The stories of the occupants of those vehicles were first told by Mercury reporters Ross Gates and Ross Game, with photos by Barry Winburn and Don Stephens that would become world-famous. Cars teeter ...

Fifty years have passed since the MV Lake Illawarra collided with Hobart’s Tasman Bridge on January 5, 1975, killing 12 ...

One of the heroes of the Tasman Bridge disaster, the late Royse Davies, believed two things saved his life that fateful night ...

Cambridge resident Frank Manley has reflected on the night of the Tasman Bridge collapse, recalling how he managed to survive the disaster even as his now-famous car teetered over the abyss. F rank ...

On the 5th of January 1975, the city of Hobart was forever changed. 12 people died when a fully laden ship left a yawning gap in the Tasman Bridge, severing the link between the city centre and almost ...

Tasmania is preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge disaster with a bridge closure and lighting display ...

In just over three weeks the Mercury with mark the 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge disaster with a special ...

As Hobart marks the 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge collapse, its most famous survivor and a historian recount the night the deadly disaster unfolded.

Despite the passage of 50 years, the epic tragedy of Hobart’s Tasman Bridge disaster remains barely believable, even for those who were present on the fateful evening in January, 1975.

Tasman Bridge Disaster January 1975 with Mercury ... the sounds of large pieces of concrete hitting the ship’s deck. Famous front page from the Mercury on January 6, 1975. So that was how ...