5 June 2008 archive

YouTube: ABC News, October 1970

Some rare news footage of Melbourne’s ABC News on a day where tragedy struck in Melbourne. On the morning of 15 October 1970, a span of the West Gate Bridge collapsed while still under construction.  The tragedy claimed the lives of 35 workers and was Victoria’s worst ever industrial accident.  A royal commission that followed …

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