Reference numberLH000687DescriptionHigh Street, looking East, after an unusual accident when a tram (No 12 on the Marmion Street route) left the track at loop trailing points and crashed into a house in High Street on 27 May 1907. The driver, Thomas McNamara was seriously injured and a passenger, Frank Fallon (65) was killed when the tram rolled over. On the left is Edmund Hall, erected 1882; and 'Lenaville', on the corner of Ord and High Streets, is in the centre background. 'Lenaville' was built in 1885 for Henry Blinco, the chief warder at the Fremantle Prison. The terraced houses at the right front, Ardmore Flats (No 213-215 High Street) were built between 1895 and 1900. On the left of these buildings is the Church of Christ, opened March 1898.Date1907Photograph FormatPhotographDigital ItemYes
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Fremantle Municipal Tramways mishap (1907). City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 15/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/15830
