1911 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1911 in South Africa.

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Decades:
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  • 1910s
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  • 1930s
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Incumbents

Events
April
  • 18 – Lusitania, a Portuguese 5,557 ton passenger liner, strikes Bellows Rock just off Cape Point en route from Mozambique to Lisbon and sinks. Only 8 out of the 774 people on board lose their lives.
  • 22 – A passenger train from Port Alfred derails on the Blaauwkrantz Bridge and plunges into the ravine 200 feet (61 metres) below, killing 31 and seriously injuring 23.[2][3][4][5]
November

Births
  • 8 January – Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano and actress.
  • Lillian Masediba Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist.

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened
  • 1 March – Transvaal – India Junction to Alberton, 3 miles 51 chains (5.9 kilometres).[7]
  • 13 April – Natal – Umlaas Road to Mid Illovo (Narrow gauge), 27 miles 35 chains (44.2 kilometres).[7]
  • 11 May – Transvaal – Welverdiend to Lichtenburg, 79 miles 77 chains (128.7 kilometres).[7]
  • 31 May – Cape – Eendekuil to Graafwater, 48 miles 10 chains (77.4 kilometres).[7]
  • 2 July – Transvaal – Welgedag to Modderbee, 6 miles 69 chains (11.0 kilometres).[7]
  • 31 July – Transvaal – Ermelo to Piet Retief, 70 miles 13 chains (112.9 kilometres).[7]
  • 15 August – Transvaal – Pietersburg to Bandelierkop, 71 miles 8 chains (114.4 kilometres).[7]
  • 21 August – Cape – Hopefield to Bergrivier (Narrow gauge), 10 miles 50 chains (17.1 kilometres).[7]
  • 4 September – Free State – Sannaspos to Jammerdrif, 53 miles 60 chains (86.5 kilometres).[7]
  • 7 October – Natal – Merrivale to Howick, 2 miles 36 chains (3.9 kilometres).[7]
  • 8 November – Natal – Port Shepstone to Paddock (Narrow gauge), 24 miles 30 chains (39.2 kilometres).[7]
  • 1 December – Cape – Lady Grey to Melk, 9 miles 77 chains (16.0 kilometres).[7]
  • 2 December – Free State – Bethlehem to Reitz, 35 miles 45 chains (57.2 kilometres).[7]
  • 4 December – Transvaal – Coligny to Delareyville, 61 miles 40 chains (99.0 kilometres).[7]

Locomotives
Cape
Natal
Transvaal

Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Central South African Railways (CSAR):

References
  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 80–83. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  3. The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 24.
  4. Heritage Portal: The Port Alfred to Grahamstown Railway Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. The Port Alfred Kowie Railway 1883-1913
  6. Simpson, Thula (2022). History of South Africa: 1902 to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 27.
  7. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 186, ref. no. 200954-13
  8. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 12–13, 16–19, 137, 140. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  9. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 38–39, 86–87, 101–102, 110. ISBN 0869772112.
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