I always imagined the rocks to be larger; but they could not be too large, otherwise the train drive, Charles Wagner, would have seen them sooner and had time to slow down.
Such high quality images! Great stuff. Rene' Bull was all over the place. And a good sketch artist as well. When Churchill returned he was photographed at the site.
Payton
Churchill by train. Image Source: Originally published in Daily News, Durban reproduced in Churchills in Africa by Roberts, Brian, 1970 published by Hamish Hamilton, London
Churchill on Pony at train: Image source: With the Flag to Pretoria, H. W. Wilson Vol 1 1900 and britishbattles.com
“Before the disaster, November 15th. [1899] Men of the Dublin Fusiliers embarking on the armoured train. In the [train] truck on the left is Rene’ Bull, snap-shooting. [The man standing with a hat on and looking down into what is presumably his camera." Black & White Weekly Vol 1-2 1899-1900
Sketch of the train after its return to Estcourt: Black & White Weekly Vol 1-2 1899-1900 (From a sketch by Rene’ Bull) “The armoured train disaster at Chieveley, November 15th, where Mr. Winston Churchill was captured.”