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Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090819
South African History Online (2012) 'Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost.', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090819 (Accessed: 11 November 2026).
South African History Online, Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090819, (accessed 11 November 2026).
"Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost.." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090819. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost.." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090819.
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