GREAT DIAMOND RUSH
TEH THOUSAND DIGGERS RUNNING TOGS AND OXFORD BAGS. Press Association—By .Telegraph—Copyright CAPE TOWN, Juno 11. (Received June 12, at 1.30 a.m.) Prior to the rush to the Elandsputte diamond field, the mounted police cleared tho ground man - an area of twelve square miles.- Approximately .10,000 diggers assembled, seven and eight deep, at the starting lino, which , was one and a-half miles long. Tho diggers were clad in a variety of costumes, from running togs to Oxford hags. The groat rush was accompanied by a hoarse roar from thousands of throats mil clouds of dust. Tho rush was witnessed by 10,000 spectators—Reuter.
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Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 4
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104GREAT DIAMOND RUSH Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 4
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