January
January Stories included:
Conisborough v Swinton Albion
– Kicked a Goal to win the Match
Denaby Main Miners
Denaby Main Miners Strike
Library and Reading Room
W Rice Oxley obtains degree at Oxford
Water v Alcohol
– Wesleyan Band of Hope
Dispute:
– Appeal for Support
– First – Meeting of the Men.
– Letter from Buckingham Pope
– Second Meeting of the Men
– The Men on Strike
– The 5% , Packing Pay
– The Crisis at Denaby
– Chuck ‘em into t’Cut !
– The Railway’s Response
– Third Meeting of the Men
February
Industry and Commerce
Colliery Accidents – Poxon & Dunn
Denaby Colliery Dispute:
– Decision of the Council
– The Relief Fund
– A ‘Scene’ at the Colliery
– Manager’s Desire to Settle
– Miners to Return to Work
– ‘Scene’ with Visitors
The Fire Engine.
Places
Primitive Methodist Anniversary
Temperance Meeting.
Horticultural & Cottage Gardeners
The Storm
Crime and Courts
Neglect of Family.
Farm Labourer Assaulted.
Sports
C.C. Election of Officers
March
March Stories include:
Assaulting a Miner and his Wife at Denaby.
Colliery Accident. – Cage Conductor Broke
Conisborough Horticultural Gardeners Society.
Conisborough School Board – Staff and Salary Reduction
Drunkenness – P.C. takes Drunk in Wheelbarrow to Mexborough
Fatal Accident at the Colliery – 17 year old Thomas Dagnall
Meeting Of Denaby Main Miners – Sliding Scale
Meeting Of Denaby Main Miners – Sliding Scale (2)
Shove Tuesday Football at Conisborough
more
April
April Stories include:
Alleged Murderous Assault at Conisborough.
Alleged Murderous Attack upon a Farmer at Conisborough.
Brutal Treatment of a Pony
Conisborough 4 Eastwood 2
Conisborough Public Houses – Police Raids
Conisborough School Board
Drunk on Good Friday at Conisborough.
Football Dispute – Doncaster v Conisborough
Good Friday
Methodist Anniversary
Proposed Reduction in the Miners Wages
Publicans Charged
Riots at the Denaby Main Colliery – Grave Allegations against Company.
Season’s Fixtures
Season’s Fixtures
Serious Charges against Collier
Traction Engine on the Highway at Conisborough
Young Woman found Drowned in River
Dispute – Meeting with Manager
Dispute – Proposed Reduction In Wages At Denaby Main Colliery.
Denaby Main – Bethel Church 51 Denaby 57 for 6
May
May Stories include:
Assaulting a Denaby Lad because he refused to sing.
Drunk on Licensed Premises
Kilner Brothers win Order of Merit
Lady Like Proceedings at Conisborough.
Conisborough CC – Conisborough 69 Aldwarke 50
Conisborough CC – Mexborough 66 Conisborough 38
Denaby Main – Denaby 168 v Doncaster White Star
Denaby Main – Denaby 48 Attercliffe 32
Denaby Main – Denaby 89 Eastwood 24 – Rudkin 6 for 8
Denaby Main – Mexborough 81 Denaby 101
Denaby Main – Thrybergh Park 63 Denaby 80
June
June Stories include:
Denaby Library – Every neet
Drunkenness
Good Friday – More Drunkeness
Lively Proceedings at Conisborough
Suicide of a Young Woman at Conisborough.
Conisborough CC – Greasborough 56 Conisborough 53 for 5
Conisborough CC – Kilnhurst 136 Conisborough 51
Denaby Main – Denaby 44 Parkgate 5
Denaby Main – Wath Oil Mills 39 for 5 Denaby 51
more
July
July Stories included :
Denaby Main C.C. – Mexborough, Eastwood View and Kilnhurst
Drunk and disorderly at Conisborough
– “Taking the Village by Storm”
Garden Robberies at Conisborough.
More Glassblowers in Trouble
Neglecting to send Children to school
Perilous Position of 16 Miners at Denaby.
Pony Drivers Dispute
– Pit Stopped
– Pony Drivers Walk Out
– Return to Work
– Singular Proceedings.
Riotous proceedings at Conisborough.
Sale of Contents of Castle Inn
Sale of Growing Grass
Shocking Accident at Denaby – Joseph Morgan
The Sports
Unlawfully Trespassing at Conisborough.
Wilful Damage of Gooseberry Trees at Conisborough.
August
Industry and Commerce
Fatal Accident – Joseph Morgan
Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade
Meeting of Miners
Yorkshire Collieries & Hull Coal Trade
Places
Floral and Horticultural Society
The Sheffield Naturalists’ Club
Crime and Courts
Action Against Railway Company
Damaging Mown Grass at Conisborough.
Drunkenness at a Mexboro’ Club House
Gaming with Cards on the Highway
Denaby Women in Trouble
Stealing and Wilful Damage
Sports
Kilnhurst 73 for 5 Conisbro 65
September
September Stories included:
Application for an Ejectment Warrant against a Denaby Miner
Drunk and Assaulting the Police at Conisborough.
Fatal Colliery Accident – Michael Burke
Stealing apples from an Orchard at Conisborough.
October
People
The Sad End of a Married Woman
Industry and Commerce
W. S. Pettit (Advert)
Denaby Miner’s Inquest
– James Shelton
Meeting of Denaby Main Miners
Hull Coal Trade
Places
Parish Church Harvest Festival.
Furnishing of the Ministers House
– Wesleyan Methodism
School Board
Crime and Courts
Married Ladies Falling Out
Alleged Indecent Assault
Outrage upon Young Girl at Denaby.
Thefts of Turnips At Denaby
Sports
Denaby Main C.C. Averages
November
November Stories include:
Mexborough Constable Assaulted by a Denaby Collier
Mexborough Red Rose v Denaby Red Rose.
Robbery of Eight Sheep at Conisbrough
York Assizes – The Alleged Criminal Assault
December
December Stories include:
Caution to Owners of Cattle.
Conisborough News
Denaby Red Rose v Mexborough Red White and Blue
Drunk in Charge of a Horse
Narrow Escape of the Denaby Main Colliery Manager.
Temperance and Evangelistic services.