Full Details

Surname

THOMPSON

Forename

William

Day

16

Month

07

Year

1900

Age

15

Occupation

Driver

Mine/Quarry Name

Eppleton

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Hetton Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Hetton

County

Durham

Details of Event

He left the fiat with a set of three tubs and left eleven tubs at flat which should have been spragged and a safety chock put in but this was not done and the tubs run amain into his set knocked pony down and crushed deceased. Died ten hours afterwards.