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The Great Gale – Disaster Follows In The Storm King’s Track.

February 1890
Leeds Times - Saturday 01 February 1890 The Great Gale. Disaster Follows In The Storm King's Track. Steamers Sunk, Crews Blown Overboard, Buildings Wrecked. Houses...

A Miner Buried Alive at Wath Main – Shocking Spectacle.

May 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 May 1890 A Miner Buried Alive at Wath Main. Shocking Spectacle. On Tuesday a man named Bradley, residing...

Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.

May 1890
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 10 May 1890 The Yorkshire Coalowners and Local Wages Questions. An Important Resolution. A resolution of very great importance to...

Bigamy at Wath

May 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 May 1890 Bigamy at Wath At the Leeds Assizes on Monday, John Markland, joiner, pleaded guilty to committing bigamy...

Drunks at Denaby & West Melton

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890 Drunk at Denaby. Joseph Swain and Patrick McDonald, miners, of Denaby, were summoned for being drunk at...

Drunks at Wath & Wets Melton

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 July 1890 Drunk at Kilnhurst John Bloor, miner, of Kilnhurst, was summoned for being drank on the highway at...

Drunks, Gambling & Muzzling

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890 Drunk at Swinton Edward Tracey of Mexborough was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Swinton on...

Ripping a Woman’s Arm Open at West Melton.

July 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890 Ripping a Woman's Arm Open at West Melton. William Lee, miner, living in Winterwell road, West...

The Fog in the Don Valley – Sad Drowning Fatalities

November 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890 A Chapter of Accidents The Fog in the Don Valley Sad Drowning Fatalities November has been true to its...

Game Trespass at Wath

November 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890 Game Trespass at Wath Alfred Lindley. Frederick  Lindley, and William Shaw, of Swinton, were each summoned...