Physical description
Holden - registration number Vic ZU-111, damaged in the explosion. Damage to front headlight, slight damage to front bumper bar and front passenger side hub cap gone. Also bonnet is sitting up on passenger side - where it was parked. Note venetian blind in rear window. Car appears to be parked in a side street. Gas explosion, Sydney Road, 20 Sep 1958. Next to Hoyts Cinema (Padua), Grand Final Day Collingwood beat Melbourne). Gas main under Sydney road exploded. Fusion. 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.
