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Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation

December 1884
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 09 December 1884 Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation It is considered that within a radius of six miles from either Mexborough or...

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...

South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

July 1888
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 11 July 1888 South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade. The official return of coals taken to Hull from...

Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.

May 1890
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 10 May 1890 The Yorkshire Coalowners and Local Wages Questions. An Important Resolution. A resolution of very great importance to...

The Burglary at a Darfield Public House

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890 The Burglary at a Darfield Public House James Newman, alias Alfred Brannon , was charged with having...