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Ten Years Later – Death from Old Injury – A Restive Pony.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 June 1930
Ten Years Later.
Wombwell Man's Death from Old Injury.
A Restive Pony.
A connection between the...
Houghton Main Dispute.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 05 September 1930
Houghton Main Dispute.
Temporary Settlement. The dispute over working conditions at the Houghton Main Colliery, which...
Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main – Five Dead: Twelve Injured.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 19 December 1930
Disastrous Explosion at Houghton Main
Early Morning Calamity Explosion Follows Shot Firing.
Five Dead: Twelve Injured....
Houghton Main Disaster – Inquest Closed – Jury’s Findings.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 16 January 1931
Houghton Main Disaster.
Inquest Closed: Jury's Findings.
A Useful Suggestion.
Compressed Air for Testing Shot-Holes.
The inquest...
Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 2
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
Leading Local Events in 1930
Achievements and Disappointments
Quarter 2
April
3—Inquest on Wath Main explosion victims concluded, with...
Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 3
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
Leading Local Events in 1930
Achievements and Disappointments
Quarter 3
July.
1—Presentations to Rev. C. H. Randell, departing...
Leading Local Events in 1930 – Achievements and Disappointments – Quarter 4
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
Leading Local Events in 1930
Achievements and Disappointments
Quarter 4
October
1—Mr. J. Smith, B.Sc., head of Wombwell...
The Casualty List 1930
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 02 January 1931
The Casualty List 1930
January
3-Dennis Cooke (34), Conisborough; fall of roof, Cadeby Main
6-John Edward Staniforth (40), Barnsley;...
Park Farm, Little Houghton.
Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express - Saturday 07 March 1931
Park Farm, Little Houghton.
(Between Barnsley and Doncaster, 2 miles from Darfield through Houghton Main...
Marconigrams – March 06, 1931
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 06 March 1931
Marconigrams.
2,617,618 registered unemployed.
"Marriage is s middle-class proposition," says Mr. Paul Whiteman, the American Jazz King.
Mr....