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Alarming Cage Accident at Denaby Main.

April 1891
Sheffield Independent - Saturday 11 April 1891 Alarming Cage Accident at Denaby Main. Yesterday the inhabitants of Denaby, Conisbro', and Mexbro' were for a time...

Labour Demonstration At Mexborough – Glass Trade Dispute

April 1891
Leeds Mercury – Monday 17 April 1893 Labour Demonstration At Mexborough The Glass Trade Dispute A demonstration took place on Saturday under the auspices of the Mexborough...

Influenza

April 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 17 April 1891 Influenza The influenza has broken out in Mexborough and district, and is rapidly spreading . At Wath it...

Gambling at Conisborough

May 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 15 May 1891 Gambling at Conisborough John Birch, Ben Thicket, John Whitehead and Thomas Kelly, pony drivers, of Mexborough were...

Sad Drowning Case at Mexboro’ – The Effects of Drink.

June 1891
Sheffield Independent - Monday 29 June 1891 Sad Drowning Case at Mexboro’ The Effects of Drink. An inquest was held on Saturday night at the...

Scene with a Traction Engine – Boy Killed.

July 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 July 1891 Scene with a Traction Engine. Boy Killed. On Monday there was a scene on the Wath...

A Miner and His Debts – Censure by the Judge.

July 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 24 July 1891 A Mexborough Miner and His Debts Censure by the Judge. At the Doncaster County Court yesterday, Mr....

A Sunday Scene at Bolton

July 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 24 July 1891 A Sunday Scene at Bolton James Ramsdell, labourer, Swinton, and John Bardwell, bricklayer, Mexborough, were charged with...

South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891

August 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 14 August 1891 South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade. The return showing the quantity of coal conveyed...

Primitive Methodist Minister – Rev. John Gair

August 1891
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 28 August 1891 https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/content/people-2/primitive_methodist_ministers/g/john_gair The Rev. John Gair is the only resident Nonconformist minister in Mexborough, and he is making...