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Labram killed at Kimberley as big gun defends siege
George Labram chief engineer of De Beers and designer of the long range gun Long Cecil dies in Kimberley during the siege. A shell struck his Grand Hotel room as the town endured days of bombardment from Boers and Beers. Labram’s funeral proceeds amid bands and soldiers in a somber, war weary procession.
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George Labram
de Beers Company
Butte
Anaconda
Kimberley
Labram
Long Cecil
Latram
London Daily Telegraph
Kamfersdam
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DeBeers Company
Grand Hotel
Rhodes
Tiven
London Graphic
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Africa
Mr. Labram
Banatorium
Big Cecil