Begha

Begha is a village south of East London in South Africa at the mouth of the Birha River.

In 1858 the steam ship Madagascar of the Rennie line[1] was lost after she hit a reef near the mouth of the Birha River, around midnight on 3 December. Attempts to keep the ship afloat failed and she was run aground on the 4th and broke up. No lives were lost.[2][3]

References
  1. Madagascar. Scottish Built Ships. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. "Rennie's Steamer Service: Natal and Cape Colonies", R. N. Porter, The South African Philatelist, Vol. 90, No. 6 (December 2014), Whole No. 927, pp. 178-182.
  3. "Loss of the Steamer Madagascar", The Hobart Town Daily Mercury, 3 February 1859, p. 2. Retrieved from Trove, 6 May 2019.


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