Photograph - Cable saloon car 431 derailed in Collins Street, 1920s

Historical information

Photograph shows M&MTB cable saloon car number 431 with the destination 'North Fitzroy' stationary at the side of the roadway in Collins Street with the conductor and many bystanders standing on the roadway around it. This is a photograph taken of a newsprint photograph from an unnamed newspaper.

Significance

Yields information about mishaps to cable tram services.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with note below photograph.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed below photograph: "Traffic was suspended for several minutes when this North Fitzroy car was dislodged from the rails at the intersection of Collins and Exhibition streets yesterday morning. It was overtaken by another tram."

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