Full Details

Surname

TABBERER

Forename

James William

Day

09

Month

10

Year

1903

Age

21

Occupation

Fitter

Mine/Quarry Name

Threlkeld Quarry

Mineral Worked

Granite

Owner

Threlkeld Granite Co. Ltd

Location

Threlkeld

County

Cumberland

Details of Event

While engaged below a locomotive engine removing the crank pin a splinter of iron flew and destroyed one of his eyes. He was at once attended by a doctor who removed the splinter from the eye. The same night he was put under chloroform by two doctors and the eye removed. The operation was nearly over when he collapsed and died.