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1874   Nov The Burial of the Dead.
1874   Nov The Shocking Explosion at the Warren Vale Colliery.
1880   Nov The Shocking Accident Manver‘s Main Colliery.
1889   Jan Fatal Accident in Manvers Main Sidings – The Result of The Fog.
1890   May A Miner Buried Alive at Wath Main – Shocking Spectacle.
1891   Sep Fatal Accident at Manvers Main Colliery.
1891   Nov Fatal Accident at Manvers Main Colliery.
1892   May Alarming Accident at Manvers – Inquests
1892   May Alarming Accident at Manvers – Two Killed & Two Injured.
1892   May Great Fall of Bind at Manvers Main Colliery – Two Lives Lost.
1892   Sep Fatal Accident at Manvers – Deputy Censured.18920900id
1892   Oct Fatalities at Houghton Main, Manvers Main & Denaby Main
1892   Nov A Body Disinterred at Wombwell
1902   May Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1902   Oct Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1908   Nov Killed By Complications – Veteran Miner’s Death – Heart Failure & Accident.
1909   Jan Cut Finger Causes Death – Miner Succumbs To Blood Poisoning. Life Lost Through Neglect.
1909   Jul Miners’ Dangers – Fatalities in Mexborough District.
1917   Feb Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1917   Apr Fatality at Wath Main
1917   Oct Crushed By Tubs – Fatal Accident at Wath Main
1917   Nov Manvers Main Casualties
1918   Jan Fatality at Manvers Main – Fall of Roof.
1918   Feb Wath Main Accident. – West Melton Man Killed – Broken Link.
1918   Mar Fell from Aerial Flight – Youth’s Shocking Death – Blacksmith’s Narrow Escape
1918   Aug Fatality at Manvers Main – Handyman Killed and Youth Badly Injured
1919   Apr Fatal Shock From Fall.
1919   Jul Manvers Main Fatality – Miner Killed through a “Bump.”
1919   Jul Wath Main Accident – Death from Injuries.
1919   Dec Mexboro’ Miner Killed at Manvers Main.
1921   Sep Sad Accident – Father and Son – One Taken, the Other Left.
1921   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Survivors’ Stories
1922   Apr Railway Linesman’s Death at Wath.
1927   Jun Killed by Tubs – Accident at Wath Main
1927   Sep Lampman’s Fall
1927   Oct Miner’s Fatal Exertion.
1928   Feb Memories of the Lundhill Explosion – Old Lady’s Vivid Recollection.
1928   May Bars Or Props? Which Are Safer In Coal Mines?
1928   May Pit Roof Fall – Two Men Buried at Wath Main: One Dead.
1928   Jun Crushed By Roof – Wath Trammer’s Fate – Comrade’s Narrow Escape.
1928   Jul West Melton Man Dies at Cortonwood
1929   Apr Wath Main Accident. – West Melton Miner hit by Half-Ton Lump.
1929   May Cortonwood Trammer Inquest.
1929   May Wath Council Workman Killed by Mortar Mill – “It Has Got Me.”
1929   Jul Killed By Fall – Accident During Precautions
1929   Oct “Unaccountable” – Curious Accident at Wath – Killed by Scraper.
1929   Nov Killed By Roof Fall at Manvers – Another of Nature’s Revenges – A Swinton Victim.
1929   Dec West Melton Miner’s Life Lost “Through Absolute Carelessness.”
1930   May Trapped Thumb.- Wath Postman’s Death From Slight Injury.
1930   May Too Eager To Help – Miner Trapped in “Paddy’s Mail” – Killed On His Birthday
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Hospital Drama                                                               
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Inquest Opened
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Midnight Explosion in Silkstone Seam
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – Sinister Month
1932   Dec Cortonwood Disaster – The Victims
1933   Jan Coal “Burst” – “Inevitable” Type Of Accident – Wath Man Killed
1933   Jan Cortonwood Disaster – Eighth Victim – Boys’ Brigade Leader
1933   Jan Cortonwood Disaster Inquest – Fatal Seventh Shot
1933   Jan The Cortonwood Disaster – Workmen Closely Questioned  
1933   Apr Cortonwood Accident – Killed By Fall In Presence of Son
1937   Feb Miner Killed After Warning Shout.
1937   Aug Killed In Pit – “Accidental Death” of Birdwell Man
1937   Aug Unexplained Wath Mishap – Derailed Wagons – Shunter Killed
1937   Nov Pit Death Mystery – Boy Crushed by Rock
1938   Nov Fatal Accident In Pit
1939   Aug Accident – Inquest Told “Inches from Safety”
1940   Aug Only Fingers Showing – Miner Crushed By Stone at Manvers
1941   Aug Fall of Roof – Mexborough Miner Killed
1941   Sep Manvers Main Accident – One Dead: One in Hospital
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s Message
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremour
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942   Aug Pit Fatality – Harry Crossley’s Brother
1942   Aug Sudden Fall – Mexborough Mineworker Buried
1942   Aug Barnburgh Main Broadcast – Coun. T.H. Barker
1942   Oct Loss of a Good Workman – Inquest on Wath Collier
1942   Oct Pit Fatality – Brother of Boxer
1948   Oct Wath Miner Fatally Injured
1951   Nov Manvers Pit Fatality
1951   Nov Miner Over-Eager? Victim of Hidden Manvers Roof Fall
1953   Apr Corton Wood Pit Fatality – Killed By Cage
1959   Feb Fatality at Manvers Main – Man dies in Boiling Cauldron – Unsuccessful Rescue Bid
1959   Mar  “Workers’ V.C.” For West Melton Man
1959   Nov Colliery Fatality Inquest – “Chance in a Thousand” Stone Fall