Tag Archives: Spanish Flu Epidemic

17 October 1871, The Keate Award made public. 17 October 1918, Champion golfer of the Diamond Fields Robert S Chatfield dies in epidemic. DID YOU KNOW Lt Robert Sivewright Chatfield (pictured) served during the siege of Kimberley with the Kimberley ...

UPDATED: 08/10/2019 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman William Doyle dies after falling down a well at Ronaldsvlei. DID YOU KNOW On this day, 8 October 1918, the ...

19 June 1932, Solomon T Plaatje (pictured) dies in Pimville during a visit. 19 June 1992, The “Silver Assassin” Charlie Weir dies. DID YOU KNOW Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje’s last public meeting in Kimberley was on 24 May 1932 when he spoke ...

UPDATED: 25/02/2019 25 February 1934, The Cape Corps Gun Memorial unveiled by General Jan Smuts. DID YOU KNOW The Cape Corps Association was formed shortly after World War I, with the strongest association being in Kimberley. Their first objective was ...

Three men killed and four wounded in a shoot-out that starts at Market square and ends at the railway station. The perpetrator is mortally wounded.

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 ...

UPDATED: 26/10/2018 26 OCTOBER 1888, Nazareth House opens on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER  1892, SA rugby player Harry Boyes dies tragically. 26 OCTOBER  1897, Theatre Royal opens in Kimberley on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER  1941, The altar of the re-built St ...

As the centenary of the pandemic that left hundreds of thousands dead nears, scientists believe they have the answer to this mystery For years, epidemiologists puzzled over a South African medical mystery that involved two cities and a deadly plague. ...

11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person, a black woman, killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice Day. 11 NOVEMBER ...