3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black mine workers die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow drinker Jack ...
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Steve Lunderstedt November 3, 2020 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black mine workers die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow drinker Jack ...
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29 September 1874, Fire destroys Kimberley’s first hospital. 29 September 1887, The Hospital Chapel inaugurated. 29 September 1964, Ezekiel Siame trapped in De Beers mine for 3 days after mud rush. (Pictured is the Kimberley Hospital in 1907) The Kimberley ...
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UPDATED: 23/09/2020 23 September 1871, Theatre Royal in Dutoitspan Village opens. 23 September 1887, The Queen’s Theatre opens. 23 September 1918, The first case of Spanish Flu in Dutoitspan Mine compound detected. 23 September 1942, Colonel Sir David Harris, cousin of Barney Barnato ...
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11 September 1896, Train accident on Dronfield farm kills stoker W.H. Wonnacott. 11 September 1905, Thomas Raaff accidentally killed in the De Beers Mine. Deadly train accident on Dronfield farm There have been two train accidents on Dronfield farm. Both ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt August 20, 2020 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 20/08/2020 20 August 1895, Jan Smuts makes his maiden political speech in the Town Hall. 20 August 1905, Death of nursing pioneer and colleague of Sister Henrietta Stockdale – Mary Hirst Watkins. She qualified in nursing and midwifery under ...
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UPDATED: 09/04/2020 9 April 1890, SA Cricket Association founded in Kimberley. 9 April 1900, The retirement of Edward Arthur Judge. 9 April 1912, First cross-country airflight in SA starts in Kimberley, ends in Klerksdorp. 9 April 1927, Union Tennis courts ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt March 24, 2020 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 24/03/2020 24 March 1881, Orange River in flood, pont not working. 24 March 1883, Gladstone cemetery (pictured) opens. 24 March 1894, CW Jones of Kimberley wins the 100 yds in 10.1 secs to be Champion of South Africa. HISTORICAL ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt March 17, 2020 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 17/03/2020 17 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference second day. 17 March 1934, Prince George visits Kimberley. PRINCE GEORGE ARRIVES IN KIMBERLEY Prince George, the Duke of Kent, was the fifth child of King George ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt February 27, 2020 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 27/02/2020 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, General Piet Cronje surrenders at Paardeberg to Lord Roberts. 27 February 1904, William ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt February 4, 2020 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
4 February 1884, West Indian Samuel Trott, murders storekeeper John Jackson in Dutoitspan village. MURDER IN DUTOITSPAN VILLAGE It is difficult to imagine a citizen of the West Indies islands being executed for murder in Kimberley, but that is exactly ...
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