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Tragic’ Suicide at Wath – Colliery Secretary Shoots Himself.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 February 1889
Tragic' Suicide at Wath.
A Colliery Secretary Shoots Himself.
Yesterday morning the town of Wath-on-Dearne and...
Sad End of Whitsuntide School Feast.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 14 June 1889
Sad End of Whitsuntide School Feast.
Towards the close of Monday evening gloom was thrown over the...
A New Cottage Hospital
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Monday 09 September 1889
Cottage Hospital For Mexborough.
The intermittent agitation which has been carried on in Mexborough during the past...
Denaby Main and Manvers Main “Top” Men.
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 21 November 1889
Denaby Main and Manvers Main "Top" Men.
There is a grievance still among the " top " men employed...
Meeting at Mexbro’ – Mr. Pickard and His Detractors
Sheffield Independent - Saturday 16 November 1889
Meeting at Mexbro'.
Mr. Pickard and His Detractors
A meeting of the Denaby Main and Manvers Main Miners...
Denaby Main and Manyers Main Topmen
Sheffield Independent - Friday 20 December 1889
Denaby Main and Manyers Main Topmen
Yesterday the whole of the topmen at these mines had handed in...
Trade in the Mexborough Area in 1889
heffield Independent - Monday 23 December 1889
Trade in the Mexborough Area in 1889
In the neighbourhood of Mexbro' the year has been for the most...
The Great Gale – Disaster Follows In The Storm King’s Track.
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.
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.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 10 May 1890
The Yorkshire Coalowners and Local Wages Questions.
An Important Resolution.
A resolution of very great importance to...