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Soldier – Guest, Roy – Letter From Voyager.

November 194
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 October 1941 Letter From Voyager. The father and young wife of Mr. Roy Guest were pleased to receive...

Darfield 86 Kilnhurst 76

27 August 1870
Barnsley Chronicle  - Saturday 27 August 1870 Darfield v. Kilnhurst. A very exciting game of cricket was played at Darfield on Saturday, between the Darfield and...

Alarming Colliery Fire – Great Destruction of Property – 700 Men Out Of Employment.

October 1872
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 15 October 1872 Alarming Colliery Fire Darfield Main. Great Destruction of Property. 700 Men Out Of Employment. One of the...

State of Coal Industry

March 1878
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878 Barnsley, Friday. The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....

The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull

March 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 March 1883 The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull The official returns of the quantity of coal sent from the South and...

Fatal Accident to A Child At Darfield

April 1883
Barnsley Chronicle Saturday 07 April 1883 Fatal Accident to A Child At Darfield. On Monday child named Ada Ellen Ward, aged two years and ten...

Railway Traffic from Yorkshire Collieries to Hull

April 1883
Railway News – Saturday 14 April 1883 The Railway Traffic from the Yorkshire Collieries to Hull The quarterly return relating to the tonnage of coal transported...

Chronological Table of Principal Occurrences In 1883.

January 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 January 1884 Chronological Table of the Principal Occurrences in the District In 1883. JANUARY 1.—A porter named Arthur Barber killed...

The Hull Coal Trade.

February 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 13 February 1884 The Hull Coal Trade. The position of the South Yorkshire collieries in relation...

South Yorkshire Coal Trade with Hull

June 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 11 June 1884 The South Yorkshire Coal Trade with Hull The returns for the past month...