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The Burial of the Dead.
Sheffield Independent - Monday 23 November 1874
The Burial of the Dead.
Of the twenty-three men who lost their lives on Friday, more than half that...
The Shocking Explosion at the Warren Vale Colliery.
Sheffield Independent - Monday 23 November 1874
The Shocking Explosion at the Warren Vale Colliery.
Exploration of the Workings.
The excitement caused in the South...
The Shocking Accident Manver‘s Main Colliery.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 04 November 1880
The Shocking Accident Manver‘s Main Colliery.
Yesterday an inquest was held the Plant Hotel, Swinton, before Mr. Wightman,...
Colliery Accident at Wath
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 25 November 1880
Colliery Accident at Wath
Yesterday morning a married man named Ellis Turner of Swinton, was employed as a...
Alarming Accident at Wath Main Colliery.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 20 April 1881
Alarming Accident at Wath Main Colliery.
Early yesterday morning as the miners were being lowered to their work...
Alarming Fire at Winterwell.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 13 June 1884
Alarming Fire at Winterwell.
About half past one on Saturday morning last, Mrs. Frankland, wife of...
Prize Fight at Wath
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 20 February 1885
Prize Fight at Wath
On Friday evening last a fight for a small sum took place...
A Terrible Tragedy – Wife Murder at Wombwell
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...