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Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan
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- 30 Sep 2019
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South African History Online. (2012, February 17). Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074197
South African History Online (2012) 'Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074197 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).
South African History Online, Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074197, (accessed 6 August 2026).
"Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074197. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Eighty people die and 500 are injured in a collision between a goods train and a train carrying dynamite in Braamfontein, Johan." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074197.
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