1911 in South Africa

none April 2020 October 2013 1911 The following lists events that happened during 1911 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Gladstone.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Prime Minister: Louis Botha. Chief Justice: John de Villiers, 1st Baron de Villiers 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 ft m 0 off below, killing 31 and seriously injuring 23.80–83The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 24.Heritage Portal: The Port Alfred to Grahamstown Railway https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121454/http://www.heritageportal.co.za/article/port-alfred-grahamstown-railway 6 October 2014 The Port Alfred Kowie Railway 1883-1913 November Louis Botha and J.B.M. Hertzog officially establish the South African Party as the "South African National Party" in Bloemfontein, although the Party had already been supported informally by candidates in national elections the year prior.Simpson Thula History of South Africa: 1902 to the Present 2022 Oxford University Press Oxford 27 Births 8 January – Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano and actress. 6 August – Norman Gordon, cricketer (d. 2014) 25 September –Lillian Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist. Deaths 4 February – Piet Cronjé, Boer General. (b. 1836) 28 May – Ds. S.J. du Toit, pioneer of the Afrikaans language. (b. 1847) 23 November – Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer. (b. 1865) Railways Railway lines opened 1 March – Transvaal – India Junction to Alberton, 3 mi 51 ch km 1 off.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 13 April – Natal – Umlaas Road to Mid Illovo (Narrow gauge), 27 mi 35 ch km 1 off. 11 May – Transvaal – Welverdiend to Lichtenburg, 79 mi 77 ch km 1 off. 31 May – Cape – Eendekuil to Graafwater, 48 mi 10 ch km 1 off. 2 July – Transvaal – Welgedag to Modderbee, 6 mi 69 ch km 1 off. 31 July – Transvaal – Ermelo to Piet Retief, 70 mi 13 ch km 1 off. 15 August – Transvaal – Pietersburg to Bandelierkop, 71 mi 8 ch km 1 off. 21 August – Cape – Hopefield to Bergrivier (Narrow gauge), 10 mi 50 ch km 1 off. 4 September – Free State – Sannaspos to Jammerdrif, 53 mi 60 ch km 1 off. thumb|SAR Class 4 thumb|SAR Class NG4 thumb|SAR Class MF thumb|SAR Class MG 7 October – Natal – Merrivale to Howick, 2 mi 36 ch km 1 off. 8 November – Natal – Port Shepstone to Paddock (Narrow gauge), 24 mi 30 ch km 1 off. 1 December – Cape – Lady Grey to Melk, 9 mi 77 ch km 1 off. 2 December – Free State – Bethlehem to Reitz, 35 mi 45 ch km 1 off. 4 December – Transvaal – Coligny to Delareyville, 61 mi 40 ch km 1 off. Locomotives Cape The Cape Government Railways places two 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotives in service. In 1912 they will be designated Class 4 on the South African Railways (SAR).12–13, 16–19, 137, 14038–39, 86–87, 101–102, 110 Natal The Natal Government Railways places the first two of seven 4-6-2 Pacific narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. On the SAR they will become the Class NG4. Transvaal Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Central South African Railways (CSAR): Nine 2-6-6-2 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class MF by the SAR. A single experimental 2-6-6-2 Mallet. In 1912 it will become the sole Class MG on the SAR. References 30em 1911 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa