Home 1870
1870
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...
South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 14 August 1891
South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade.
The return showing the quantity of coal conveyed...
Assault at Darfield
Mexborough & Swinton Times, November 13, 1891
Assault at Darfield
Alfred Hirst, miner, of Barnsley, at present residing at Darfield, an old offender, was sent...