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193 Oct 10 Gallant Youth – Humane Society’s Recognition of Canal Rescue
Oct 80 Bus in Ditch – Twenty-five Passengers in Mexborough Vehicle
1880   Sep The Fatal Accident in Conisborough Tunnel.
1881   May Alarming Explosion at Mexborough – One Person Killed
1887   Aug The Sad Burning Case at Mexboro’
1888   Oct Singular Drowning Case – The Results of Spitting.
1889   Mar Mysterious Death on Railway At Conisborouoh – Sad End of Mexborough Apprentice  .
1889   Apr The Drowning Case At Mexbro’
1889   Jun Accidents at Denaby Main Colliery.
1889   Jul The Drowning Case At Mexbro’
1889   Jul A Mexbro’ Collier ” Buried Alive.”
1889   Oct Mexborough, Man in Accident at Denaby Main Colliery
1890   Jan The Drowning Case at Swinton Pottery.
1890   Feb Another Distressing Accident at Denaby Main Colliery.
1891   Apr A Pitch In of Mexborough Buses
1891   Apr Chapter of Accidents at Mexbro’ Montagu
1891   Apr Alarming Cage Accident at Denaby Main.
1891   Jun Sad Drowning Case at Mexboro’ – The Effects of Drink.
1891   Jul Scene with a Traction Engine – Boy Killed.
1891   Sep Alarming Bus Accident
1891   Oct Narrow Escape
1892   Jun Serious Accident at Mexborough
1892   Sep Shooting Accident at Mexborough – Critical Condition of Sufferer.
1899   May Found Drowned At Mexboro’.
1899   Aug The Mexborough Drowning Case.
1899   Oct Curious Death at Mexborough – Eating Mussels and Ice-Cream.
1899   Nov Shocking Death of a Mexboro’ Child.
1899   Dec Sad Sequel To Snowballing
1902   Jun Killed at Play at Mexborough.
1902   Jun Singular Accident at Mexboro’ – Little Girl Killed.
1902   Sep Child Run Over At Mexboro’.
1902   Nov Alarming Fire at Mexborough
1905   Dec Mexborough Scaffold Accident
1907   Sep Servant Girl’s Fatal Stumble.
1908   Aug Mexborough Cyclist’s Accident
1908   Sep Mexboro’ – Barnsley Football Match – Sad Sequel – Windle Dies from Lockjaw.
1908   Nov Swinton Man’s Tragic Death – Killed At Rotherham Statutes.
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1909   Jan Exciting Rescue – Mexboro’ Girls’ Peril – A Plucky Deed.
1909   Feb Railway Fatality at Mexboro’ – Foreman Shunter’s Terrible Death.
1909   May Alarming Accident – Engine Turns a Somersault – Driver & Fireman’s Miraculous Escape
1910   May Death of Mr. F. Handley, Conisboro’ – Sequel to a Doncaster Street Accident.
1911   May Boating Fatality – Boy Drowned – Accident Caused By Wooden Leg
1911   Aug Mexboro’ Girl’s Death – Heat and Over-Eating.
1912   Apr Unparalleled Disaster at Sea – Greatest Ship Foundered – Nearly 1500 lives lost
1912   Dec Missing Swinton Girl – “Found Drowned.”
1914   May Mexborough Street Accident.
1915   Aug Fatal Colliery Accident
1916   Feb A ‘Bus Accident
1916   Apr Mexborough Club Partly Gutted – £1,000 worth of Damage
1918   Jan Burning Fatality – Mexborough  Child’s Shocking Death
1919   Apr Mexboro’ Tragedy – Infant Brothers Drowned.
1919   Apr Sad Mexborough Tragedy.
1919   Jul Mexborough Bandstand Burned Down.
1919 Sep 20 Mexborough Youngster Fatally Crushed at Kilnhurst.
1919   Oct Miners In Peril. – Extraordinary Accident – Cage Overwound.
1921   Jun Shocking Accident – Roman Terrace Child Killed by Motor Lorry.
1921   Sep Death from a Fall at Red Lion
1922   Dec Mexborough Woman Dies During Operation
1925   Apr Railway Collision – Three Men Killed – Runaway Goods Van & Trucks. 
1927   Aug Blinded at Play – Mexborough Childs Plight
1927   Nov Accident in Doncaster Road
1927   Nov Cycling Accident
1927   Dec Missing Man From Mexborough – Found Drowned.
1928   Feb Deadly Don – Mexborough Schoolboy Snatched away by River
1928   Mar Drowned Boy – Don Gives up its Victim after Three Week
1928   Mar Bus Fire – Thrill for Passengers at Mexborough.
1928   Apr Inquest on Accident to 2 1/2 Year Old
1928   May Child’s Death Following Burns.
1928   Jul Dog Rescues Child – A Quick-Witted Playmate
1928   Aug Grocery Shop Fire At Kilnhurst.
1928   Oct Lucky  Lads ! Five Rescues by Non-Swimmer
1928   Oct Dying Guard’s Version of Rail Mishap at Mexborough – No One to Blame.
1928   Dec Drowning Fatality.
1928   Dec Early Morning Blaze – Cattle Saved, but Crops Burnt
1928   Dec Engine Derails Trucks – Mexborough Men’s Escapes in Fog Collision.
1929   Apr Fatal Hesitation – Mexboro’ Woman Killed by Car – Evidence “Not Satisfactory.”
1929   Apr Roman Terrace Child’s Disregard of Danger – “Pure Accident.”
1929   Aug A Mexborough Mishap
1929   Aug A Wonderful Recovery
1930   Apr War Souvenir Mishap – Mexborough Man’s Shrapnel Wounds
1930   May Fatal Summons – Boy Killed at Roman Terrace – Knocked Down by Motor-Cycle.
1930   May Motor-Cyclists Collide.
1931   May Mexbro’ Explosion – Shop Window Blown Out – Electricity Plus Gas
1931   May Motor Smash – Mexborough Lady Killed in Scotland – Disaster on Holidays
1931   Nov A Fireman’s Funeral
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Mar Found Drowned Mystery – A Mexborough Mystery
1932   Apr Mexboro’ Man Killed At Denaby – Struck By Girder- Back Broken
1932   Apr Shop Fire – Dangerous Outbreak – Considerable Damage
1932   Jun Cyclist Killed – Collision with Van at Old Denaby
1932   Aug Cross Roads Crash – A Well-Known Tradesman Killed
1932   Aug Cross Roads Crash – The Mexborough Car
1932   Aug Cross Roads Crash – The Victims
1932   Aug Fall from Bridge – Boy Killed on Railway – Shocking Injuries
1932   Sep After The Smash
1934   Jan Misadventure – Wombwell Man’s Fate – Found On Line
1934   Jan Sad End – Mexborough Man’s Discovery
1937   Jun Amazing Escape – Mexborough man survives aeroplane crash
1937   Jun Schoolboy Hero – Child Rescue From Canal
1938   Feb Rescuer’s Sprint To Canal – Child Pulled Out Just In Time
1938   Jun Plucky Rescue.
1938   Sep Fatal Hesitation – Boy’s Death in ‘Bus Accident at Mexborough
1939   Jan Broke His Neck – Walking Again
1939   Feb Car Crashes into Tram Standard
1939   May Inquest On Wath Shunter- Run Over By Wagons
1939   May Youth Thrown Into Don- Death Due To Heart Failure
1942   Feb Killed On Way From School – Child Asked To Come Home Alone
1942   Aug Accident – Cyclist & Pedestrian
1942   Dec 3 Killed In Road Crash – Lorries & Motor Cycle Collide at Warren Vale
1942   Dec Fair Ground Tragedy at Mexborough
1942   Dec Open Verdict – On Victims of Warren Vale Road Smash
1943   Jan Boy Cyclist Killed – Mexborough Business Family’s  Tragic Loss
1943   Apr Boy’s Fall from Lock Gate – Drowning Tragedy at Swinton
1944   Feb Mr. W. S. Pettit – Death After Fall
1944   Apr Canal Rescue at Mexborough
1944   Sep Mexboro’ Driver’s Death – Not Caused by Accident
1947   Mar Conisbrough Sledge Tragedy – Boy Under Trolley Bus – Mate’s Lucky Escape “Warning To Others”
1947   Jul Smart Rescue at Mexborough – Denaby Girl Saved From Canal
1947   Aug Balby Rail Crash – “Second Dunkirk” – 68 victims – 7 Local Casualties (video)
1947   Oct Trolley Bus Accident
1947   Oct Young Mother Killed – Shocking Accident in High Street
1947   Nov Road Accident to Popular Mexborough Teenager
1947   Dec Mexborough Rescue – Veteran Dies Of Burns
1948   Nov Girl Killed as Bus Hits Cyclists
1949   Jan Goalkeeper’s Death – Year After Mishap in Thurnscoe Match
1949   Aug Mexboro’ Canal Rescue Hero Did Not Give His Name
1951   Feb Charles Hanmer’s Inquest At Wetherby
1951   Apr Dog Saves 10 People – “10 Minutes More, We Would Have Been Burnt to Death”
1951   May Car Accident
1951   May Car in Front Garden – Lucky Seven at Mexborough
1951   Aug Ran Down Six Flights of Stairs To Rescue Boy
1951   Sep Indian Doctor’s Confession – Wife’s story at Mexboro’ Inquest
1951   Sep Three Killed In Crash – Builder’s Lorry Turns Over
1951   Oct Inquest on Adwick Motor-Cyclist – Inexplicable Crash on Straight Road
1951   Nov Accident Victim at Cleethorpes
1951   Nov Mishap in Vast Hitler Stadium (footnote)
1951   Dec Gallant Swinton Rescuer – ‘You Have a fine Son”  
1951   Dec Rescue Parchment for Brave Mexborough Boy 14
1957   Jun Mexborough Man, 57, in Rescue Bid at Canal Lock
1957   Nov Adwick Road Accident
1957   Nov Chain of Sheets Rescues Family After A House Fire
1958   Jun Boy’s Quarry Fall – Expedition Nearly Led To Disaster
1958   Jul Brother Rescues Brother at Boston
1958   Sep Mexborough Fireman Called
1959   Jan A Crowded Hour – Mike Hawthorn
1959   May Bluebell Heroine Rescues Boy from Canal at Old Denaby by His Hair
1959   May Local Accident Statistics
1960   Sep “Found Drowned” Verdict on Mexboro’ Boy
1968   Jan Gale Tree Damage
1969   Feb Mexbro’ Man Defies Creaking Ice to Save Family Pet
1969   Apr Mexborough Boy Dies on Swinton School Holiday in Switzerland
1970   May Two Killed – 2 Hurt in Evening Crash
Aug 90 Runaway Van – Collision with ‘Bus