Trams - Accidents
Photographer unknown: Wellington and district hotels and a tram accident
Date: [ca 1940-1950]
Reference: PAColl-6906
Description: 8 images of hotels including one of Porirua Hotel in the distance beyond a scattering of houses, a small church and a Shell station. Three are of a bad tram accident at the corner of Webb Street and Taranaki Street where a Thorndon tram went right through the premises adjacent to the Napier-Wellington Transport Co Ltd. Police and passers-by are looking on and workmen are trying to clear the debris. The last image is of what may be a nurses' hostel at Wellington Hospital. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045211 to 045222 Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives
Tram accident on Brooklyn Hill
Date: 1907
By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
Reference: 1/2-003841-F
Description: A tram lying on its side next to the track with a group mostly of young boys around it. Another tram is passing on its way up the hill and there is a farm building in the background. Photographer was Zak. The accident killed two people. A close up of the tram is at 1/2-080520. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Auckland trams
Date: ca 1919
By: Stewart, William Walter, 1898-1976
Reference: PAColl-4517
Description: Three tram employees and two other men examining the damage to the front of car 145 on Customs Street West, Auckland with the offices of A S Patterson & Co in the commercial building in the background; tram no 93 with damage to the front outside the premises of Smith & Halcombe Ltd on Customs Street East; two of a tram decorated with lightbulbs in the shape of the New Zealand flag for peace celebrations in 1919; and a steam motor belonging to Christchurch tramways. Photographer was W W Stewart. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Tram accident on Kent Terrace near the Cambridge Hotel, Wellington, including men pushi...
Date: 1955
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1955/0885-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
An accident and other events involving Wellington Tramways employees
Date: [ca 1920]
From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-D-0927
Description: Photographs showing people around an overturned tram in a Wellington suburban street; Tram drivers in uniform and with their band on board a ship in Wellington Harbour; a tug of war team; group of men and women, one man with megaphone, probably in Newtown Park. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Onlookers surveying the tram and forklift collision, Wellington
Date: 02 May 1959
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1959/1493-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Unidentified man, tram accident from Dufferin Street, Wellington
Date: 23 Oct 1958
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1958/3594-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Tram accident at Dufferin Street, Wellington
Date: 23 Oct 1958
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1958/3593-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Part of a water pipe, which was lodged in a tram track
Date: 27 Nov 1958
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1958/4061-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Tram cars, repair gang, and onlookers, after an accident on Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Date: 3 May 1907
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/2-031938-b-F
Description: Tram cars, repair gang, and onlookers after an accident on Brooklyn Road, Wellington, on the 3rd of May 1907. (Photograph taken by Edward George Child?) Inscriptions: Caption underneath original item: The repair gang at work on the damaged car Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Tram accident on the corner of Pirie and Brougham Streets, Mt Victoria, Wellington
Date: [ca 1920]
From: New Zealand Tramway Workers Union. Wellington Branch :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-D-0927-2
Description: Tram accident on the corner of Pirie and Brougham Streets, Mount Victoria, showing crowds surrounding the scene and a police van at left. Photograph taken ca 1920 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 8.5 x 13.2 cm (visible image)
Tram accident due to a derailment, on the corner of Coutts Street and Onepu Road, Kilbi...
Date: 1943
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/2-125940-F
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Smashed tram car
Date: 1950-1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/164/04-F
Description: Tram car which has been involved in an accident at Crawford Road, Wellington. Photograph taken 29 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Tram accident (tram 176, route 3), Kent Terrace, Wellington, including an unidentified ...
Date: 1955
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1955/0886-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Tram and car collision at the intersection of Aro and Willis Streets, Wellington
Date: 1955
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1955/2100-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Two images depicting scenes at a tram accident on the Brooklyn Hill, Wellington
Date: [ca 3 May 1907]
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/2-031937-G
Description: Two images depicting scenes at the tram accident on the Brooklyn Hill, Wellington, which occured on the 3rd May, 1907. The photographer was possibly Edward George Child. On the evening of 3 May, 1907, a tram ran out of control down Brooklyn Hill. One passenger, Mrs Eliza Bell, was killed. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass copy negative
Tram car repair wagon
Date: 1950-1950
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/164/03-F
Description: A tram car repair wagon which attended an accident to a tram car at Crawford Road, Wellington. Photograph taken 29 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Watt, G T album 1
Date: 1904-1912
By: Watt, George Thomas, 1871-1933
Reference: PA1-q-259
Description: Photographs, chiefly taken by George Thomas Watt, between 1904 and 1912. The album includes views of Wellington and environs, Hawkes Bay area, and a few in the Rotorua and Auckland areas. It also includes group portraits of family and friends, and two of children attending Roseneath School in 1905. There are several panoramamic views using two 6 x 8 images. These include views of the Basin Reserve, Kilbirnie, Napier from Colenso's Hill, Port Ahuriri from Colenso's Hill, Island Bay, the Government Buildings in Wellington, and Nelson. Scenes of interest include two views of an overturned tram in an accident in Brooklyn, May 1907; illuminated buildings on Dominion Day 26/10/1907, and on 26/10/1908; crowds at Worser Bay on Anniversary Day 22/1/1907; houses lived in by George Thomas Watt at 6 Victoria Terrace, 89 Ghuznee Street , and 13 Kensington Street; the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Edwin Grainger "Kohatu" at 612 Gray's Road, Hastings; James Henry Coleman's residence in Selwyn Road, Napier; and properties belonging to Mr and Mrs E A J Elliott at Glencliff Station near Waipukurau, and their home "Glenelg" in Porangahau Road, Waipukurau. There are a number of group portraits of family and friends, most unidentified, but listed above when noted. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover; 27.5 x 39.5 cm
Overturned tram car after an accident on Brooklyn Road, Wellington
Date: 3 May 1907
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/2-031938-a-F
Description: Overturned tram car after an accident on Brooklyn Road, Wellington, on the 3rd of May 1907. (Photograph taken by Edward George Child?) Inscriptions: Caption underneath original caption reads: The overturned car, shwoing the manner in which the under carriage was torn away. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Tram and car collision at the intersection of Aro and Willis Streets, Wellington
Date: 1955
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1955/2099-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches