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1874   Nov The Burial of the Dead.
1874   Nov The Shocking Explosion at the Warren Vale Colliery.
1884   Mar Sad Death of a Keel Captain at Denaby.
1889   Feb Death by Suffocation At The Swinton Chemical Works.
1891   Jan The Fatal Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery.
1892   Feb A Swinton Miner Killed at Thrybergh Hall
1892   May Great Fall of Bind at Manvers Main Colliery – Two Lives Lost.
1892   Sep Fatal Accident at Manvers – Deputy Censured.
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Colliery Disasters & Drowning Cases
1908   Nov Killed By Complications – Veteran Miner’s Death – Heart Failure & Accident.
1909   Jan Cut Finger Causes Death – Blood Poisoning – Life Lost Through Neglect.
1917   Mar Swinton Miner’s Death – Accident at Denaby Main – Boys Fatal Oversight
1918   May Miner Killed by Fall of Roof
1918   Aug Fatality at Manvers Main – Handyman Killed and Youth Badly Injured
1919   Apr Swinton Engine Driver Killed
1919   Jul Manvers Main Fatality – Miner Killed through a “Bump.”
1919   Dec Mexboro’ Miner Killed at Manvers Main.
1927   Jun Fatal Fall of Roof.
1928   Jul Youth Killed – Unexplained Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Derailed Tubs.
1928   Oct Driver Killed – Haulage Roads That ” Creep Narrower.” – Kicking Pony. “Mischief “
1929   Jul Killed By Fall – Accident During Precautions
1929   Nov Killed By Roof Fall – Another of Nature’s Revenges – A Swinton Victim.
1930   May Too Eager To Help – Miner Trapped in “Paddy’s Mail” Killed On Birthday
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face
1933   Jan Cortonwood Disaster Inquest – Fatal Seventh Shot
1937   Oct Pinned By Rail That Slipped – Tragedy Alters Old System
1938   Oct Accidental Death – Miner Killed at Denaby Main
1938   Oct Graphic Story of “Bump” – Miner Sees Mate Killed – Neck Broken by Flying Prop
1940   Aug Only Fingers Showing – Miner Crushed By Stone at Manvers
1941   Jan Scouts’ Death.  
1941   Sep Manvers Main Accident – One Dead: One in Hospital
1942   Apr Runaway Tub – Mineworker Fatally Injured
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s Message
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremour
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Men Involved
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1944   Sep Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed
1947   Jun “Back Flash” in 180 yards face at Barnburgh Main
1951   Nov Manvers Pit Fatality
1951   Nov Miner Over-Eager? Victim of Hidden Manvers Roof Fall
1951   Dec Escaped Barnburgh Entombment – Swinton Miner Fatally Injured at Cadeby
1951   Dec Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Mineworker
1957   Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause Of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1959   Jun The Printing Dispute
1959   Aug Barnburgh Fatality – ‘Difficult to Understand What Could Have Happened’