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1918 in South Africa

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1918
in
South Africa

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1918 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • An estimated 50 people die in the 1918 flu pandemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.[2]
January
April
May
June
November

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Railway lines opened

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Class 15B
Class MJ1
  • 2 February – Cape – Kootjieskolk to Calvinia, 43 miles 47 chains (70.1 kilometres).[5]
  • 16 September – Cape – Kootjieskolk to Sakrivier, 27 miles 21 chains (43.9 kilometres).[5]

Locomotives

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References

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  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ Colds and flu: 1918 - South Africa's death toll Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed on 17 April 2017)
  3. ^ Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 138."2-Minute Wave of Silence" Revives a Time-honoured Tradition. Accessed on 5 June 2014.
  4. ^ Beresford, David (11 October 1999), Obituary: Long-jailed assassin of South African premier in The Guardian. Archived by WebCite at [1] Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  5. ^ a b Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13
  6. ^ a b Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 34, 36–37. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  7. ^ a b c Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 58–61, 88. ISBN 0869772112.