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Tasman Bridge closes in commemoration exactly 50 years after disaster
The Tasman Bridge has closed for three minutes tonight to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1975 disaster. The bridge ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation4d
Survivor recalls Tasman Bridge disaster 50 years after ship cut Hobart in two
The gap in the Tasman Bridge split the capital city and irrevocably changed Hobart. In 1975, Hobart's development was very lopsided with all its hospitals and most schools, businesses and GPs in ...
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 ...
The Mercury5d
The night that broke Hobart: city braces for 50th anniversary of fatal Tasman Bridge disaster
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.