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 ...
Tasman Bridge lit in dark blue, closed to traffic for three minutes in remembrance of 1975 disaster
The Tasman Bridge was lit in dark blue and closed for three minutes on Sunday night as Hobart remembered the disaster that ...
Big Rigs1d
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.
Northern Territory News5d
‘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 ...
Australian Associated Press6d
‘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 ...
Cars on edge of destroyed bridge at centre of exhibition
An EK Holden station wagon and HQ Monaro GTS stand side-by-side in the courtyard of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery just ...
Adelaide Now5d
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 ...