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Surname
HOWLETT
Forename
Harry
Day
13
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
18
Occupation
Rope runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Treeton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rothervale Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Treeton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was riding on the rope at the front of the empty train when the first tub ran into a small fall of stone on the rails, which had come from the side the tub was thrown off the way and he was injured either by being hit by the tub or colliding with the timber or side and died at Rotherham Hospital the following day. There was considerable weight and crush on the road owing to a face approaching it. In such roads riding on the front of the trams should not be allowed.