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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
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
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
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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