical description

Newspaper clipping from The Age 3-1-1991,

Inscriptions & markings

Has date in red ink "Age 3-1-91"

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