Tasman Bridge disaster: Readers remember that fateful night which shook Hobart
Mercury readers still have vivid memories of the night half a century ago when the bulk ore carrier SS Lake Illawarra brought ...
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Tassie truckies looking forward to opening of new Hobart bridge
It is Tasmania’s largest ever transport infrastructure project and is located at Granton on the outskirts of Hobart.
‘They’ve knocked the bloody bridge down’: Rescuer Bernie Smith recalls night that shook Hobart
Half a century later, Mr Smith recalled his involvement in the spontaneous search and rescue operation undertaken by a ...
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‘An inch, and we were gone’: bridge disaster remembered
As Hobart marks the 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge collapse, its most famous survivor and a historian recount the ...
Incat’s Robert Clifford built his Incat empire from the ‘ferry boat shuffle’ which followed the Tasman Bridge disaster
After the Tasman Bridge disaster Hobart needed ferries. That’s where a young Robert Clifford stepped in. See how he went on ...
Northern Territory News4d
‘They’ve knocked the bloody bridge down’: Rescuer Bernie Smith recalls night that shook Hobart
“It was all a bit daunting for a teenager, and I still think about that night every time I drive across the bridge.” Hobart tugboat operator Terry Thompson, who was working in Western ...
Adelaide Now4d
Tasman Bridge disaster: Readers remember that fateful night which shook Hobart
Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories ... the railway roundabout the ship had hit the bridge. We were living at West Hobart at the time and without a phone so we ...
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Tasman Bridge disaster: Readers remember that fateful night which shook Hobart
By the time we reached the railway roundabout the ship had hit the bridge. We were living at West Hobart at the time and without a phone so we had family and friends knocking on our door next ...