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Motor car accident [PRG 280/1/18/91] • Photograph

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Summary

Three men standing beside a 35 horsepower Overland motor car damaged in an accident near Bolivar, South Australia, on Friday 31 December 1915. The driver, Stock and Station Agent, Arthur Coles, was killed and his wife Ellen who was seriously injured died on 12 January 1916. Two other occupants of the car, James Allen and N. Taylor, received minor injuries. The photograph was taken on 1 January 1916; "A visit to the scene on Saturday morning showed that the road was in fairly good order ... The motor car presented a sorry spectacle. It was seen where it had stopped on the previous evening." The Register, 3 January 1916, page 4.

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Physical description

photograph; 14 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

1916

Photographer

Smith, W. S

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Automobiles -- South Australia
Traffic accidents -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

06/11/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,028 x 2,129 pixels (6.4 MP)

Size

6.45 MB

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