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Surname
HOWARD
Forename
Sydney
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
19
Occupation
Incline man
Mine/Quarry Name
Springwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Staveley Coal & Iron Co.
Location
Chesterfield
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
While travelling with the front tub of a train of 14 loaded tubs up an engine plane the draw-bar of the second tub broke. The torsion of the rope being relieved of 13 tubs and suddenly drew forward the one tub and threw deceased down and passed over him. He died on the way to the hospital.