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The Burial of the Dead.

November 1874
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.

November 1874
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.

November 1880
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

November 1880
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.

April 1881
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.

June 1884
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

February 1885
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

March 1887
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

March 1887
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.

May 1887
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...