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Seven ships are wrecked, with the loss of ten lives, at the Buffalo River, East London.
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 618
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 25). Seven ships are wrecked, with the loss of ten lives, at the Buffalo River, East London.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083826
South African History Online (2012) 'Seven ships are wrecked, with the loss of ten lives, at the Buffalo River, East London.', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083826 (Accessed: 11 November 2026).
South African History Online, Seven ships are wrecked, with the loss of ten lives, at the Buffalo River, East London. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083826, (accessed 11 November 2026).
"Seven ships are wrecked, with the loss of ten lives, at the Buffalo River, East London.." South African History Online, 25 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083826. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Seven ships are wrecked, with the loss of ten lives, at the Buffalo River, East London.." South African History Online. May 25, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083826.
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