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1851   Dec Awful Colliery Explosion at Warren Vale – Fifty-One Lives Lost.
1870   Aug Colliery Accident
1874   Nov The Burial of the Dead.
1888   Jul South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1890   May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1891   Jan Death of Mr. Charles Goodinson
1891   Jan The Fatal Accident at Thrybergh Hall Colliery.
1891   Jan Local Trade in 1890
1891   Feb A Case from Thrybergh Hall Colliery.
1891   Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891
1892   Feb A Swinton Miner Killed at Thrybergh Hall
1892   Mar The Crisis in the Coal Trade – Mexborough District
1892   Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1892   Jul Miner’s Demonstration
1892   Aug Hull Coal Trade – Falling Off of the Traffic.
1892   Nov South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1892   Dec Commercial Trade in 1892
1893   Jan The Hull Coal Trade – Returns for 1892
1893   Jan District Trade in 1892
1893   Mar Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.
1894   Jan A Disastrous Year
1902   Sep The Hull Coal Trade – Serious Decline of Traffic.
1902   Sep The Dispute at Thrybergh Hall and Warren Vale.
1908   Nov Brutal Pony Driver
1908   Nov Amazing Epidemic of Fatal Accidents – Four Colliery Disasters & Two Drowning Cases
1909   May Exports Increasing Denaby & Cadeby Again to the Front.
1909   Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1910   Aug Buried Alive – Miners Awful Fate – Heroic Rescuers
1910   Aug Fatal Kite Flying at Kilnhurst
1911   Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1912   Jan Mining Death Roll – Kilnhurst Footballer Killed.
1912   Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
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 The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912   Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1917   Aug A Miner’s Lost Fingers
1918   Jan Kilnhurst Pony Driver Fined At Rotherham – Wounding “Dandy”
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
1920   Jan Hull Coal Traffic.
1920   Sep Triple Alliance – No Appetite for General Strike – Local Situation
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 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.
1922   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Trade – Shipments for March 1922
1922   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valley.
1927   May Kilnhurst Colliery – 180 Men Paid Off
1927   Nov Died At Work – Rotherham Miners Tragic End
1927   Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928   Jan Kilnhurst Pit to Work Only One Shift a Day – 1,000 Given Notice
1928   Feb Change at Kilnhurst.
1928   Feb More Men Dismissed.
1928   Mar Died While Working – Compensation for Loss of Son
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.
1929   Jan “Top End.” – Closing of Swinton Common Pit
1929   Jan Closing of Swinton Common Colliery – 300 miners involved.
1929   Mar Kilnhurst Working Again
1929   Jul Killed By Haulage – Unexplained Accident – Found Under “Tub”
1929   Jul Miner Dies from Injuries at Pit
1929   Jul Lightning Strike – Wages Dispute at Thrybergh Hall – Settlement Yesterday
1929   Jul Haulage Hands’ Wages – Prompt Settlement of Thrybergh Hall Pit Dispute.
1929   Dec Trade Review – Don and Dearne Valleys.
1930   Oct Mottying At Kilnhurst – Miner Fined at Rotherham.
1931   Jan Trade In 1931- The Local Outlook – No Great Expectations
1931   Dec Don and Dearne Valleys – Upward Tendency of Trade
1932   Jan Casualty List of 1931
1932   Apr Kilnhurst’s Kind Farewell 
1932   Oct Good Old Hemp
1932   Nov Light on The Coal Quota – Collapse of the Export Trade
1934   Jan Work-Sharing – Spreading In Local Collieries
1937   Jan Kilnhurst Colliery taken over by Tinsley Park Colliery
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
1937   Nov Tinsley Park’s Profits And Offer
1939   Feb Injured Head At Work
1939   Mar Fatally Injured At Kilnhurst Pit
1942   May South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1942 May 30 Editorial – Coalfield Unrest
1942   Jun Stoppage at Houghton Main – Second Within a Week
1942   Jun “In And Out” Strikes – Unrest at South Yorkshire Pits
1942   Sep Mr. Hall Speaks Out
1944   Apr Chaos in the Coalfield
1944   Apr South Yorkshire Coal Strike – Majority of Miners Still Out
1944   Sep Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed
1947   Jan NCB flag goes up at the Pits – Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts
1947   Jan NCB Vesting Day
1947   Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 Years
1947   Apr Reward for Good Work (video)
1947   May Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1947   May New NCB Area Welfare Officer
1947   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Awards
1947   Oct The Three Musketeers – Amputated Limbs, Fractured Back
1948   Jan Dead on Conveyor – Natural Causes Verdict on Kilnhurst Mineworker
1948   Feb Kilnhurst’s Penny Pile
1948   May Miners’ Strike Ends
1948   Jun National Coal Board New Policy
1948   Oct Going Back To Work
1949   Mar Haigh Moor Seam Developments – “Considerable Life ” Still In Parkgate Seam
1949   Mar Kilnhurst Colliery Canteen Tea Time
1949   Oct £4 Million Coal Mine Scheme for Yorkshire
1949   Oct Miners to fight £4,000,000 concentration plan
1949   Oct Vast Yorkshire Pit Plan Ready
1950   Apr More Coal Queens – Area Final at Wath Next Month
1951   Feb Pre-Accident Wages – Kilnhurst Miner Wins His Case
1951   Mar Breakdowns Cut Output
1951   Mar Kilnhurst’s New Coal Queen
1951   May Weekly Coal Output
1951   Aug Tonnage Halved
1951   Oct Whitsun Output Drop
1951   Nov Barnburgh Pit Output Cut By Wath Strike!
1951   Nov Kilnhurst Colliery Officials’ Dinner and Dance
1951   Nov Mines Output Tonnage – Keep it up Wentworth
1951   Nov Third Time in Five Weeks – Coal Output
1951   Dec Obituary – George Peaker
1951   Dec From Mr. J. A. Hall, C.B.E., J.P., Yorkshire Miners President
1951   Dec Holiday Hangover
1953   Apr Collieries Record Yield
1953   Apr Kilnhurst’s Best Output
1957   Jan Coal Cutting Machine at Kilnhurst Colliery
1957   Jun Barnburgh Pit Blast – Man from Kilnhurst Injured
1957   Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957   Aug Killnhurst Colliery Coal Queen
1957   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports – Competitors
1957   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports – Spectators
1957   Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1957   Dec Kilnhurst Colliery Retired Miners
1958   Jan Kilnhurst Colliery Officials Annual Dinner
1958   Jun Old Folk’s Centre Opening Ceremony Red Letter Day for Kilnhurst
1958   Aug Coal Queen at Kilnhurst Sports Day
1958   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports Meeting
1958   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Sports Meeting
1959   Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1959   Aug Kilnhurst Colliery Annual Sports Day
1959   Sep Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Class
1959   Sep N.C.B. Area No.3 first aid Trophy
1959   Sep Work Resumed After Dispute at Kilnhurst
1959   Nov Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Competition
1959   Dec Kilnhurst Colliery Aged People’s Treat
1960   May Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1960   Aug National Coal Board (advert)
1960   Sep Pit Fatality at Kilnhurst – Miner Hit by Falling Stone
1967   Jan Kilnhurst Colliery Official’s Dinner Dance
1967   Feb Presentation to Assistant Engineer
1968   Oct Kilnhurst Colliery Ambulance Class
1968   Nov Pit Strike Ends
1969   Apr Conservative Candidates Tour Colliery
1969   Sep £2,500,000 Manvers Plan Will Be Boost To Three Area Collieries.
1969   Oct Serious Effects of The Strike
1970   Apr Kilnhurst Colliery Consultative Committee
1970   Jun Rosemary Making First Title Bid
1970   Jun Variety of Jobs in Mining (advert)
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