Atom site for DRISA

Circa 1901. Coorn Spruit OFS permanent bridge showing break. (Collection on bridge damage in Anglo-Boer War)

Circa 1901. Fourteen Streams bridge from south bank. (Collection on bridge damage in Anglo-Boer War)

Circa 1901. Modder River bridge from north bank. (Collection on bridge damage in Anglo-Boer War)

Circa 1901. Modder River bridge. (Collection on bridge damage in Anglo-Boer War)

Circa 1901. Vaal River diversion. (Collection on bridge damage in Anglo-Boer War)

Circa 1901. Modder River bridge. (Collection on bridge damage in Anglo-Boer War)

Port Elizabeth, 30 August and 1 September 1902. Aftermath of a storm in Algoa Bay with debris and site-seeing crowd..

Port Elizabeth, 30 August and 1 September 1902. Aftermath of a storm in Algoa Bay.

Port Elizabeth, 30 August and 1 September 1902. Aftermath of a storm in Algoa Bay with debris washed up on the shore.

Port Elizabeth, 30 August and 1 September 1902. Aftermath of a storm in Algoa Bay.

Pretoria, between 1901 and 1908. Locomotive sheds with fire damage.

Middelburg, 1896. NZASM railway accident.

Pretoria, 1904. Railway workshops badly damaged by fire.

Pretoria, early 1902. Derailed armoured train on the Daspoort - Hercules section after speeding to stop Boer commandos at Hammanskraal.

August 1914 to July 1915. Construction of the Prieska - Karasburg railway line. Derailed struck cleared from railway line.

August 1914 to July 1915. Construction of the Prieska - Karasburg railway line. Derailment being cleared.

August 1914 to July 1915. Construction of the Prieska - Karasburg railway line. Derailment.

August 1914 to July 1915. Construction of the Prieska - Karasburg railway line. Derailment. Wagon type D-6 No 7273.

Durban. Wreck of the 'Onaway' at the south pier at the Bluff in Durban Harbour.

Durban. Wreck of the 'Onaway' at the Bluff in Durban Harbour.

Cape Town, 8 March 1933. Disastrous fire at Salt River which destroyed 60 train coaches.

Thomas River, 5 December 1895. Scenes at accident site. (EH Short)

Vet River, 1929. SAR Class 15, boiler explosion accident due to bad washing out and accumulation of mud on firebox roof. View of boiler lying in the veld with driver Ferrier and fireman Valentine.

Bridge under repair during Anglo-Boer War.

Circa 1900. Railway line at km 85 being supported by birdcaging after damage during the Anglo-Boer War.

Malelane, circa 1900. Railway line being supported by birdcaging after damage during the Anglo-Boer War.

Hectorspruit, circa 1900. Railway line being supported by birdcaging after damage during the Anglo-Boer War.

Orange Free State, circa 1900. Repairs being carried out on the bridge over the Taaibosch Spruit.after damage during the Anglo-Boer War.

Winburg district, circa 1900. Repairs being carried out on the high level bridge over the Vet River after damage during the Anglo-Boer War.

Charlestown, 31 December 1895. Train departing from Charlestown station to Johannesburg. This train derailed at mile 241 which caused the death of 44 and many injured. More on p133 of 'Birth and Development of the Natal Railways'. (Donated by System Manager, Durban on 6 March 1944.)

Johannesburg, 18 Feb 1896. NZASM 40 Tonner locomotive derailed at Braamfontein as a result of eight truck dynamite explosion. See P2191. (Donated G Boeschoten)

Derailment on the Johannesburg - Volksrust line.

Estcourt district, January 1901. Railway accident at Willow Grange.

Glencoe district, 31 December 1895. Sketch of railway disaster.

Johannesburg, 19 February 1896. Dynamite explosion at Braamfontein.

NZASM 46 Tonner No 61 'Roos' later IMR No 61 later CSAR Class B No 61, badly damaged.

NZASM 46 Tonner No 88 'De Wet', damaged with name plate removed during Anglo-Boer War. No record of it being replaced in service.

Port Nolloth district, 1898. Locomotive breakdown on the Okiep - Port Nolloth line.

"Kimberley, 1889. Fire at De Beers mine on 11 July 1889. [Etching]"

Johannesburg. Park station platform awning damaged by fire.

Germiston, 17 July 1909. Series of photographs of the accident on the mineral line at Jupiter station.

Germiston, 17 July 1909. Series of photographs of the accident on the mineral line at Jupiter station showing a CSAR Class E locomotive and ex IMR guard van atop a high-sided wagon.

Germiston, 17 July 1909. Series of photographs of the accident on the mineral line at Jupiter station showing a CSAR breakdown crane and breakdown van in the foreground.

Germiston, 17 July 1909. Series of photographs of the accident on the mineral line at Jupiter station involving a CSAR Class E Converted, later SAR Class 13.