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The Fog in the Don Valley – Sad Drowning Fatalities

November 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890 A Chapter of Accidents The Fog in the Don Valley Sad Drowning Fatalities November has been true to its...

A Swinton Beer House Keeper Summoned

November 1890
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890 A Swinton Beer House Keeper Summoned Charles Moore, landlord of the Roman Hotel beerhouse, Roman-terrace, and James...

The Fatal Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery.

January 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 23 January 1891 The Fatal Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery. Inquest. Thrybergh Hall Miners and a  Permanent Belief Fund. An...

Local Trade in 1890

January 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 09 January 1891 Local Trade in 1890 In the neighbourhood of Mexborough – notorious for colliery disputes – the year...

A Case from Thrybergh Hall Colliery.

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 February 1891 A Case from Thrybergh Hall Colliery. Vincent Smith, of Swinton, was summoned for having committed a breach...

A Joke and its Results at Swinton

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 February 1891 A Joke and its Results at Swinton Charles Cooke, of Swinton, was charged with having stolen a...

Drunk in Charge of a Horse at Swinton

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 20 February 1891 Drunk in charge of a horse at Swinton John Brooke, of Swinton, was fined 20 shillings...

Drunkenness at Denaby, Swinton & West Melton

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 27 February 1891 Drunkenness at Denaby John Headland of Denaby, was fined 5s for having been drunk on the 7th...

Drunkenness at West Melton & Swinton

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 February 1891 Drunkenness at West Melton & Swinton John Noble, miner, of West Melton, was summoned for being drunk...

Drunks at Kilnhurst, Denaby, Wath & Swinton

February 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 13 February 1891 Rotherham Police Court Drunk at Kilnhurst. Benjamin Spencer, of Kilnhurst, was summoned for having been drunk at Kilnhurst...