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Child Scalded to Death at Wombwell

June 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 03 June 1887 Child Scalded to Death at Wombwell On Tuesday morning a little boy named Edwin Stenton, whose parent...

Fire in Wombwell Wood

August 1887
Barnsley Chronicle - Saturday 13 August 1887 Fire in Wombwell Wood. On Sunday last a fire was discovered in Wombwell  Wood, which, had it not been...

Accident at Cortonwood Colliery

October 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 27 October 1887 Accident at Cortonwood Colliery A young man named Thomas Thompson, employed in the screens at the Cortonwood Colliery...

Important Experiments with New Explosive at a Yorkshire Colliery

October 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 12 October 1887 Important Experiments with New Explosive at a Yorkshire Colliery On Monday a considerable gathering of distinguished English...

The Fatal Accident at Wombwell Main Colliery.

November 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 November 1887 The Fatal Accident at Wombwell Main Colliery. The body of the unfortunate man, John Millington, miner,...

Serious Accident at Cortonwood Colliery.

November 1887
Barnsley Chronicle - Saturday 19 November 1887 Serious Accident at Cortonwood Colliery. Yesterday (Friday) at noon, a miner named Reuben Thompson, was admitted into Barnsley...

A Miner Buried Under 20 Tons of Coal

November 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 18 November 1887 A Miner Buried Under 20 Tons of Coal An inquest was held on Friday afternoon at the...