Mexborough and Swinton Times September 19, 1908
Conisbrough Notes
On Tuesday the 15th inst, a special train with the Board of Trade Inspector, Colonel von Dunlop, Mr Hague Brown, and other officials of the G.C.R. and H. and B., railways paid a visit to the new Lowfield junction at Conisbrough, for the purpose of inspecting the new work connecting up the G.C. and H. and B. railways at that point.
The oil mills now show very little of the effects of the fire which occurred there on July 4. The walls have been rebuilt and the roof is now completed, and to all appearances the mill will be in full working order before long.
The proprietors evidently intend to prevent, as far as possible, any fires in the future, and have, where advisable, replaced inflammable material with iron and steel. The new roof is an arts one made of corrugated galvanised iron, and the various roof timbers have been replaced by steel girders. The building is not so high as it was originally, and some of the windows in the wall nearest the main road have been done away with. The changes which have been made by Messrs Brain should certainly diminish risks of fire in future.
Some of our juveniles are evidently not content with November 5 for the celebration of the Gunpowder Plot, so I started to celebrate it already by discharging fireworks, especially of the cracker kind, in and near the streets. One frequently sees horses startled by the sudden detonations, which might easily cause a timid horse to bolt. We would respectably call the attention of the police to this, and request that they pay a little extra attention to these young lawbreakers.
We appear to be threatened by three epidemics just now. Number of typhoid fever, scarlet fever and ophthalmia cases have been reported recently. We earnestly request all the residents in the district to do all they can to prevent these diseases spreading.