UPDATED: 27/02/2025 27 February 1884, Smallpox invades the Kimberley Hospital. 27 February 1900, Lord Roberts suggests to Rhodes that a Kimberley column relieve Mafeking. 27 February 1900, Boer General Piet Cronje surrenders at Paardeberg to Lord Roberts VC. 27 February ...
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UPDATED: 19/07/2024 19 July 1897, An Indian trader named Kaledin, murdered in the Malay Camp. An unsolved murder. 19 July 1917, Two Kimberley men drown in the Thames river, London. 19 July 1946, Man dies after falling into the De ...
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UPDATED: 11/08/2023 11 August 1946, Four large diamonds found on the river diggings. Large Diamonds found at Barkly West Diamond Fields Advertiser 12 August 1946 The four main digging centres of the Barkly West mining district each yielded a large ...
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