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State of Coal Industry
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....
The Yorkshire Coal Traffic to Hull
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...
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 11 July 1888
South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade.
The official return of coals taken to Hull from...