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Industrial Deaths

1874 Nov The Burial of the Dead.
1889 Feb Death by Suffocation at the Swinton Chemical Works.
1891 Jan The Fatal Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery.
1892 Feb A Swinton Miner Killed at Thrybergh Hall
1908 Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1908 Nov Kilnhurst Railway Fatality.
1909 May Trammer Killed at Kilnhurst
1912 Jan Mining Death Roll – Kilnhurst Footballer Killed.
1917 Aug Kilnhurst Miner Dies
1920 Sep Triple Alliance – No Appetite for General Strike – Local Situation
1927 Nov Died At Work – Rotherham Miners Tragic End
1928 Jun Kilnhurst Accident – Rawmarsh Youth Killed
1928 Jul Swinton Youth Killed – Unexplained Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery – Derailed Tubs.
1928 Sep Killed By Fall at Kilnhurst Colliery – A Pure Accident.
1928 Oct Knocked Off Boilers – Mexborough Man Killed at Kilnhurst Forge.
1928 Dec Drowning Fatality.
1929 Jul Killed By Haulage – Unexplained Accident – Found Under “Tub”
1929 Jul Miner Dies from Injuries at Pit
1931 Dec Our Free Family Insurance – Another Fatal Accident Claim Paid
1932 Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932 May Kilnhurst Man’s Unreported Injury – Widow’s Claim Fails – Fatal Burn
1937 Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – 18 Men Dashed Down Shaft
1937 Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – The Dead and Injured
1937 Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – Scenes at the Pit
1937 Jul Kilnhurst Colliery Accident – The Inquest – Deputy Who Heard Shouts and Groans
1937 Aug Kilnhurst Pit Cage Crash – Winder’s Admission – Lever in Wrong Position
1939 Mar Fatally Injured At Kilnhurst Pit
1942 May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1957 Jun Barnburgh Pit Blast – Man from Kilnhurst Injured
1957 Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957 Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1960 Sep Pit Fatality at Kilnhurst – Miner Hit by Falling Stone