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Concert – Empire – Wombwell Reform Male Voice Choir
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1918
Alarming Colliery Fire – Great Destruction of Property – 700 Men Out Of Employment.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 15 October 1872
Alarming Colliery Fire Darfield Main.
Great Destruction of Property.
700 Men Out Of Employment.
One of the...
The Murder of Henry Jessop at Wombwell
Sheffield Daily Telegraph December 31, 1874
The Murder of Henry Jessop at Wombwell
Yesterday afternoon the coroner (G Wightman Esq) held an inquest at the Ship...
The South Yorkshire Miners’ Association
Sheffield Independent – Saturday 09 June 1877
The South Yorkshire Miners’ Association
The third of a series of open-air demonstrations which are being held by the...
State of Coal Industry
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878
Barnsley, Friday.
The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....
Mitchells Main 55 for 2 Broomhill 10
Barnsley Chronicle - Saturday 06 July 1878
Mitchells Main v. Broomhill
Played on the ground of the former club, and resulted in an easy victory. Subjoined is the...
Painful Case of Robbery at Wombwell
Sheffield Independent October 26, 1878
Painful Case of Robbery at Wombwell
At the Barnsley Town Hall yesterday, before Mr J Dyson and Mrs JC Milner, a...
Chronology for 1879
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 02 January 1880
Chronology for 1879
We give below the principal local events which have taken place during the past...
Local Coal and Iron Trade.
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 12 December 1879
Local Coal and Iron Trade.
Six inches of snow and a continuance of keen frost have had...
Cow Killed By an Excursion Train
Sheffield Independent July 26, 1892
Cow Killed By an Excursion Train
The fast train to Cleethorpes on Sunday morning knocked down a cow at the level...