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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 8 NOVEMBER
8 NOVEMBER 1899, Huge swarms of locusts invade Kimberley. 8 NOVEMBER 1905, Massive fire destroys EW Tarry’s Works. 8 NOVEMBER…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 1 NOVEMBER
1 NOVEMBER 1886, Fire destroys the first Kimberley Club. 1 NOVEMBER 1899, De Beers’ dynamite magazine blown up at Dronfield.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 25 OCTOBER
25 OCTOBER 1882, Trial pumping of water from the Vaal river to Kimberley. 25 OCTOBER 1940, Springbok John (Jack) Braine…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 OCTOBER
UPDATE: 18/10/2024 18 October 1858, Wilfrid Gore-Brown, first Anglican Bishop of Kimberley. 18 October 1873, First execution on the diamond…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 11 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 11/10/2024 11 October 1895, The second fire to destroy the Kimberley Club. 11 October 1899, The Anglo-Boer War starts…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 4 OCTOBER
4 October 1884, William Griffin murders Grace Kelt at “The Flag is Ours” Club in Dutoitspan village. Pictured is a…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 27 SEPTEMBER
27 September 1893, GE Chatfield, uncle of the First Sea Lord The Baron Chatfield, dies. 27 September 1901, Maj-General Pretyman…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 SEPTEMBER
20 September 1888, Five sisters of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth leave London for Kimberley. 20 September 1899, The Town…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 13 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 13/09/2024 13 September 1905, Church of St John the Evangelist, Woodley Street, opened. 13 September 1988, 20 Elsmere Road historic…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 11 SEPTEMBER
11 September 1896, Train accident on Dronfield farm kills stoker W.H. Wonnacott. 11 September 1905, Thomas Raaff accidentally killed in…
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