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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
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 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 The Question of Evictions – 750 Ejectment Orders
1903 Apr Mass Meeting Of Men Still Unemployed
1903 Apr The Intimidation Charges
1903 Apr Assault Cases Adjourned
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
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
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 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
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
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