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1886 Dec Houghton Main Disaster
1887 Jan The Colliery Disaster at Houghton Main
1888 Jul South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1888 Oct Miners Wages – Firm Attitude of The Men – Pits Set Down
1890 May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1891 Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and The Hull Coal Trade – August 14, 1891
1892 Jan Houghton Main Disaster – December 30th 1886
1892 Apr South Yorkshire and the Hull Coal Trade – The Miners’ “Stop” Week
1899 Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1909 Apr Houghton Main Fatality – A Singular Coincidence.
1909 Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1911 Oct The Coal Output – Still a Big Deficiency.
1912 Feb Hull Coal Traffic – A Slightly Increased Tonnage.
1912 Mar National Coal Strike – Premier’s Important Statement – Government Favour Minimum Wage.
1912 Mar The National Coal Strike – How the Local Firms Stand
1912 Mar The National Coal Strike – Situation at the Local Collieries
1917 Jun Expensive “Short Cut”
1917 Jun Knocked Down by Corves
1917 Jun Cruelty in The Pit
1917 Jul Breach of the Coal Mines Act.
1917 Jul Houghton Main Colliery Chairman Leaves £250,000
1917 Jul Pony Driver Pulled roof Down
1917 Jul Safety Pin in High Voltage Cable
1917 Nov Barnsley Boy Electrocuted
1917 Nov Pit Laid idle
1919 Jan Miners Pleased.
1919 Feb Wombwell Man’s Shocking End – Sad Fatality at Houghton Main
1919 Feb Colliery Patriotism.
1919 Feb Trouble at Houghton Main – Notices or Reinstatement.
1919 Mar Death of Chief Engineer at Houghton Main Colliery.
1919 Mar Cruelty to a Pony
1919 Apr Whose Pipe Was it?
1919 Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919 Jul Miners’ Present for M.P.
1919 Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919 Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919 Dec Miner Killed by Fall of Stone
1920 Jan Hull Coal Traffic.
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 Pit Pony Racing
1921 May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921 May Strike in Seventh Week
1921 Jun Pit Pony Races – Excellent Sport – Helps Relief Fund.
1927 Jan Houghton Main Sinking
1927 Jan Miner Killed by Fall of Stone
1927 Dec Death of Houghton Pit Cashier
1927 Dec New Shaft Nearing Completion
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 Jan Commendation after Pit Ordeal
1928 Feb Houghton Miner’s Death. No Connection with Pit Injury.
1928 Feb Nasty Smash – Miners Bus Overturned at Darfield Cross Roads.
1928 Feb The Swelling Dearne.
1928 Mar Colliery cables – Houghton Main Company’s Difficulty – “Innocent Trespass.”
1928 May Six Hundred Receive a Week’s Notice.
1928 Jun Haulage Hand’s Death
1928 Jul In Brother’s Coat – Cigarette in the Mine.
1929 Mar Coal Boom – Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire – All Pits Busy.
1929 Mar Pit-head Baths
1929 Jun A Pit Problem – ” Search Your Pockets.”
1929 Aug Houghton Main Dispute – Afternoon Shift Men Cease Work
1930 Jun Ten Years Later – Death from Old Injury – A Restive Pony.
1930 Sep Houghton Main Dispute.
1930 Dec Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
1931 Jan Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
1931 Nov Has The Tide Turned? – Trade Review – Coal, Iron & Steel, Brass, Glass, Soaps & Oils
1932 Jan Casualty List of 1931
1937 Jul Attempts To Wreck Machinery
1937 Jul Strike After Settlement
1938 Jan Pit’s War On ’Flu – Free Tablets at Houghton Main
1938 Apr She Didn’t Recognise Him ! Dad Frightens With Black Face
1938 Jul Houghton Main Ballot
1938 Sep Obituary – Mr J.T.Collins – Dearne Valley Colliery Chief
1938 Dec Ten Years With His Spine Broken – And Then Died Natural Death
1939 Feb New Managing Director Dearne Valley Colliery
1939 Nov Colliery Dispute
1939 Dec Imprisoned by Fall – Fight to Save Miners
1939 Dec Sequel to Houghton Pit Stoppage – Summonses Adjourned
1940 Jan Houghton Main Fatal Accident.
1940 Jan Runaway Tubs – Houghton Main Worker Gives His Life  – Slag Heap Tragedy            
1941 Nov Miner Injured
1942 Jan Houghton Main Fatality – Wombwell Man in Haulage Accident
1942 Jan Houghton Main Accident
1947 Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 years
1947 Sep Strike Costs 60,000 Tons of Coal Daily – 42 Pits & 50,000 Men Involved – Government May Intervene
1951 Feb Obituary – Mr. Charles Hanmer – Mining Film Pioneer (video)
1951 Nov Two Get 101 Tons
1957 Jul Great Houghton Man, Injured at Barnburgh, Dies
1958 Jul Coal Queen of Houghton Main Colliery
1958 Jul Houghton Main Colliery Coal Queen Attendants
1959 Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1959 Feb Fossilised Tooth Find at Houghton Main
1959 Dec Dearne Valley Officials’ Christmas party
1959 Dec Houghton Main Colliery Veterans
1960 Mar Play Weeks At Pits – South Yorkshire Collieries
1969 Oct Serious Effects of The Strike