1928 Quarter 1
Gale Mishap at Houghton Main Colliery – Ex-Soldier’s Fate.
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1928
Decapitated.
Gale Mishap at Houghton Main Colliery.
Ex-Soldier's Fate.
That his death was due indirectly to the gale was the supposition,...
Houghton Pit Deaths – Second Fatality Announced at Inquest on Miner.
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 07 January 1928
Houghton Pit Deaths.
Second Fatality Announced at Inquest on Miner.
While inquest was in progress...
Commendation after Pit Ordeal
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 27, 1918
Commendation after Pit Ordeal
In, recognition of conspicuous gallantry in rescuing a fellow-workman who had. been buried by a...
Houghton Miner’s Death. No Connection with Pit Injury.
Mexborough & Swinton Times, February 17, 1928
Houghton Miner's Death.
No Connection with Pit Injury.
An inquest was held at Great Houghton on Wednesday by Mr. C....
Nasty Smash – Miners Bus Overturned at Darfield Cross Roads.
Mexborough & Swinton Times, February 17, 1928
Nasty Smash.
Miners Bus Overturned at Darfield Cross Roads.
A Motor-'bus in which about 20 miners were riding' from Houghton...
The Swelling Dearne.
February 10, 1928
The Swelling Dearne.
A picturesque flood scene at Darfield, where the Dearne is threatening the bridle path used by the miners living at...
Colliery cables – Houghton Main Company’s Difficulty – “Innocent Trespass.”
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 23, 1928
Colliery cables
Houghton Main Company's Difficulty
"Innocent Trespass."
An application for ancillary facilitate the working of mineral by the...
A “Rodeo ” Spill.
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 16, 1928
A “Rodeo " Spill.
Phil Moore, one of the Competitors in the hill-climbing tests of the Dearne Valley Motor...