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1886 Dec    Houghton Main Disaster
1887 Jan    The Colliery Disaster at Houghton Main
1892 Jan    Houghton Main Disaster – December 30th 1886
1892 Oct    Fatalities at Houghton Main, Manvers Main & Denaby Main
1902 Sep    Colliery Fatality at Houghton – Mitchell Main Youth Killed.
1909 Apr    Houghton Main Fatality – A Singular Coincidence.
1917 Jun    Knocked Down by Corves
1917 Nov    Barnsley Boy Electrocuted
1919 Feb    Wombwell Man’s Shocking End – Sad Fatality at Houghton Main
1919 Dec    Miner Killed by Fall of Stone
1927 Aug    Dragged By Tubs – Middlecliffe Boys’ Shocking Death
1927 Aug    Houghton Main Fatality – Mines Inspectors Advice on Precautions
1927 Aug    Large Stone Kills Miner
1928 Jan    Gale Mishap at Houghton Main Colliery – Ex-Soldier’s Fate.
1928 Jan    Houghton Pit Deaths – Second Fatality Announced at Inquest on Miner.
1928 Jun    Haulage Hand’s Death
1929 Apr    Electrocuted – Linesman’s Terrible Misadventure – Switch Left On.
1930 Jun    Ten Years Later – Death from Old Injury – A Restive Pony.
1930 Dec    Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
1931 Jan    Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
1932 Jan    Casualty List of 1931
1933 Jan    Fatal Accident At Houghton Main – Head Trapped
1933 Jan    Undue Risk – Timbering Precautions Neglected – Fatal Sequel
1940 Jan    Houghton Main Fatal Accident.
1940 Jan    Runaway Tubs – Houghton Main Worker Gives His Life  – Slag Heap Tragedy            
1942 Jan    Houghton Main Fatality – Wombwell Man in Haulage Accident
1942 May    South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters
1957 Jul    Great Houghton Man, Injured at Barnburgh, Dies