Die eerste vloed sluit Meiringspoort
1885 · district · Klaarstroom
[SRC-010, Rose Willis Klaarstroom cameo. TERTIARY, TO VERIFY] So severe the pass had to be closed, stranding 50 transport wagons at Klaarstroom - loads spread across the veld for miles, oxen and horses roaming for grazing, people camped, and the edible cargo quietly disappearing. Thomas Bain was called in, repaired and upgraded the road, and it reopened in 1886. [25 Aug 2026] CORROBORATED FROM INSIDE A HOUSEHOLD: Almero Oosthuizen's diary (SRC-586), age seven that year, remembers three days and nights of rain and bitter cold, ostriches dead of it, and the road through the poort washed out entirely - 'die pad was toe baie laer as nou.'
Wie hier op rekord is
Almal wat die rekord by hierdie geleentheid noem. Wie saam gestaan het, is die duidelikste oorlewende bewys van watter families na aan watter was; as jy van ander weet wat hier was, is dit die bladsy waarop hulle hoort.
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- Rose Willis and Doreen Atkinson, with Judy Maguire and Bruce Rubidge, "Klaarstroom: Ancient place of clear waters" (Karoo Cameos, 2021) Karoo Cameos, 2021
- 'Brokkies uit oupa Almero Oosthuizen se dagboek', Klaarstroom - Zeekoegat 1885/1933 - Die Oudtshoorn Courant Scans DOC-0348 (left), DOC-0349 (page), DOC-0350 (right); published verbatim as story STO-0048