![]() A thunderous storm had hit the Colesberg region and the flash flood burst the town dam which then rushed down through the sluit into Colesberg at midnight. ![]() The first mention of Johnnie was in January 1869 when he was but 16 months old. Dr Grimmer died in Kimberley on 30 April 1900 from typhoid and was one of the first to be buried in the West End cemetery.īack to Johnnie Grimmer. His claim to fame was that he organised the first game of cricket in Colesberg in 1862, and that his sister Anne married David Arnot (the younger). ![]() Dr Grimmer, who had been District Surgeon in Colesberg, was initially a medical inspector in Kimberley before being appointed District Surgeon in the dusty diamond town. ![]() The latter four were all born in Kimberley. Dr Grimmer, who was born in England, had studied medicine at Edinburgh, and then settled in Colesberg with his wife and brother Edward Grimmer, where the first six of his children were born. ![]()
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