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Drunkenness

November 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 09 November 1883 Drunkenness John Barrett was summoned for having been drunk on the 22nd ult. at the Don Hotel,...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

December 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 18 December 1883 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade During the month of November the tonnage of coal sent to Hull...

The Terrific Gale – Great Destruction of Life and Property

December 1883
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 13 December 1883 The Terrific Gale Great Destruction of Life and Property At Kilnhurst a large portion of a stack belonging to...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883.

January 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 09 January 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883. During the month of December,...

Chronological Table of Principal Occurrences In 1883.

January 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 January 1884 Chronological Table of the Principal Occurrences in the District In 1883. JANUARY 1.—A porter named Arthur Barber killed...

Floods in the Mexbro’ District.

January 1884
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 24 January 1884 Floods in the Mexbro’ District. At eleven o’clock last night the river Don was running over its banks at...

The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’.

January 1884
Sheffield Independent - Friday 04 January 1884 The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’. The inhabitants of Mexbro’ have much confidence that the proposed application at...

Accident on the Railway near Mexbro’.

February 1884
Sheffield Independent – Wednesday 20 February 1884 Accident on the Railway near Mexbro’. Yesterday morning, a woman named Mary Ann Harrison, about 50 years of age,...

The Hull Coal Trade.

February 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 13 February 1884 The Hull Coal Trade. The position of the South Yorkshire collieries in relation...

Sad Death of a Keel Captain at Denaby.

March 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 March 1884 Sad Death of a Keel Captain at Denaby. On Tuesday evening some excitement was caused at Denaby Main by...