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1872 Oct Alarming Colliery Fire – Great Destruction of Property – 700 Men Out Of Employment.
1886 Dec Houghton Main Disaster
1887 Jan The Colliery Disaster at Houghton Main
1888 Jul Frightful Accident at the Darfield Main Colliery – Two Lads Shockingly Mangled
1888 Jul South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1890 May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1891 Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891
1892 Jan Houghton Main Disaster – December 30th 1886
1892 Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1892 Jul Miner’s Demonstration
1892 Aug Hull Coal Trade – Falling Off of the Traffic.
1892 Oct Colliery Accident and Death
1892 Oct Presentation to Darfield Main Colliery Officials
1892 Nov A Body Disinterred at Wombwell
1892 Nov South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1899 Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1902 Sep The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.
1907 Jul Pony Driver Crushed to Death
1907 Nov Fatal Fall of roof at Houghton Main
1909 Feb Pit Lads’ Dispute – 2,500 Men Effected – Question of Starting Wages
1909 Apr Houghton Main Fatality – A Singular Coincidence.
1909 Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1911 Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1912 Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
1912 Mar National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912 Mar The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912 Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1916 Oct Dashed to Death – Accidentally Killed at Houghton Main Colliery
1917 Nov Pit Laid Idle
1919 Jan Miners Pleased.
1919 Feb Colliery Patriotism.
1919 Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919 Jul Miners’ Present for M.P.
1919 Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919 Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919 Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919 Aug Council’s Appeal To Miners.
1919 Dec Miner Killed by Fall of Stone
1920 Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921 Jan Hull Coal Trade.
1921 Apr Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”
1921 Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921 May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921 May Strike in Seventh Week
1921 Jun Pit Pony Races – Excellent Sport – Helps Relief Fund.
1922 Sep Houghton Main – Satisfactory Settlement after Dispute.
1927 Apr Colliery Workers Still Have Financial Troubles
1927 Jun Miners Welfare Fund – University Scholarship for Darfield Youth
1928 Jan Gale Mishap at Houghton Main Colliery – Ex-Soldier’s Fate.
1928 Jan Pit Deaths – Second Fatality Announced at Inquest on Miner.
1928 Jan Commendation after Pit Ordeal
1928 Feb Coal at the Cross Roads.
1928 Feb The Swelling Dearne.
1928 May Six Hundred Miners Receive a Week’s Notice.
1928 Dec Miners’ Back Pay – Good News for Darfield Main Workers.
1929 Feb Honour for Darfield Officer
1929 Jun A Pit Problem – ” Search Your Pockets.”
1930 Dec Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
1931 Jan Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
1931 May 60 Years with One Firm.
1931 Nov Has The Tide Turned? – Trade Review – Coal, Iron & Steel, Brass, Glass, Soaps & Oils
1932 Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932 Jul Darfield & Wombwell Main Dismissals – Another 1300 Men Out
1932 Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1932 Dec Wedding Eve Tragedy – Killed by fall at Mitchell Main
1933 Apr Mitchell Main – Colliery Definitely Closed Down – Ponies Raised
1933 Apr Pit Closing – Shock for Wombwell District – Mitchell Main Finished
1933 Apr The Remedy – Mitchell Main – No Reprieve Yet – Gas Supply
1934 Jan Beauty In Industry – Flood-Lighting of Houghton Main – A Striking Spectacle
1934 Jan Good News for Wombwell District – Increased Tonnage
1934 Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1937 Apr Coal Gas Contract
1937 May Friend of Miners and Officer of the Grand Priory – Mr Robert Watkin
1937 Nov Wartime Shaft To Be Used – Opening Beamshaw Seam at Darfield Main
1938 Jan Wombwell Man’s Death – Swallowed His False Teeth and Died Without Speaking
1938 Jan Mr. T. W. Illsley To Retire From Darfield Council
1938 Feb Disaster Relief Funds
1938 Dec Burning Pit Dump at Darfield
1939 Jul Darfield’s Annual “Sing”
1940 Jan Darfield Fatal Accident.
1940 Jan Runaway Tubs – Worker Gives His Life  – Slag Heap Tragedy            
1942 Apr Houghton Miners’ Fine Effort
1942 May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942 Aug Leader’s Faith in Miners – Canteen Opened at Dearne Valley Colliery
1942 Sep Mr. Hall Speaks Out
1942 Dec New Order For Miners – Opening of Houghton Main Canteen
1942 Dec Opening of Houghton Main Canteen
1947 Jan Darfield Main Celebrates Nationalisation
1947 Jan The Birth of a Coalfield
1947 May Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1950 Jul They May Be Miners M.P. In The Future
1951 Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
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 Feb Fossilised Tooth Find at Houghton Main
1959 Aug Barnburgh Fatality – ‘Difficult to Understand What Could Have Happened’
1959 Sep Clear Majority Decision – Coun. E. Wainwright is Chosen
1959 Nov Colliery Fatality Inquest – “Chance in a Thousand” Stone Fall
1960 May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960 Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1969 Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
1970 Feb New Darfield Main Manager
1970 Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)