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English:
NZASM 40 Tonner (0-6-2T) no. 5_ being recovered at Braamfontein after the 1896 explosion.
One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa occurred at Braamfontein station, Johannesburg, on 19 February 1896. An explosives train, carrying between 56 and 60 tons of dynamite, which had been standing for 3½ days in searing heat, was struck by a shunting train. The explosion left a crater sixty meters long, fifty meters wide and eight meters deep and was heard 200 km away in Klerksdorp. The exact number of casualties was never ascertained, but at least sixty-two people were killed and more than 200 seriously injured. Some sources give the numbers as much higher. Surrounding suburbs as far as Fordsburg were partially destroyed. Some 3,000 people lost their homes and almost every window in the town was shattered. |
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| Source | This copy: Hilton Teper collection. The original is from the Zuid-Afrikahuis, Amsterdam. Reference is: 77.8 (Foto) Zuid-Afrikahuis. Description: 'Ontspoorde lokomotief a.g.v. die dinamietontploffing by Maraisburg in 1896.' |
| Author | Unknown author |
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because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the
Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978
, amended 2002. The work meets one of the following criteria:
A South African work that is in the public domain in South Africa according to this rule is in the public domain in the U.S. only if it was in the public domain in South Africa in 1996, e.g. if it was published before 1946 and no copyright was registered in the U.S. (This is the effect of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.) |
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