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Denaby Main and Manvers Main “Top” Men.

November 1889
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

November 1889
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

December 1889
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

December 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.

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...