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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...
Lamp Hill
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 16, 1928
Lamp Hill, Great Houghton, where the annual climbing test of the Dearne Valley Motor Club was held last...
Six Hundred Receive a Week’s Notice.
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 22 May 1928
Houghton Main Miners.
Six Hundred Receive a Week’s Notice.
Six hundred employees of the Houghton...
Houghton’s All-Rounder.
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 11, 1928
Houghton's All-Rounder.
George Fawcett, the Great Houghton man who played for Doncaster last season, is on their retained list.
Fawcett...
Haulage Hand’s Death
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 15 June 1928
Haulage Hand’s Death.
At a Barnsley inquest yesterday on Thomas Wistow (19), haulage hand, of George Street,...