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1886   Dec Houghton Main Disaster
1887   Jan The Colliery Disaster at Houghton Main
1892   Jan Houghton Main Disaster – December 30th 1886
1892   Nov A Body Disinterred at Wombwell
1907   Nov Fatal Fall of roof at Houghton Main
1909   Apr Houghton Main Fatality – A Singular Coincidence.
1916   Oct Dashed to Death – Accidentally Killed at Houghton Main Colliery
1917   Oct Miner Killed by Fall of Roof
1919   Dec Miner Killed by Fall of Stone
1928   Jan Gale Mishap at Houghton Main Colliery – Ex-Soldier’s Fate.
1928   Jan Pit Deaths – Second Fatality Announced at Inquest on Miner.
1928   Jun Darfield Woman Dies At 93 – Had 17 Children
1930   Dec Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
1931   Jan Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Dec Wedding Eve Tragedy – Killed by fall at Mitchell Main
1933   Jan Fatal Accident At Houghton Main – Head Trapped
1933   Jan Undue Risk – Timbering Precautions Neglected – Fatal Sequel
1938   Feb Disaster Relief Funds
1940   Jan Darfield Fatal Accident.
1940   Jan Runaway Tubs – Worker Gives His Life  – Slag Heap Tragedy            
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – Article 2 – Horseman took the news to West Melton
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – Article 3 – Charles Dickens Visits
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – Chapter 1 – Half a Colliery Village Orphaned
1957   Jan Lundhill Disaster – The People who Died
1959   Aug Barnburgh Fatality – ‘Difficult to Understand What Could Have Happened’
1959   Nov Colliery Fatality Inquest – “Chance in a Thousand” Stone Fall