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Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation
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
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...
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
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.
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890
The Burglary at a Darfield Public House
James Newman, alias Alfred Brannon , was charged with having...