Physical description
Damaged footpath - looks to be a side street off Sydney Road. Two cars, a few people looking on and hat placed barrier (wooden?) on the front left hand side of image. Gas explosion, Sydney Road, 20 Sep 1958. Next to Hoyts Cinema (Padua), Grand Final Day Collingwood beat Melbourne). Gas main under Sydney road exploded. Cinema. Vol 18 no 4, November 2004. Sydney Road gas pipe explosion (2 photos - 2024-065 and ) / Jim Spall p5. Plus Wendy Harvey's memories of the event on page 4.
