accidents Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Accident involving a bus and train at Toronto, August 1944.

Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 3

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 18, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

. As a career fireman, transport collector Ken Magor naturally accumulated many photographs of accidents and disasters. Here are some more tales of vehicular tragedy and misadventure from our Ken…

Train smash at Murulla, NSW, September 13, 1926

Rail smashes: Murrurundi 1908 and Murulla 1926

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 23, 2020
Post category:History Miscellaneous Vintage Photographs and Photography

Murrurundi: Good Friday 1908 It was Good Friday, April 17, 1908. At about 3.35am the Glen Innes train was just about to leave Murrurundi station, in the Upper Hunter Valley,…

Burnt-out tram after a fatal crash at Jesmond on October 11, 1943

Accidents, prangs and crashes: Part 2

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 26, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

. As a career fireman, transport collector Ken Magor naturally accumulated many photographs of accidents and disasters. Here are some more tales of vehicular tragedy and misadventure from our Ken…