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The Great Gale – Don and Dearne Overflowed
Leeds Times - Saturday 01 February 1890
The Great Gale.
Disaster Follows In The Storm King's Track.
Steamers Sunk, Crews Blown Overboard, Buildings Wrecked.
Houses...
Sad Death from Poisoning at Swinton – A Mysterious Letter.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 07 March 1890
Sad Death from Poisoning at Swinton.
A Mysterious Letter.
On Tuesday morning, at the Canal Tavern, Swinton, an...
Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 10 May 1890
The Yorkshire Coalowners and Local Wages Questions.
An Important Resolution.
A resolution of very great importance to...
Drunk at Swinton
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 04 July 1890
Drunk at Kilnhurst
John Bloor, miner, of Kilnhurst, was summoned for being drank on the highway at...
Drunks, Gambling & Muzzling
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 July 1890
Drunk at Swinton
Edward Tracey of Mexborough was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Swinton on...
The Inquest At Swinton.
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 November 1890
The Inquest At Swinton.
An inquest was held 'at the Canal Tavern,...
The Fog in the Don Valley – Sad Drowning Fatalities
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
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.
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
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 09 January 1891
Local Trade in 1890
In the neighbourhood of Mexborough – notorious for colliery disputes – the year...