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1931 Quarter 1

Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.

January 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 January 1931 Houghton Main Disaster. Inquest Closed: Jury's Findings. A Useful Suggestion. Compressed Air for Testing Shot-Holes. The inquest...

Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 2

January 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931 Leading Local Events in 1930 Achievements and Disappointments Quarter 2 April 3—Inquest on Wath Main explosion victims concluded, with...

Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 3

January 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931 Leading Local Events in 1930 Achievements and Disappointments Quarter 3 July. 1—Presentations to Rev. C. H. Randell, departing...

Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 4

January 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931 Leading Local Events in 1930 Achievements and Disappointments Quarter 4 October 1—Mr. J. Smith, B.Sc., head of Wombwell...

The Casualty List 1930

January 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931 The Casualty List 1930 January 3-Dennis Cooke (34), Conisborough; fall of roof, Cadeby Main 6-John Edward Staniforth (40), Barnsley;...

Mysterious Happening at Darfield – Traces of Motor In Churchyard.

March 1931
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 07 March 1931 Traces of Motor In Churchyard. Mysterious Happening at Darfield. The local police are investigating mysterious happening at...

Marconigrams – March 06, 1931

March 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 March 1931 Marconigrams. 2,617,618 registered unemployed. "Marriage is s middle-class proposition," says Mr. Paul Whiteman, the American Jazz King. Mr....

Marconigrams – March 13, 1931

March 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 13 March 1931 Marconigrams A hundred and 30 men and boys have been dismissed from the Kilnhurst Colliery this week. The...

Marconigrams – March 20, 1931

March 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 20 March 1931 Marconigrams. A memorial to Lord Irwin's viceroyalty is to be erected in Delhi. "There have been some...

Marconigrams – March 27, 1931

March 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 27 March 1931 Marconigrams. The next issue of this paper will appear Thursday, April 2nd. Developments are taking place in...