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Kimberley Club
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Daniel Westwood GREATBATCH: Architect : 1896
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Click to view map Coordinates: | The Kimberley Club has twice been destroyed by fire since its inception in 1881. The second fire was on 11 October 1895 - it started in the upstairs billiard room of the Club, one of the chains holding the overhead oil lamps had broken and fallen on to the linoleum covered floor. The linoleum floor, washed regularly with paraffin, had caught fire. Kimberley’s inadequate water supply and the fire brigade’s recently purchased fire engine could not save the building. The Club was virtually destroyed. Only the kitchen, the storeroom and the wine cellar with its contents, were undamaged. Within 24 hours the Club was operating from temporary premises and within five days the dining room, cleaned up sufficiently, was back in use. Daniel Greatbatch would be the architect for the new proposed building, the insurers having paid out some £10 650 to the members. Source: kimberley.org.za All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References:
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