Full Details

Surname

THOMPSON

Forename

Alfred

Day

31

Month

01

Year

1906

Age

43

Occupation

Shifter

Mine/Quarry Name

Pelton

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Owners of Pelton Colliery Ltd

Location

Pelton

County

Durham

Details of Event

When helping his marrow to lift a heavy stone, the stone slipped and caught his fingers between itself and the ‘thill,’ cutting them. Subsequently pneumonia set in and he died 15 days after the accident.