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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....

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 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...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade

September 1884

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 10 September 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade According to the returns just issued the falling off in the tonnage sent...

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...

Houghton Main Disaster

December 1886

From Coal Mining Records Houghton Main, Barnsley, Yorkshire. 30th December, 1886. The colliery was about seven miles from Barnsley. Many of the afternoon shift had been...

The Colliery Disaster at Houghton Main

January 1887

Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 03 January 1887 The Colliery Disaster at Little Houghton. New Year's Day at Darfield. The pleasantly situated village of Darfleld, which...

South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade

July 1888

Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 11 July 1888 South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade. The official return of coals taken to Hull from...

Miners Wages – Firm Attitude of The Men – Pits Set Down

October 1888

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1888 Miners Wages Firm Attitude of The Men Concessions by Local Owners Derbyshire Proprietors Concede the Demand Pits Set Down Wednesday and Thursday were...