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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