Home 1870
1870
Soldier – Guest, Roy – Letter From Voyager.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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...