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Motor vehicle accident [B 39396] • Photograph

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Summary

Accident involving a 20-25h.p. Fiat motor car, registration number 16, at the intersection of Jeffcott and Ward Streets at about 7.00pm on 13 April 1911. Driven by its owner, Charles Gilbert, the car hired by Sylvia Maurer, Evelyn (Evie) Aborn and Vi Martin from the Gay Gordons Theatre Company was returning from the Outer Harbor when it crashed into a trench at the intersection. In June 1911 Miss Aborn who suffered the most severe injuries sued F.A. McCarty & Co., for failing to adequately light the trench. She was awarded 450 Pound.

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Physical description

photograph

Dates / Publication details

1911

Photographer

Linke, R

Collection

Part of Acre 769 Collection

Subject

Traffic accidents -- South Australia -- North Adelaide
Fiat automobile
Automobiles -- South Australia -- North Adelaide
Taxicabs -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

17/02/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,095 x 3,912 pixels (19.9 MP)

Size

59.82 MB

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