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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 & Tinsley Park Collieries,7th February, 1870
Orgreave Colliery Manager, Viewer, and Deputy Viewer, Concealing an Explosion at Orgreave 27th May, 1870
Explosion at Aldwarke Main Colliery 7 killed - 1875
Colliery Accident at Canklow in 1891
Explosion at Cortonwood Colliery, 1932
Decision to Resume at Pits June, 1952
Ten killed in Silverwood Colliery Train Crash 1966
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
William Kirkham dead in Canklow Wood,, June 1852
Case of Suffocation at Elsecar , 6th December, 1853
Double Murder of Luke and Elizabeth White at Bolton on Dearne 1856
Highway Robbery and Murder at Thrybergh 1856
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
William Bugby, Groom Charged With Murder of Thos.Swinburn at Firbeck 1894
Sub-Lieutenant William A. St. Aubyn Clarke R.N.D. killed December 1917
Fallen Officer, Charles St. Aubyn Clarke died 1918

Other Reports

Farming Stock for sale at Thurcroft 1803
John Harrison, Earl's Gamekeeper shot at Wath Wood, 16th December, 1803
Thurcroft Manor and Estate to be sold, February 1824
Royal Visit to Rockingham Works, Swinton, 16th August, 1827
Curiosities at Braithwell, 16th August, 1827
Auction of Estate at Dalton and Whiston, 1827
Destructive Fire at Aldwark 1831
Thurcroft Manor and Estates for sale 1833
Fire at Roche Abbey, 1834
Election Celebrations May, 1835
Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria's visit to Wentworth and Harewood 1835
Raiload Riots, October, 1838
Rotherham Statutes, November, 1838
Woman For Sale at Rotherham 8th October, 1839
Guinea Pigs sent 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, Hannah Nicholson died. Rotherham, September, 1851
Archbishop of York dissaproves of Vicar of Rotherham's speech, 1853
Wentworth Annual Fat Stock Sale 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
Burglary at Slade Hooton 28th February 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
Murderous Assault by Thomas Thompson,on Rhodes Greenwood, January,1863
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
Improvements in Land Drainage, Rotherham, July 1873
Mary Bennett charged with Cruelty at Rotherham Workhouse December 1875
Rotherham Cricket Club Sports August, 1880
Throapham farm labourers sentenced 1892
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union Visit to Roche Abbey 1896
Competition from Sale of Freehold Property in Rotherham, 1900
W, Watson guilty of Sheep Stealing at Greasborough, 1913
Alfred Bostock of Dalton, Hanged for murder of Elizabeth Sherratt, 1925
John Roberts of Maltby charged with attempting to murder his wife 1925
Proposed New Roads and Open Spaces 1925
9 killed in Parkgate Train Crash November, 1926
Death of Robert Woodward 1931
Duke of Kent opens Largest Gasholder in World at Wincobank 1938
Miners trapped at Barnborough Main Colliery April 1942
Power cut at Laughton caused by man on pylon August 1954
Crashing Jet Misses Houses at Rotherham, March 9th 1959
Bogus Meter Men in Ravenfield attack lady in home, 1960
Motorway Link Road at Thurcroft Approved 1965
Opening of Herringthorpe Leisure Centre, April, 1974
Royal Visit to South Yorkshire, July 1975

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
William Henry Townsend of Sheffield detained by Home Office 1893
New Gas Fired Converting Furnace opened at George Senior & Sons, Sheffield in 1908
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 - 2 dead September, 1844
Henry Graham, drowned to Save a Penny, Mexborough, 1845
Don Pottery worker found dead, Mexborough, 1847
Railway Accident at Swinton, Rotherham December, 1860
Another Railway Collision at Swinton, on 16th July, 1870

Worksop

Worksop Christmas Market 1895

Source:The Times, Sheffield Iris, Doncaster Gazette, unless stated otherwise

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