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Ten Years Later – Death from Old Injury – A Restive Pony.

June 1930
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.

September 1930
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.

December 1930
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.

January 1931
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

January 1931
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

January 1931
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

January 1931
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

January 1931
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.

March 1931
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

March 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....