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1888   Nov Mass Meeting of Denaby Miners.
1889   Jan Disputes at Denaby Main Colliery – Mr. Pickard, M.P., at Mexborough
1889   Jun Accidents at Denaby Main Colliery.
1889   Jul  Meeting Of Denaby Main Miners.
1889   Jul A Mexbro’ Collier ” Buried Alive.”
1889   Jul Dispute At Denaby Main Colliery – Meeting Of Miners.
1889   Aug Denaby Main Colliery Extension.
1889   Aug Miners’ Wages – Top Men at Denaby
1889   Aug The Denaby Main Miners.
1889   Oct Mexborough, Man in Accident at Denaby Main Colliery
1889   Nov Denaby Main and Manvers Main “Top” Men.
1889   Nov Denaby Main Topmen.
1889   Nov Meeting at Mexbro’ – Mr. Pickard and His Detractors
1889   Dec Trade in the Mexborough Area in 1889
1890   Feb Another Distressing Accident at Denaby Main Colliery.
1890   Feb Accident at Denaby Main Colliery – First Case at New Hospital
1890   Feb Miners’ Agitation – Meeting At Mexborough.
1890   Feb Shocking Accident to a Mexbro’ Miner.
1891   Jan Local Trade in 1890
1891   Apr Chapter of Accidents at Mexbro’ Montagu
1891   Apr Alarming Cage Accident at Denaby Main.
1891   Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891
1891   Oct Miners and their Work
1891   Nov Breaches of Colliery Rules at Denaby
1891   Dec Breach of Colliery Rules.
1892   Jan Theft of a Mottie at Manvers Main
1892   Mar Breach of Colliery Rules
1892   Apr Coal Trade – Miners’ “Stop” Week and the Traffic
1892   Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1892   May Alarming Accident at Manvers – Inquests
1892   May Alarming Accident at Manvers – Two Killed & Two Injured.
1892   May Great Fall of Bind at Manvers Main Colliery – Two Lives Lost.
1892   Jun The Development of the Railways
1892   Jul Miner’s Demonstration
1892   Aug Hull Coal Trade – Falling Off of the Traffic.
1892   Sep A Warning to Miners.
1892   Sep Mining Intelligence – Colliery Operations in the Mexborough District
1892   Sep Breaches of Colliery Rules at Denaby Main
1892   Oct Breach of Colliery Rules
1892   Nov Cadeby Colliery – Rapid Development
1892   Nov South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1892   Dec Commercial Trade in 1892
1893   Jan Coal Reached at Cadeby – Cutting Through the Barnsley bed
1893   Jan The Hull Coal Trade – Returns for 1892
1893   Jan District Trade in 1892
1893   Jan Breaking Rules at Denaby Main
1893   Jan Taking Lucifer Match Into The Denaby Pit.
1893   Feb Celebration of Cadeby Coal-Winning – Grand Dinner.
1899   Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1899   Aug A Fatality at Denaby Main.
1899   Aug Matches Into The Denaby Pit.
1901   Feb A Quarrel at Denaby Main.
1901   Mar Ballots at Denaby – Labour Members.
1902 80 The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Meeting with Mr Chambers – Memorandum
1902   Feb The “Bag Dirt” Question – Doncaster County Court
1902   Jun Workmen’s Compensation Claim
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Question – Dispute Again
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Strike – (6) Mass Meeting of Men – Annables & Hall
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Strike – (4) – Letter from Mr W.H. Chambers
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Strike – (5) – Reply from the Lodge Secretaries
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Strike – (7) – Mass Meeting – Collecting Cards
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Strike – (2) – The Wheels Stopped
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Strike – (3) – Wednesday Interview with Mr Chambers
1902   Jul The “Bag Dirt” Strike – (1) – Mass Meeting
1902   Aug “Bag Dirt” Strike – Feeding the Children.
1902   Aug “Bag Dirt” Strike – Further Summonses
1902   Aug “Bag Dirt” Strike – Meeting of Miners’ Wives
1902   Aug “Bag Dirt” Strike – Meeting with Mr Chambers – 6th Week of Stoppage
1902   Aug “Bag Dirt” Strike – Seventh Week of the Stoppage
1902   Aug Denaby & Cadeby Strike – Ninth Week of the Stoppage
1902   Aug The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Mass Meeting of Men
1902   Aug The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Meeting with Mr Chambers – Memorandum
1902   Aug The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Meeting with Mr Chambers – Price List
1902   Aug The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Slight Disturbances
1902   Aug The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Soup Kitchen for Mexboro’
1902   Aug The “Bag Dirt” Strike – The Strike and Children
1902   Aug Forty-Two More Miners Summoned
1902   Sep The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.
1902   Sep The “Bag Dirt” Strike – 10th Week of the Great Struggle
1902   Sep The “Bag Dirt” Strike – 12th Week of The Stoppage – Communication with Chambers
1902   Sep The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Miner’s Meeting
1902   Sep The “Bag Dirt” Strike – More Miners Summoned – 317 Orders Made.
1902   Sep The “Bag Dirt” Strike – Propsed New Price List
1902   Sep A Denaby Collector in Trouble.
1902   Oct Denaby & Cadeby Strike – 14th Week – Alleged Loss of £90,000 Wages.
1902   Oct Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Mass and Stormy Meeting of the Men
1902   Oct Strikes & Stoppages at Denaby
1902   Oct More Miners’ Summoned and the Usual Orders Made
1902   Nov Denaby & Cadeby Strike – 6th Month Of Stoppage – No Prospect of Settlement
1902   Nov Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Colliery Companies Determined Attitude
1902   Nov Denaby Notes – Article in a Yorkshire Evening Paper
1902   Nov Letter From Buckingham Pope
1902   Nov Statement by Mr Buckingham Pope, Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Chairman
1902   Nov The Denaby and Cadeby Main Strike – Three More Orders Made
1902   Dec Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Conference of Masters and Men – Settlement Still To Be Made
1902   Dec Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Developments – Ejectment Orders Granted – Exciting Scenes
1902   Dec Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Ejectments Granted – 750 Homes to Be Broken Up.
1902   Dec Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Question Of Strike Pay
1902   Dec Important Injunction against Y.M.A. – “Strike Pay” Stopped.
1902   Dec Mass Meeting of the Men – Men Full of Fight
1902   Dec Meeting of Men – Prospects of a Settlement.
1902   Dec Resultant on The Strike – Damages Obtained From More Miners.
1902   Dec The Denaby and Cadeby Strike – Treachery
1902   Dec The Question of Evictions – 750 Ejectment Orders
1902   Dec Women’s Trouble at Denaby
1903   Feb Sad Death of a Mexborough Miner – Killed by a Fall of Coal
1903   Feb Denaby & Cadeby Strike – 32nd Week of the Struggle
1903   Feb Denaby & Cadeby Strike – Sensational Developments – Men Advised to Resume Work
1903   Feb To Aid the Strikers – Meeting in Sheffield
1903   Feb Misappropriation of Relief Funds – Miner Sent to Prison
1903   Apr Mass Meeting Of Men Still Unemployed
1903   Apr The Intimidation Charges
1903   Apr Assault Cases Adjourned
1904   Jan Another Fatality At Denaby – Pony-driver Killed.
1904   Jul Colliery Accident At Denaby.
1904   Nov Alarming Occurrence at Manvers Main Pit. –  Miraculous Escape of Miner
1907   Sep 15 Year Old Pony-driver Run over by Tubs
1907   Sep Man´s Sad Death – Killed By Coal From Wagon – Safety Precautions Suggested.
1907   Oct Collier Killed by Fall of Roof – Crushed To Death.
1907   Nov Offences in The Mine – Batch of Cases At Doncaster.
1908 Apr 11 Walter Bennett Killed – Awful Affair – Tragic End
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1908   Nov Gigantic Fall of Roof – Driver Crushed To Death – Heroic Rescue by Deputy.
1909   Jan Buried By Fall of Roof
1909   Feb Buried for Two Hours – One Taken and the Other Left – Miner’s Neck broken
1909   Feb Coal Mining Operations at Mexboro’.
1909   May Alarming Accident – Engine Turns a Somersault – Driver & Fireman’s Miraculous Escape
1909   Jul Miners’ Dangers – Fatalities in Mexborough District.
1909   Jul Two Colliers Killed – Ex-Soldier’s Neck Broken at Denaby.
1909   Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1909   Nov Colliery Offences
1910   Feb Colliery Offences – Many Prosecutions at Doncaster.
1910   Mar Mr. Wadsworth, M.P., At Denaby – Is Yorkshire The Dumping Ground?
1911   Sep Killed in the Pit – Mexborough Pony Drivers Mistake
1911   Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1911   Nov Breach of Colliery Rules at Denaby
1911   Nov Cruelty to a Pony at Denaby
1912   Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
1912   Feb Strike will Affect 50,000 People To-Morrow.
1912   Mar Disastrous Effect on Trading Concerns.
1912   Mar National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912   Mar Reports from the Coal Fields – In the Don Valley
1912   Mar Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – A Rumour Causes Big Demonstrations
1912   Mar Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Good Work by Police – Ugly Rushes by 8000 Strong Crowd
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1912   May Mining Offences
1912   Aug Editorial – Cadeby Disaster
1912   Aug Editorial – Home Office Inquiry
1912   Aug Fall of Roof. – Fatal Accident at Denaby –  The Inquest.
1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Monday Afternoon
1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Monday Morning
1912   Aug Home Office Inquiry Into the Cadey Disaster – Points From The Enquiry.
1912   Aug Editorial – Another Appeal
1912   Sep Cadeby Disaster – Widows’ Pathetic Disclosure at Inquest – A Painful Incident.
1912   Nov Colliery Offences at the Cadeby Pit – A Broken Safety Lamp
1912   Nov Special Rule Four – Drawing Timber
1912   Dec The Cadeby Disaster – End of the Inquiry – Cusworth’s Pocketbook
1912   Dec The Cadeby Disaster – End of the Inquiry – Inspectors Important Conclusions
1912   Dec Mexborough Mothers Claim
1913   Jan No “Coal Hole” – Cadeby Miners Excuse for Not Working
1917   Dec Banksman Knocked Down
1918   Mar Fell from Aerial Flight – Youth’s Shocking Death – Blacksmith’s Narrow Escape
1919   Jan Deputy Killed by Fall of Stone
1919   Jul Manvers Main Fatality – Miner Killed through a “Bump.”
1919   Jul Wath Main Accident – Death from Injuries.
1919   Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919   Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919   Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919   Oct Miners In Peril. – Extraordinary Accident – Cage Overwound.
1919   Dec Mexboro’ Miner Killed at Manvers Main.
1920   Jan Hull Coal Traffic.
1920   May Orders against Miners For Strike Relief.
1920   Oct The Datum Ballot – Heavy Adverse Vote
1920   Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921   Jan Hull Coal Trade.
1921   Apr Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”
1921   Apr Local Effects of Coal Strike – Works Closing
1921   Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921   May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921   May Strike in Seventh Week
1921   Jun Pit Pony Races.
1921   Aug Trapped by a Motor – An Unlucky Oversight.
1922   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Trade – Shipments for March 1922
1922   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valley.
1927   Jun Agitators at Work
1927   Aug 67 Years Working in the Mine
1927   Sep Accidental Death of 14 Year old Trammer
1927   Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928   Jan Smallest Pit Pony in the District
1928   May Bars Or Props? Which Are Safer In Coal Mines?
1928   May Scratch Has Fatal Termination.
1928   Jun Needless Accident – Colliery Rules Not Observed
1928   Sep Coal Trade Outlook – Hopeful Signs at South Yorkshire Pits – Five Counties Scheme.
1928   Nov “The Toilers.” The Miner at Work and Play – A Coalfield Film.
1928   Nov “The Toilers”
1929   Feb Mr A.J. Cook at Mexborough
1929   Mar Died After Operation – Sequel to Accident to Mexborough Man
1929   Mar Coal Boom. Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire. All Pits Busy.
1929   May Trapped By Tubs – Mexborough Youth Killed in Barnburgh Mine – Shocking Injuries.
1929   Jul Pit Roof Fall – Heroic Efforts to Rescue Entombed Miner
1929   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valleys.
1930   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valleys – Prospects None Too Bright.
1931   Jan Trade In 1931- The Local Outlook – No Great Expectations
1931   Feb Whirled Round Shaft – Caught in Screen – Unseen Accident.
1931   May Pit Bump – Mexborough Man Killed – Huge Stone
1931   Nov Engineer’s Retirement – Fifty-Four Years at Manvers Main.
1931   Nov Has The Tide Turned? – Trade Review – Coal, Iron & Steel, Brass, Glass, Soaps & Oils
1931   Dec Don and Dearne Valleys – Upward Tendency of Trade
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Feb A Funny Roof – Mexboro’ Miner Killed At Denaby.
1932   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – What Rescuers Had To Face
1932   Jun Killed By Tubs – Boy’s Neck Broken – Unexplained Accident
1932   Oct Old Friends Meet
1932   Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1933   Jan Cortonwood Disaster Inquest – Fatal Seventh Shot
1933   Jan The Town Bird
1933   Apr  Denaby Accident – Tragedy of Broken Rules – Official’s Son Killed
1934   Jan Miner’s Death from Explosion – Fatal Third Shot – Unsuspected Pocket of Gas
1934   Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1934   Feb “Faulty” Roof – Fatal Fall at Cadeby Main
1934   Feb “Faulty” Roof Fatal Fall at Cadeby Main Denaby Man Killed
1934   Feb Cadeby Dispute – Court Sequel To Lightning Strike – 257 Workmen Prosecuted
1938   Jan Colliery Veteran
1938   Feb Subsidence Damage at Mexborough
1938   Nov Fatal Accident In Pit
1939   Apr Runaway Tubs At Barnburgh- Questions About Catch
1939   May Young Mine Workers
1939   Dec Harder Then Than Now – Mexboro’ Mineworker Looks Back
1939   Dec First Aid “V.C.” – Pit Worker’s Distinction Saved Man’s Life
1940   Aug Mexborough Miner Crushed – Did Not Set Props When Advised by Deputy
1941   Mar Choked By False Teeth – Man Crushed Under Fall
1941   Aug Fall of Roof – Mexborough Miner Killed
1942   Apr Runaway Tub – Mineworker Fatally Injured
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Sympathy With District – Mine Minister’s Message
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Deputy at Montagu
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Earth Tremours
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Men Involved
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The First Man Rescued
1942   May Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942   May Long Service Gift – Winding Engineman’s Retirement
1942   May Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering
1942   May Mines Secretary at Manvers Main – Distinguished Gathering
1942   Jun Causes of Barnburgh Disaster “Without Precedent in This Country”
1942   Jun “In And Out” Strikes – Unrest at South Yorkshire Pits
1942   Aug Pit Fatality – Harry Crossley’s Brother
1942   Aug Sudden Fall – Mexborough Mineworker Buried
1942   Sep Mr. Hall Speaks Out
1942   Sep Wath Main Canteen Opened – Stirring Appeal by Y.M.A. President
1942   Oct Pit Fatality – Brother of Boxer
1942   Dec Coal Board Appointments – Mr. T. S. Charlton and Mr. A. Hall
1944   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out
1947   Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 Years
1947   Mar Extra Food Supplies Anomaly – Drastic Action By Miners?
1947   May Vote for Limited Strike Action
1947   Jul Now Personal Assistant
1947   Oct The Three Musketeers – Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back – Their Price in Battle For Coal
1949   Sep Death in Cadeby Pit – Due to lifting tubs say jury
1950   Jan Pit Heap Pictured in Stained Glass Window
1950   Feb Obituary – Mr. S. Wilson – Cadeby Main Electrical Engineer
1950   Dec Absentees Kept Pits Closed – 50,000 Took An Extra Day
1950   Dec Many Records Set Up
1951   Mar Breakdowns Cut Output
1951   May Weekly Coal Output
1951   Jul N.C.B. North Eastern Division Annual Fishing Contest.
1951   Aug Tonnage Halved
1951   Oct N.C.B. Stores Superintendent Appointment
1951   Nov Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!
1951   Nov Mines Output Tonnage – Keep it up Wentworth
1951   Nov On Strike One Week – Hit Target Next
1951   Nov Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output
1951   Dec Stone Looked Safe But Fell and Killed Mineworker
1951   Dec Achievements at Cadeby Main – Output Up 14,000 Tons
1951   Dec Cadeby Main Colliery Surface Officials Dinner (picture)
1951   Dec Coal & Unemployment – Jobs of 30 Men Depend On Miner
1951   Dec Denaby Surface Officials’ Gift to Colleague
1951   Dec Denaby’s Good Year – Pit Output Raised By 38,000 Tons
1951   Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
1951   Dec Holiday Hangover
1951   Dec Keymen in Pits – Denaby Manager Stresses Function of Officials
1953   Apr Collieries Record Yield
1953   Apr Kilnhurst’s Best Output
1957   Jun Manvers Main Employees Sports Day
1957   Jun Manvers Main Employees’ Sports
1957   Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1958   Jun Manvers N.U.M. President – B.E.M. For Mr. F. Goddard
1959   May Visitors To The South Yorkshire Mining Society.
1959   May South Yorkshire Mining Safety Exhibition
1959   May School’s Industrial Visit To The Area
1959   Nov Colliery Fatality Inquest – “Chance in a Thousand” Stone Fall
1960   Apr N.C.B. Small Mines Presentation
1960   May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1960   Sep Nominated For Agent
1970   Jan Pioneer of Research into Coal Blending Plant
1970   Mar Mexborough Athletic Club Miners’ Welfare
1970   May Putting a ‘Carpet’ on a Colliery Tip
1970   May Retired N.U.M. Tea & Concert
1970   Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)
   Riotous Scenes at Cadeby – Police Baton Charge