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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.
1938 Feb Disaster Relief Funds
1940 Jan Darfield Fatal Accident.
1940 Jan Runaway Tubs – Worker Gives His Life  – Slag Heap Tragedy            
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