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South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade.

August 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 18 August 1893 South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade. The return showing the quantity of coals sent to...

Editorial – The Coal Strike.

August 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 11 August 1893 The Coal Strike. So far as South Yorkshire generally is concerned the state of affairs is practically...

The Great Strike

August 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 04 August 1893 The Great Strike All the pits were set down last Friday, and implied that the great strike...

A Disastrous Year

January 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 19 January 1894 A Disastrous Year. The annual official return, showing the quantity of South Yorkshire coal (chiefly hards)...

South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade

May 1894
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 May 1894 South Yorkshire Collieries And The Hull Coal Trade Great Increase Of Local Tonnage100,000 Tons More Sent In...

South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

June 1895
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 14 June 1895 South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade The Hull coal return shows that during the past...

Larceny by a Lodger

January 1897
Sheffield Independent January 11, 1897 Larceny by a Lodger On Saturday, at Doncaster, Charles Drabble, labourer, Darfield, was sent to prison for a month for stealing...

Theft of Coal at Darfield – Prisoner on Remand

January 1897
Sheffield Independent January 19 , 1897 Alleged Theft of Coal at Darfield At the Barnsley West Riding Police Court yesterday, William Thomson, miner, Darfield, was brought up...

Theft of Coal at Darfield – Stealing Neighbour’s Coal

January 1897
Sheffield Independent January 23, 1897 Mean Theft of Coal at Darfield At the Barnsley West Riding Police Court House yesterday, a bad case of stealing a neighbour’s coal...

Darfield Urban District Council – Schools Re opened

February 1897
Sheffield independent 23 February 1897 Darfield Urban District Council This council met in the national school room, presided over by the chairman Mr Joseph Cumber J.P.,...