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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