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A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 27). A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092591
South African History Online (2012) 'A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092591 (Accessed: 2 August 2026).
South African History Online, A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092591, (accessed 2 August 2026).
"A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092591. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092591.
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