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Some rare photos of Ladysmith floods

A look back in time at how bad flooding in Ladysmith really was

August 31, 2015
Rod Skinner Less than a minute

Cuan Cronje posted these rare photos of flooding (on the Ladysmith Gazette Facebook page) in Ladysmith long before the Qedusizi Dam was even thought of!

As far as we can tell, they date back to the floods of 1915 and 1925.

If anyone can shed any more light on the photos, please do!

 

More recent flooding in 2014

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August 31, 2015
Rod Skinner Less than a minute

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