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Colliery Accident

August 1870
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 11 August 1870 Colliery Accident. An accident happened at the Thrybergh Hall Colliery yesterday, to a man named William Burnes, a...

United Methodist Sunday School Annual Treat

August 1870
Sheffield Independent - Thursday 11 August 1870 The children, teachers, and friends connected with the United Methodist Free Church Sunday School, Kilnhurst, had their annual...

Darfield v. Kilnhurst.

27 August 1870
Barnsley Chronicle  - Saturday 27 August 1870 Darfield v. Kilnhurst. A very exciting game of cricket was played at Darfield on Saturday, between the Darfield and...

Kilnhurst Feast

August 1871
Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 01 August 1871 Kilnhurst Feast The populous village of Kilnhurst yesterday presented a gay and festive aspect, on the occasion of the...

The Burial of the Dead.

November 1874
Sheffield Independent - Monday 23 November 1874 The Burial of the Dead. Of the twenty-three men who lost their lives on Friday, more than half that...

Stealing Coal

March 1877
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Saturday 24 March 1877 Stealing Coal Three boys, named Edward Quaile, Peter Barnes, and Thomas John Twigg, were charged with stealing coal...

State of Coal Industry

March 1878
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878 Barnsley, Friday. The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....

Miners’ Demonstration at Swinton

May 1878
Barnsley Chronicle – Saturday 04 May 1878 Miners’ Demonstration at Swinton The various lodges in connection with the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association in the immediate neighbourhood...

Drunk at Swinton

June 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 June 1878 James Farrell, of Kilnhurst, had been summoned by P.C. Pilmore, for being drunk at Swinton, on...

Selling Adulterated Spirits of Nitre at Kilnhurst.

June 1878
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 11 June 1878 Selling Adulterated Spirits of Nitre at Kilnhurst. Yesterday, at the Rotherham Police Court, John Colbeck, chemist and druggist,...