eGGSA Graves - Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape, JANSENVILLE district, Rural (farm cemeteries) / Eastern Cape, JANSENVILLE district, Darlington Dam, Dwaas 232_1, Lake Mentz Memorial and cemetery / 4. Memorial: Lake Mentz / (2 of 4 images)

1918-1922: PERRY T. - timekeeper WIGG P. - clerk (WIGG Percival William,aged 42, died 29.06.1921 of heart failure) WILLIAMS W. - foreman (WILLIAMS William, aged 64, died 18.06.1921 of influenza) -South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WSN3-CF2M : Sat Oct 14 03:32:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Percival William Wigg, 29 Jun 1921. -South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WSXL-JBZM : Sat Oct 14 02:06:47 UTC 2023), Entry for William Williams, 18 Jun 1921. The following three men died at the result of an explosion in the Valve Control House, at midnight 16 April 1927: VIENNINGS J. - bailiff (VIENNINGS Johannes Wilhelmus, aged 55) MERWE D., van der - labourer (MERWE Daniel Johannes, v.d., aged 42) NEIL N. - blacksmith & fitter (NEIL Nicolaas Johannes Hendrik, aged 36) The event was described in the Adelaide newspaper: That night the Irrigation Board's employees entered the water tower to open the valves that would release the imprisoned tons of water. The men's lantern was extinguished by a gust of air. One of the crew struck a match which ignited an accumulation of marsh gas. the tower became a sheet of flame, from which emerged blackened figures that jumped 30 feet to the rocks below in their suffering. Three men died and the great irrigation gates of the lake were locked fast by the explosion for two months. (source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56515340?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FR%2Ftitle%2F89%2F1927%2F10%2F08%2Fpage%2F5115175%2Farticle%2F56515340) -South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WFM3-NBPZ : Sat Oct 14 00:41:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Johannes Wilhelmus Vienings, 18 Apr 1927. -South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WFM3-NBT2 : Sat Oct 14 00:31:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Daniel Johannes Van Der Merwe, 18 Apr 1927. -South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WFM3-N1MM : Sat Oct 14 02:04:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Nicolaas Johannes Hendrik Neil, 30 Apr 1927.

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