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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…

The steam trams of Maitland

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 7, 2020
Post Category:History / Vintage Photographs and Photography

The steam trams of Maitland are fast vanishing from memory, but at one time there were high hopes that a tramway system might link Maitland, Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, Homeville and…