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Events
Inaugural train arriving at Wellington
- Ostriches are domesticated.
- Economic depression hits South Africa.
- War breaks out for the second time between the Orange Free State and Basothos.
- The Cape Town-Wellington railway is officially inaugurated.
Births
Deaths
- 13 August – Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg, the second president of the South African Republic, dies on his farm near Rustenburg at the age of 47.
Railways
Locomotives
- The Natal Railway Company obtains a 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive from Kitson and Company. The Natal Railway’s second locomotive is named Durban.[1]:20
References
- ↑ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
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