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Drunk and Disorderly at West Melton

January 1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 07 January 1881 Drunk and Disorderly at West Melton Mark Hargreaves and Benjamin Newcombe, of West Melton, were charged with...

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...

Meeting of Miners

August 1881
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 17 August 1881 Meeting of Miners On Monday evening a meeting of miners from Denaby Main,...

Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

August 1881
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 12 August 1881 The Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade The official return of the quantity of coal...

South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade in 1881

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 20 January 1882 The South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade in 1881 The annual return relating to the...

Smashing a Lamp at Manvers Main Colliery

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 January 1882 Smashing a Lamp at Manvers Main Colliery Wm. Breach, trammer, of Mexboro’, was summoned for a breach...

“Flare-up” in the “Cottage of Content,” West Melton

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 January 1882 A “Flare-up” in the “Cottage of Content,” West Melton A Corton Wood miner, named Frederick Nobles, was...

In the Courts

January 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 19 January 1883 In the Courts Wm. Rider, Denaby, for being drank and disorderly at Swinton on the 13th inst.,...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

February 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 10 February 1883 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade From the official return of the quantity of coal sent into Hull...

Flooding

February 1883
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883 Flooding The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...