The location Marabastad was established and was situated between the Apies River in the north, Skinner Spruit in the west, Steenhoven Spruit in the east and De Korte Street in the south.
22.
To be called the Vierfontein Dam, work ended on it as the Second Boer War broke out and all that remains across the " spruit " is the remains of a weir.
23.
Twells had purchased the farms Modderpoort and Modderpoort Spruit in 1865 as a base for missionary work in the area, but conflict in the region prevented the first group of brothers from settling there right away.
24.
On 31 March 1900 the Battery had its finest hour when it saved its guns and the majority of General Broadwater's force from a vicious Boer ambush at Koorn Spruit, near Sanna's Post.
25.
Only the witness of two highly experienced Brigade majors saved them . 3 miles upstream Lieutenant-Colonel Fenwick and the Blues dashed down Waterval Drift towards the spruit under heavy Boer cross-fire; Lieutenant Meade was wounded.
26.
Farrar went on to plan and develop the town of Benoni on the non-gold-bearing portion of Kleinfontein land between the Blesbok spruit and the Northern boundaries of the Benoni farm and the history proceeds as follows:
27.
Archbishop Herman Adrian Spruit, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch-Malabar Rite, consecrated Warren P . Watters to the Episcopate on April 28, 1973, at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, California.
28.
Sergeant Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson Soldier of Lord Strathcona's Horse, Richardson rode a wounded horse, while wounded himself, back into enemy fire to retrieve a wounded comrade whose horse had been killed at Wolve Spruit on 5 July 1900.
29.
A dance teacher and promoter of local music groups at that time was Jan Buijs, nickname " Spruit ", not to be confused with the later artist manager of The Cats with the same name, nicknamed " Tuf ".
30.
On June 26, 1992, Randolph Adler was consecrated the first bishop and primate of the ICCEC with Timothy Michael Barker of the International Free Catholic Communion ( who was consecrated by Archbishop-Patriarch Herman Adrian Spruit and his wife ) functioning as the principal consecrator.
