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1890 May Yorkshire Coalowners & Local Wages Questions – Important Resolution.
1893 Aug Scenes at Denaby Main Colliery – Arrival of Military and Magistrates – Alarming Rumours.
1894 Jan A Disastrous Year.
1899 Aug South Yorkshire Collieries and the Hull Coal Trade
1907 Aug Pit Lad’s Sad Mishap at Hickleton Main
1909 Oct Hull Coal Traffic – September the Best Month of the Year.
1917 Feb Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
1917 Oct Offences in Coal Mines – Large Number of Defendants At Doncaster
1919 Jul Wath Main Accident – Death from Injuries.
1919 Jul Coal Strike Local Situation – Industry Running Down. Mines Calm & Orderly
1919 Jul Coal Miner’s Strike – Mines Quickly Flooding.
1919 Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – Definite Settlement. – Work Resumed on Monday
1919 Aug Yorkshire Coal Strike – 3rd Week of Dispute – Mass Meetings in District
1919 Dec Mexboro’ Miner Killed at Manvers Main.
1920 Nov Coal Strike Ended- Work Resumed Yesterday
1921 Jan Hull Coal Trade.
1921 Apr Federation Secretary’s Sombre Outlook – Appeal to Yorkshire Men – “A Great Sacrifice.”
1921 Apr The Triple Alliance. – Manifesto Gives Case for Stoppage.
1921 May Mining Strike – Over 4 Million Unemployed
1921 May Strike in Seventh Week
1927 Jul Miner Killed at Barnburgh
1927 Dec Dearne Valley Trade Review 1927
1928 May Bars Or Props? Which Are Safer In Coal Mines?
1928 Aug Bolton Aspirations – District Big Enough for Midland or Central League Football.
1928 Oct 1,000 Empty Houses – Coal Developments Which Failed to Materialise.
1929 Mar Coal Boom – Brisk Trade in South Yorkshire – All Pits Busy.
1929 May Trapped By Tubs – Mexborough Youth Killed in Barnburgh Mine – Shocking Injuries.
1930 Oct Fatal Accidents – Killed at Denaby and Barnbro’
1938 Jan Pit Boy’s Death – Worked While Suffering from Pneumonia
1938 Mar Long Service – 55 years with One Firm
1938 May Barnborough Closed – Hickleton Starts Short-time
1938 Aug Traders Hit – Dearne District Pit Stoppages
1938 Oct Barnboro’ Main Pit Re-Opening
1939 Jan Death of Mother Kept From Son
1939 Mar Would Not Work With Him – He Robbed Comrade in Pit
1947 Jan NCB flag goes up at the Pits – Vesting Ceremonies in the Districts
1947 Jan The Birth of a Coalfield – Looking Back 150 years
1947 May Dearne Valley Towns and Collieries in 1947
1947 May Five Day Week – Early Impressions Favourable
1947 Aug Protest Over Coal Board Pit Strike
1948 Mar Miners Stay Out – Barnburgh pay dispute
1948 Nov Pit Strike Ends
1949 Jan New Open-Cast Sites 
1950 Jul They May Be Miners M.P. In The Future
1957 Jun Barnburgh Main Pit Blast – 20 Burned
1957 Jul Barnburgh Pit Blast – One Man Leaving Hospital – Death Roll now 4
1957 Nov Flash From Damaged Cable Was Cause of Barnburgh Pit Explosion
1959 Jan District Industrial Leaders Look Ahead Confidently
1969 Oct Serious Effects of The Strike