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A Swinton Miner Killed at Thrybergh Hall

February 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 26 February 1892 A Swinton Miner Killed at Thrybergh Hall On Tuesday afternoon, an inquest was held at the Rotherham...

The Crisis in the Coal Trade – Mexborough District

March 1892
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 01 March 1892 The Crisis in the Coal Trade Mexborough District The last of the notices for a week’s stoppage at the...

South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week

April 1892
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 07 April 1892 South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade. The Miners' "Stop" Week and the Traffic The effects of the miners'...

Great Fall of Bind at Manvers Main Colliery – Two Lives Lost.

May 1892
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 10 May 1892 Great Fall of Bind at Manvers Main Colliery. Two Lives Lost. Early yesterday morning a terrible accident occured...

Chimney on Fire at Swinton

May 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times, May 6th 1892 Chimney on Fire at Swinton James Downs, miner, of Swinton, who was represented by his wife, was summoned for...

Drunkenness

May 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 27 May 1892 Drunkenness John Balmforth, miner, Wath, was summoned for being drunk at Wath on the 8th inst. P.c. Hyde...

Game Trespass at Swinton

May 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times, May 6th 1892 Game Trespass at Swinton Samuel Kelsall miner, of Swinton, Ben Dixon, trammer of Kilnhurst and Herbert Gedney, driver, of...

Gaming & Bad Language at Swinton

May 1892
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 20, 1892 Drunk at West Melton William Nally, miner, was fined five shillings and costs for having been drunk at West...

Obscene Language at Swinton.

May 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 27 May 1892 Obscene Language at Swinton. Edward Drabble, miner, of Swinton, was summoned for having used obscene language at...

Swinton Local Board Property Damaged

May 1892
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 20, 1892 Swinton Local Board Property Damaged John Hammond, boat hauler, Walter Hammond, labourer. John Smith, trammer, Charles Henry Dunhill, labourer,...