January
In January 1909 there’s another burning fatality with an 11-month-old child killed in extraordinary circumstances
An unknown man suffers a sleep of death falling asleep in a lime kiln
A house fire at Denaby destroys miners possession including 138 gramophone records and six canaries
Miners are buried for two hours and others meet their death at Denaby and at Silverwood
The village showed its appreciation of the Fire Brigade and hard water is discussed again between the Council and Colliery
Among the usual cases of drunkenness and assault, there is one of a altered birth certificate so a child can work
United go through a month of losses but are still fifth in the Midland League
February
in February 1909 two miners were buried for two hours before help came and only one survived
A well-known Conisborough personality dies and his wife followed him within a few hours
and another well-known Conisbrough man passes away on a pleasure tour around the world
The Conisbrough music Society performs “The Ancient Mariner”
The Conisbrough arsonist who set fire to his father’s sawmill received 10 months hard labour
A labourer is fined after assaulting the Conisborough station master and a Denaby man gets 14 days in prison for stealing a Pay Check, The United slump continues as they go 10 matches without a win
March
In March 1909 the Medical Officer confirmed Denaby as a health blackspot
As birth, death and infantile death rates are reported above the average
with typhoid, enteritis and infantile diarrhoea the main causes
A local well-known confectioner manufacturer goes into the Bankruptcy Court
The court hear more cases from the mines, a theft of clogs, vest and muffler,
assaults and using a poker against a policeman
The rifle shooting club is flourishing
and United return to winning ways
April
In April 1909 a Cadeby miner is killed in three seconds after a sudden fall of roof
Conisbrough notes suggest the Good Friday invasion is not good and is declining, whereas actual reports state the opposite
There are still problems with cloudy local water
Two cases of child cruelty hit the headlines with imprisonment after a baby’s death by “slow murder”
and a two year old with 17 red weals upon its face
An escaped prisoner is found hidden in a drain pipe
and United finish in a creditable fifth place in the Midland League
May
in May 1909 the collieries are booming and lead the export table once again
producing stories of remarkable innovation and heroic miners
The isolation hospital is using too much water and a locomotive turns somersault with miraculous escape of driver & fireman
There were numerous court cases varying from horrific to minor;
A young girl is continually ill treated and beaten savagely with a walking stick
A village tragedy is narrowly avoided as 8 children narrowly missed death
Another Pit pony is cruelly ill treated
There are shop breakers and football shirt thieves
unjust weights and measures and Street betting
and a dulcephone gets a man a month’s imprisonment
June
In June 1909 a Denaby youth named George goes missing and a youth answering to his description is taken to the Worksop Board of guardians
A long story of brutality, culminating in unlawful wounding is brought to court and a man is fined half a crown for being drunk and disorderly
after going to the wrong house and sitting on the sofa
The local SPCC hold a garden meeting with a report of 33 cases during the last year
The vicar of Conisbrough appeals for the Sunday school extension and Denaby and Cadeby are having a successful month
July
in July 1909 a pit boy is crushed to death at Cadeby and two colliers killed at Denaby
A Conisbrough man receives the miners VC at Buckingham Palace and Mona House and property on Gardens Lane come up for sale
The Agricultural Society’s Show is held and Hospital Sunday takes place at Conisbrough
22 cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria are in the isolation hospital with two deaths from typhoid reported
A former Denaby United footballer receives a maintenance order,
Glass workers are fined for absenteeism from work
and a brutal Denaby housekeeper is prosecuted
August
In August 1909 the Mona House is sold for £350
A Plate layer loses his arm and dies on the railway and we see an advert for Dripping and Lard
The court cases feature assaults, cruelty and swearing, Trespassing in the Wood, an inebriate, young offenders and three missing geese
We have reports of a Denaby & Cadeby century maker as Stairfoot are overwhelmed
and United’s prospects for the coming season
September
in September1909 a young man takes the Denaby Main Hotel landlord to court after being assaulted by him for walking out with his 15 years old daughter
Another case was the Conisbrough woman, who was described as an habitual drunkard, then there was the pony driver who hid under seat in first class compartment
Denaby St John’s ambulance Brigade holds its competition with awards presented by Lady Yarborough
A meeting of the education committee details the difficulties teachers faced
The Archbishop of York inducts a new vicar and makes an address to workingmen
United’s season is improving with good victories over Doncaster Rovers and Leicester Fosse reserves
October
In October 1909 in an horrific accident at Cadeby two miners are killed by Runaway corves and the deputy lies in a serious condition in hospital
Denaby and Cadeby again outstrip all other collieries in the monthly traffic report
In court there is a serious case of assault by three colliers and there are thefts of a singlet and drawers
and the usual cases of couples at variance and pit offences
We have details of Mexborough and Denaby club’s annual shoots
and United go from success to success finishing the month in the upper echelons of the Midland league
November
In November 1909 the “Star” Inn was badly damaged by fire and a service girl suffocated to death
A three year old was poisoned when laudanum was mistaken for cough medicine
Two men died and a deputy injured by runaway tubs at CadebyI
The deputy was destined to become a victim of the Cadeby disaster three years later
The story of neglect of an eight year old child, who was sent to the workhouse was told
The courts hear a number of cases of violence, with one man seriously injured by an earthenware vessel and police and station officials assault
Two boys are convicted of stealing from an automatic machine with one sent to an industrial school and the other receiving strokes of the birch rod
United early season form disappears as they are thrashed 6-1 by Bradford
December
In December 1909, Mr and Mrs Appleyard celebrate their Golden wedding
The death of Doctor Twigg through pneumonia, at the age of 44 shocks Denaby and the village turned out to mourn the well-respected Doctor
The National Service League meets at Denaby
In court a Colliers fiendish action, roasting a cat in his oven was related, an habitual drunkard was sent to the Inebriates Home
The miner who struck a man with a Jug is sent for trial and a Conisborough Collier attempt suicide
United’s slump continues as December passes without a win