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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 MAY
UPDATED: 16/05/2025 16 May 1899, Headmaster of Kimberley Boy’s High School, LC Wilkes, dies of typhus. Typhoid fever claims Boys…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 29 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 29/11/2024 29 November 1890, Olive Schreiner meets Cecil Rhodes for the first time. 29 November 1899, The military funeral of…
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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 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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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 JULY
12 July 1888, Rescue attempts continue at the De Beers Mine disaster as hundreds of miners escape the underground fire.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 APRIL
UPDATED: 12/04/2024 12 April 1872, Historian George Beet arrives in Kimberley. 12 April 1875, Black Flag rebellion led by Alfred…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 15 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 15/12/2022 15 December 1887, GRK Bradshaw, the Magistrate of Beaconsfield, killed when he fell off his panicked horse that…
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