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Rifling Waggons at Swinton

July 1884
Sheffield Independent – Tuesday 15 July 1884 Rifling Waggons at Swinton John Hindes, labourer, was brought up in custody on a charge of being in an...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

September 1884
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 10 September 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade According to the returns just issued the falling off in the tonnage sent...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

October 1884
Sheffield Weekly Telegraph – Saturday 11 October 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade During the month of September the total quantity of coal sent to...

Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation

December 1884
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 09 December 1884 Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation It is considered that within a radius of six miles from either Mexborough or...

Nine Year Old Wanderer Spends Night in Wombwell Wood

January 1885
Barnsley Chronicle, etc. - Saturday 31 January 1885 Nine Year Old Wanderer Spends Night in Wombwell Wood This week, a little girl of about nine years...

Assaults on the Police at Wombwell

February 1885
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, February 10, 1885 Assaults on the Police at Wombwell John Humphries, a Denaby lockout, was fined 5s and cost by the Barnsley magistrates...

Sudden Death at Wombwell

July 1886
Sheffield Daily Telegraph July 22, 1886 Sudden Death at Wombwell On Tuesday morning Arthur Weston, a boy, six years of age, son of William Weston,...

A Terrible Tragedy – Wife Murder at Wombwell

March 1887
Leeds Times, Saturday, March 26, 1887 Wife Murder at Wombwell Junction A terrible tragedy was enacted on Sunday at Wombwell Junction, near Barnsley, the surrounds of...

Wife Murder at Wombwell – Inquest

March 1887
Leeds Times, Saturday, March 26, 1887 Wife Murder near Barnsley The inquest was held at new Wombwell on Thursday, Superintendent Kane was present, and Mr E.J....

Serious Fire at Wombwell

April 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, April 16, 1887 Serious Fire at Wombwell On Thursday afternoon about 4 o’clock the house and shop occupied by Mr Spooner, Park Street,...