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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...

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...

Houghton Main Disaster

December 1886
From Coal Mining Records Houghton Main, Barnsley, Yorkshire. 30th December, 1886. The colliery was about seven miles from Barnsley. Many of the afternoon shift had been...

The Colliery Disaster at Houghton Main

January 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 03 January 1887 The Colliery Disaster at Houghton Main New Year's Day at Darfield. The pleasantly situated village of Darfleld, which was...

A Wife Murder at Wombwell Junction

March 1887
Leeds Times, Saturday, March 26, 1887 Wife Murder at Wombwell Junction A terrible tragedy was enacted on Sunday at Wombwell Junction, near Barnsley, the surrounds of...

Wife Murder at Wombwell – Inquest

March 1887
Leeds Times, Saturday, March 26, 1887 Wife Murder near Barnsley The inquest was held at new Wombwell on Thursday, Superintendent Kane was present, and Mr E.J....

The Wombwell Tragedy – Trial of Hazlehurst – Wombwell’s Wild Beasts.

May 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 09 May 1887 The Wombwell Tragedy. Trial of Hazlehurst. Wombwell's Wild Beasts. A Present from The Bench. In the Crown Court Leeds...

Frightful Accident at the Darfield Main Colliery – Two Lads Shockingly Mangled

July 1888
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1888 Frightful Accident at the Darfield Main Colliery Two Lads Shockingly Mangled Between three and 4 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon a...