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1848   Aug Fatal Accident at the Darfield Station on the Midland Railway.
1848   Dec Accident with Threshing Machine at Darfield.
1883   Apr Fatal Accident to A Child At Darfield
1888   Jul Frightful Accident at the Darfield Main Colliery – Two Lads Shockingly Mangled
1892   Jun Darfield Drowning Case – Body Found
1892   Jun Darfield Drowning Case – Inquest
1907   Jan Found in the Canal at Wombwell
1907   Feb Drowning Inquests – Jury Complaints
1907   Mar Wombwell Railway Tragedy – Two Brothers Cut To Pieces
1909   Oct Darfield Child Fatally Scalded
1917   Nov Darfield Boy Electrocuted
1918   Jan Run Over By Motor Char-A-Banc
1919   Sep How Railway Smash was Averted at Darfield – Alert Signalman.
1927   Apr Darfield Smash – Warmsworth Man’s Responsibility
1927   Apr Road Perils – Low Valley Accident – Child Killed by Bus – Moral for Parents
1927   Aug Darfield Road Collapse
1927   Nov Bus Overturns in Field – Alarming Accident Near Darfield.
1928   Feb Miners’ Bus Wrecked
1928   Feb Nasty Smash – Miners Bus Overturned at Darfield Cross Roads.
1928   Nov Car Accident
1929   May Darfield Child’s Death – Miner’s Daughter Killed by Motor-‘Bus.
1929   May Road Fatality.
1930   Apr Houghton Hall – Village Constable Saves it from Destruction – Prompt Action
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Apr Plucky Rescue – Low Valley Youth Who Took a Chance
1932   Sep Lorry Blaze – Fierce Outbreak at Billingley – Narrow Escapes
1937   Feb Caravan Death – Man’s Lonely End – Darfield Inquest
1937   Mar Snow Bound
1938   Jan Wombwell Man’s Death – Swallowed His False Teeth and Died Without Speaking
1938   Jun Child Drowned Darfield Tragedy
1938   Sep Car Ablaze At Darfield – Driver and Passenger Have Narrow Escape
1939   Jan Highgate Crash
1939   Feb Darfield Child Scalded
1939   Sep Early Morning Crash – Darfield Cyclist Killed – Gas Masks Causes Accident?
1940   Jan Head-On Collision at Darfield “Bottleneck” – Nine Hurt In Road Smash
1941   Mar Woman’s Body in Dearne – Darfield Search Ended – Verdict Of “Found Drowned”
1941   Jun Two Saved – One Drowned
1951   Nov Thurnscoe Man in Middlecliffe Mishap
1957   Feb Barn Fire at Billingley
1957   Jun Home Destroyed by Fire
1959   Apr Recovered the body of a Wombwell boy.
1960   Apr One Killed in Mishap at Darfield