1915 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1915 in South Africa.

1915
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

February
May
July
  • 9 Dr Theodore Seitz, governor of German South West Africa, surrenders to General Louis Botha at the farm Khorab, between Otavi and Tsumeb.
September

Births

  • 2 February Abba Eban, Israeli foreign affairs minister. (d. 2002)
  • 26 February Elisabeth Eybers, poet. (d. 2007)
  • 10 May Beyers Naudé, cleric, theologian and activist. (d. 2004)
  • 2 December Marais Viljoen, politician and State President. (d. 2007)
  • 13 December B.J. Vorster, politician, Prime Minister and State President. (d. 1983)

Railways

Railway lines opened

  • 12 April Natal Dalton to Glenside, 12 miles 13 chains (19.6 kilometres).[2]
  • 31 May Free State Westleigh to Vierfontein, 52 miles 27 chains (84.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 31 May Free State Fauresmith to Koffiefontein, 32 miles 71 chains (52.9 kilometres).[2]
  • 30 June Cape Klipdale to Protem, 10 miles 10 chains (16.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 August Cape Prieska to South West Border, 231 miles 59 chains (372.9 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 August Cape Walvisbaai to Swakop River (at Swakopmund), 22 miles 42 chains (36.3 kilometres).[2]
  • 4 August Transvaal Tzaneen to Soekmekaar, 55 miles 16 chains (88.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 16 August Natal Paddock to Izingolweni (Narrow gauge), 11 miles 72 chains (19.2 kilometres).[2]
  • 5 October Natal Schroeders to Bruyns Hill, 14 miles 76 chains (24.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 15 November Cape Birdfield to Klawer, 1 mile 26 chains (2.1 kilometres).[2]
  • 29 November Cape Motkop to New England, 19 miles 63 chains (31.8 kilometres).[2]
  • 1 December Cape Carnarvon to Williston, 85 miles 6 chains (136.9 kilometres).[2]

Locomotives

Narrow gauge

Two narrow gauge locomotive types enter service in South Africa:

  • Thirteen out-of-service Mozambican Falcon 4-4-0 narrow gauge tender steam locomotives are acquired by the Union Defence Force for use in South Africa to replace narrow gauge South African Railways (SAR) locomotives that are being commandeered for the war effort in German South West Africa. They will later be designated Class NG6 on the SAR.[3][4]
  • The first of six narrow gauge 4-6-0 steam locomotives enter service on the Avontuur Railway. They will later be designated Class NG9 by the SAR.[4]
Cape gauge

Five Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):

References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13
  3. Railway Modelling Scene, South Africa, May/June 1985, article written by Neill Mardell
  4. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 46–48, 58, 65–66, 87, 103–104, 110. ISBN 0869772112.
  5. Pattison, R.G. (1997). The Cape Seventh Class Locomotives (1st ed.). Kenilworth, Cape Town: The Railway History Group. pp. 10–12, 25–33. ISBN 0958400946.
  6. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 30–33. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  7. Durrant, A. E. (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0715386387.
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