Newspaper Extracts
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Mining Accidents, Inquests, Strikes etc
- Four Men Killed at Kimberworth Colliery, 15th August, 1808
- Five Men Killed Newbould Colliery 5th July, 1822
- Fatal Mining Accident at Herringthorpe, Near Rotherham, 10th August, 1836
- Subterranean Fire at Lower Haugh, 14th June, 1848
- Colliery Explosion at Elsecar, December 1852
- Mining Disaster at Warren Vale Colliery, Rotherham, December, 1851
- Explosion at Grange Lane Colliery, Thorpe Hesley, September, 1856
- Breaches of Coal Mines Inspection Act at Rotherham, January, 1857
- Fatal Colliery Accident at Killamarsh, 8th January, 1858
- Mining Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery, Kilnhurst, December, 1863
- Explosion of Fire-Damp at Woodhouse Mill, December, 1864
- Explosion of Fire-Damp at Brightside Colliery 26th October, 1865
- Extraordinary Strike at Carr House Colliery,2nd May, 1867
- Dispute at Thornecliffe Collieries,7th February, 1870
- Orgreave Colliery Manager, Viewer, and Deputy Viewer, Concealing an Explosion at Orgreave 27th May, 1870
- Colliery Accident at Canklow in 1891
- Decision to Resume at Pits June, 1952
- Coal strike men to meet TUC chief October, 1969
- NCB earnings scheme seen in wider context 26th August, 1974
- New Pits in Coal Board Plans, February, 1975
- Yorkshire's pit productivity hopes pinned on payment by results, February, 1977
- Lost wages average £4,543, N.C.B claims, September, 1984
- Tactics switch to blockading, 14th November, 1984
- Frightened miners and their families live in hotels at coal board's expense, April, 1985
Sudden Death, Murder etc.
- Shocking Death of Rebecca Tingle, Rotherham. 18th May, 1838
- Death of newly wed, Son of Edward Swift, 14th November 1839
- Masborough Boat Disaster, Rotherham, 5th July 1841
- Murder of Suzannah Jaggers near Parkgate Works, May, 1847
- Case of Suffocation at Elsecar , 6th December, 1853
- Murder at Throapham of Sally Hare, 1st October, 1858
- Manslaughter of Isaac Wood, 16th November, 1858
- Death from eating Monkshood at Ecclesfield Hall, 23rd March 1859
- Frightful case of Stabbing, Victim, James Milnes, 4th April, 1861
- Shocking Death of Guard at Parkgate Named Atha,15th January, 1864
- Manslaughter at Rotherham of John Burns,3rd November, 1870
Other Reports
- Earl's Gamekeeper shot at Wath Wood, 16th December, 1803
- Royal Visit to Rockingham Works, Swinton, 16th August, 1827
- Curiosities at Braithwell, 16th August, 1827
- Fire at Roche Abbey, 1834
- Criminal Trial of Joshua Beaumont for Stealing, 12 July 1838
- Alarming Disturbances, October, 1838
- Woman For Sale at Rotherham 8th October, 1839
- Present to Her Majesty From Laughton, October, 1839
- Glass Coffin manufactured by James Fryer, 21st December, 1841
- Henry Turner of Thorpe Hesley,guilty of Horse Stealing, March, 1843
- Interesting find at Rotherham Church, August 1843
- Escape of a child at Railway Station, August, 1844
- Bankruptcy of Earl of Mexborough, 1st December, 1846
- Fire at Black Horse Inn, Rotherham, 15th September, 1851
- Archbishop of York dissaproves of Vicar of Rotherham's speech , 1st January, 1853
- Bursting of Canal near Sheffield , 20th February, 1854
- Burglary and Wounding at Brinsworth, Rotherham, March 1854
- Incendiary fire At Canklow Mills, February, 1856
- Burglary at Handsworth Quarry Owners, 10th March, 1856
- Seizure and Sale of Public Works, Rotherham, December, 1856
- Shoemakers Strike at Rotherham, May, 1857
- Murderous Attack of Policeman at Todwick, November, 1857
- Extensive Robbery of Jewelry from William Bray, pawnbroker, 18th June, 1860
- Cattle Trade - Rotherham, November, 1862
- Cattle Trade - Rotherham, December, 1863
- Escape of Prisoners, Wm Turner and John Holmes,27th September, 1865
- Narrow Escape of Express Train at Kilnhurst, September, 1870
- Railway Accident at Masbrough Station, November, 1870
- Rotherham Cricket Club Sports August, 1880
- Competition from Sale of Freehold Property in Rotherham, 1900
- Power cut at Laughton caused by man on pylon August 1954
Sport
- Great Cricket Match, Dreadful Accident at Darnall,August 27th 1822
Sheffield
- Death of Quaker, Joseph Frith, 17th January, 1803
- Opening of Surrey Theatre at Sheffield, 21st November, 1826
- Accident at the Surrey Music Hall, 11th September 1858
- Sheffield Flood, March, 1864
- Murder of Elizabeth Drabble at Chapeltown, 27th March, 1865
- Machinery Accident Davy's, Blast Lane, 15th November, 1865
- Explosion at Sheffield Gas Works, 25th October 1973
Doncaster
- Fatal Boating Accident at Doncaster, 18th June, 1845
Swinton and Mexborough
- Railway Accidents at Sheffield and Swinton September, 1844
- Another Railway Collision at Swinton, on 16th July, 1870
Source:The Times, Sheffield Iris, Doncaster Gazette, unless stated otherwise
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