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Flooding

February 1883
Leeds Mercury – Tuesday 13 February 1883 Flooding The Don and Dearne have overflowed and flooded a large tract of land. The highways to several adjacent...

The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull

March 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 March 1883 The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull The official returns of the quantity of coal sent from the South and...

Drunkenness Cases

April 1883
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday 13 April 1883 Drunkenness Cases James Wilson was charged with drunkenness on 4 March at Denaby and was fined 5s....

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883.

January 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 09 January 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883. During the month of December,...

Chronological Table of Principal Occurrences In 1883.

January 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 January 1884 Chronological Table of the Principal Occurrences in the District In 1883. JANUARY 1.—A porter named Arthur Barber killed...

The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’.

January 1884
Sheffield Independent - Friday 04 January 1884 The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’. The inhabitants of Mexbro’ have much confidence that the proposed application at...

The Hull Coal Trade.

February 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 13 February 1884 The Hull Coal Trade. The position of the South Yorkshire collieries in relation...

Exciting Incident on the Don at Denaby

November 1884
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Saturday 15 November 1884 Exciting Incident on the Don at Denaby On Thursday afternoon Jonathan Guest, Mark Blackburn, and George Shaw, employed at...

Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation

December 1884
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Tuesday 09 December 1884 Mexborough and Parliamentary Representation It is considered that within a radius of six miles from either Mexborough or...

Shocking Accident on the Railway At Kilnhurst.

June 1887
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 01 June 1887 Shocking Accident on the Railway At Kilnhurst. At three a clock yesterday morning, a body was found on...