Tag Archives: Kimberley Club

13 February 1946, Joseph van Praagh, Pioneer of Rhodesia dies. DID YOU KNOW Joseph Van Praagh (pictured) was born in the County of Middlesex, England on 15 July 1864 and died in Kimberley on 13 February 1946. He was a ...

UPDATED: 08/02/2019 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club. 8 February 1947, Cornelia Smith and her stepson Reginald electrocuted in their Greenside home. DID YOU KNOW Among the targets ...

UPDATED: 29/01/2019 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. DID YOU KNOW In the late 1970s and 1980s there was an ...

UPDATED: 24/01/2019 24 January 1900, Biggest bombardment of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege, Maggie Maddocks killed. 24 January 1915, The battle of Upington. DID YOU KNOW In January 1915 Rebel Generals Manie Maritz and Jan Kemp (both pictured) ...

UPDATE: 28/11/2018 28 November 1885, The first train arrives in Kimberley. 28 November 1899, The second and bloodiest battle of Carter’s Ridge. 28 November 1899, The Battle of Modder River. 28 November 1904, Dedication of the Honoured Dead Memorial. 28 November 1988, Naming of ...

19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King kills the one-armed Charles Murray in Dutoitspan village. 19 November 1892, Kimberley Town Bowling Club opens, the 2nd in SA. 19 ...

UPDATED: 15/11/2018 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits suicide in England. 15 November 1977, Robert Sobukwe (pictured) returns to Kimberley after medical treatment in the Cape. 15 November 1982, ...

UPDATE 12/11/2018 12 NOVEMBER 1907, A child dies after being hit by a tram on the municipal tramline on Barkly Road. 12 NOVEMBER 1936, Britain lose to Kimberley Combined bowls side 159-74 at Beaconsfield. 12 NOVEMBER 1953, Sportsman and attorney ...

1 NOVEMBER 1886, Fire destroys the first Kimberley Club.  1 NOVEMBER 1899, De Beers’ dynamite magazine blown up at Dronfield. 1 NOVEMBER 1902, Two Black miners killed in a mud rush in the De Beers Mine. 1 NOVEMBER 1952, Three municipal ...

11 October 1895, The second fire to destroy the Kimberley Club. 11 October 1899, The Anglo-Boer War commences at 17:00. (Pictured is the Club after the 1895 fire). DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Club has twice been destroyed by fire ...