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Accident at Manvers Main Colliery

November 1880
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 06 November 1880 Accident at Manvers Main Colliery On Wednesday morning William Beach, Swinton, at number 1 Pit, Manvers Main Colliery,...

1880 – Principal Chronological Events

December 1880
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880 Principal Chronological Events 1879 Oct. 20.—Strike at the Mexboro’ and Swinton Glass Works. Nov. 19.—Mass meeting of miners at...

Almanack for 1881

December 1880
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 24 December 1880 Almanack for 1881 Mexboro’ Local Board Members | Order of RetiringStenton, H.Dickinson, P.Peace, W.Beevers, W. | April 15th,...

Singular Drowning Case – The Results of Spitting.

1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 12 October 1888 Singular Drowning Case At Swinton Bridge. The Results of Spitting. Mr. Dossey Wightman held an inquest...

Another “Bounce” from Swinton

January 1881
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 07 January 1881 Another “Bounce” from Swinton Thomas Gregg, of Swinton, was charged with being drunk and disorderly there on...

Meeting of Miners

August 1881
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 17 August 1881 Meeting of Miners On Monday evening a meeting of miners from Denaby Main,...

Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

August 1881
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 12 August 1881 The Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade The official return of the quantity of coal...

Stealing and Wilful Damage

August 1881
York Herald - Monday 29 August 1881 West Riding Police At the West Riding Police-court on Saturday, Martin Coyne, a lad residing at Mexbro’, for stealing...

South Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade in 1881

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 20 January 1882 The South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade in 1881 The annual return relating to the...

Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton

January 1882
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 27 January 1882 Savage Assault on the Highway near Bolton John Henry Agas, coal dealer, of Mexboro’, was summoned for...