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The Fatal Railway Accident at Wombwell

April 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 April 1887 The Fatal Railway Accident at Wombwell Inquest. Recommendation by the Jury. On Wednesday afternoon the inquiry...

Coroner’s Inquest at Wombwell

April 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 08 April 1887 Coroner’s Inquest at Wombwell On Saturday afternoon, Mr Dossey Wightman, coroner held an inquest at the house...

Darfield Collier’s Death

April 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 22 April 1887 On Wednesday the Barnsley police authorities received a report relating to the death of a. collier...

Wombwell Local Board Election

April 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 08 April 1887 Wombwell Local Board Election The result of the annual election for the Wombwell Local Board was made...

Coroner’s Inquest at Wombwell

April 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph April 4 1887 Coroner’s Inquest at Wombwell On Saturday afternoon, Mr Dossey Wightman, coroner, held an inquest at the house of Mr E...

Heavy Fine for Selling Unbound Meat at Wombwell.

April 1887
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 April 1887 Heavy Fine for Selling Unbound Meat at Wombwell. At Barnsley, on Wednesday, John Barnes, Butcher, of...

The Wombwell Tragedy – Trial of Hazlehurst – Wombwell’s Wild Beasts.

May 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 09 May 1887 The Wombwell Tragedy. Trial of Hazlehurst. Wombwell's Wild Beasts. A Present from The Bench. In the Crown Court Leeds...

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...