The city of Johannesburg in South Africa was founded on gold after the precious metal was discovered on the Witwatersrand by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in 1884. As with any industry, and especially mining, the city endured many disasters and accidents. However, the one that took place in 1896 in Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg, remains etched in the memories of its residents, as evidenced by the granite memorial in Braamfontein Cemetery, erected in memory of those who lost their lives in the great dynamite explosion.
A locomotive topples over due to the explosion.
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The Braamfontein Explosion
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