Van Der Wijk Monument
On
October 20 1936 Dutch ship of an Der Wijk (a luxury ship
belong to one of Dutch ship company) had an accident at
north of Java. The ship had journey from Surabaya to Semarang.
Around Brondong beach, the ship was tenggelam. Then some
fishermen help some ship's passengers. But other passengers
had died in the sea. By the help of Brondong people who
saved the victims from that accident, the government of
the Dutch built the commemoration monument that was called
"Van Der Wijk" monument.
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