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1881 Apr Alarming Accident at Wath Main Colliery.
1884 Jun Alarming Fire at Winterwell.
1887 Jun Shocking Accident on the Railway At Kilnhurst.
1888 Oct Inquest on a Swinton Butcher.
1889 Jun Sad End of  Whitsuntide School Feast.
1890 Nov The Fog in the Don Valley – Sad Drowning Fatalities
1891 Sep Killed On The Railway At Wath.
1892 May A Week of Accidents At Wath
1892 May Drowning Fatality at Wath
1892 Oct Accident at Wath
1904 Oct Fatal Gallantry of a Wath Youth
1904 Oct The Bravery of a Wath Man at Bournemouth.
1904 Oct The Drowning of a Wath Man at Bournemouth.
1908 Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1909 Jan Cut Finger Causes Death – Miner Succumbs To Blood Poisoning. Life Lost Through Neglect.
1912 Apr Unparalleled Disaster at Sea – Greatest Ship Foundered – Nearly 1500 lives lost
1918 Aug Young Boy Drowned
1919 May Wath Farm Fire.
1919 May Wath Lady’s Death – A Midnight Tragedy.
1919 Jun Plucky Rescue at Wath – Girl Saves Boy from Drowning
1919 Oct Miners In Peril. – Extraordinary Accident – Cage Overwound.
1927 Jun A Danger Point
1928 Mar Gallant Rescue – Child Saved from Canal at Wath.
1928 Jul Plucky Rescue At Brampton – Non-Swimmer Jumps into Deep Water.
1928 Nov Crash Downhill Into Car – Year-Old Accident Proves Fatal
1928 Nov Hedge at Corner – Jury’s Rider at Inquest on Wath Boy.
1929 Jul Where His Caravan Rested
1929 Oct Wath Tragedy – Two Little Boys Killed Crossing Railway.
1929 Dec Fall From Ladder – Wath Builder’s Death.
1930 May Trapped Thumb.- Wath Postman’s Death From Slight Injury.
1930 Jun Vain Effort – Miner’s Gallant Attempt to Save Drowning Boy.
1932 Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932 Apr Found Drowned – Swinton Miner’s Fate
1932 May Sequel To Fatal Motor Car Accident – Post-Inquest Explanation
1932 May Strange Incident at Wood’s Glass Works – Bullet in Boy
1932 Sep Cleaning Up
1932 Sep Disastrous Fire at Brampton
1932 Sep Mr. Dyson Among The Wreckage.
1932 Dec Fatal Accident to Motor-Cyclist – Mishap Due To Icy Surface
1934 Jan Misadventure – Wombwell Man’s Fate – Found On Line
1934 Jan Wath Man’s Gallantry – Carnegie Award – Daring Descent of Old Mine Shaft
1937 Aug Three People and Dog in Canal
1937 Nov Royal Humane Society Award
1937 Dec Railway (Accident)
1938 Feb Lamp in Hut Window leads To Tragic Wath Discovery
1938 Jul Remarkable Escape
1939 May Inquest On Wath Shunter – Run Over By Wagons
1939 Sep Mexborough Montagu – The Week’s Casualty List
1939 Nov Swinton Victim of Road Crash “Neither Driver Gave Clear Signal”
1941 Nov Two Hurt in Crossing Crash – Engine Hits Car at Wath
1942 Jan Fell Into Canal – Christmas Tragedy at Wath
1942 May Coroner Warns Parents – Comment on West Melton Accident
1942 Oct Loss of a Good Workman – Inquest on Wath Collier
1947 Jan Operation was Essential – Miss A Tingle’s Fatal Collapse
1947 Sep Fire at Manor Farm
1947 Dec Pithead “Flash’ Burn – Wath Main Mishap – Power House Workers in Hospital
1948 Jan A Weather Casualty
1949 Jul Wath Man Killed On Way to See Family Off On Holiday
1951 Mar Witness Denies Threat to Driver – Wath Fatality
1951 Jul Crash Scene Becomes Inferno
1951 Jul Wrecked Lorries Blocked West Melton Road
1951 Aug Verdict on Wath Builder
1951 Nov Covered with Blazing Petrol
1951 Nov Little or No Suicide Evidence – Open Verdict at Wath
1953 May Wath Canal Rescue – Unobtrusive Hero’s Presence of Mind Saves Girl.
1957 Feb Wath Man Has Leg Amputated
1957 Jun Distressing Mishap – West Melton Widow Badly Burnt
1957 Jun Man, 90, and Wife, 87 In Early Morning Fire
1958 Feb Driver’s Escape when Lorry Fell in Canal at Wath
1959 Feb Fatality at Manvers Main – Man dies in Boiling Cauldron – Unsuccessful Rescue Bid
1959 May Local Accident Statistics
1959 Oct Unpleasant Experience – Wath Couple’s Remarkable Escape
1959 Nov Fire Damage at Wath
1960 Jan Sidecar Passenger Fatally Injured
1970 May Two Killed – 2 Hurt in Evening Crash