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John Thompson
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| Died: | 7th Feb 1843 |
| Accident: | 7th Feb 1843 |
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| Colliery: | Black Boy, Gurney Pit |
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| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Notes: | had gone down the Gurney Pit at the Black Boy Colliery with a man called Parkin to repair the pumps. Parkin was standing in the cage, which was part way down the shaft; Thompson was sitting on a bunting repairing the pumps. A man called Waugh went to the pit mouth to shout for some instrument he required, and the brakesman thought it was the two men calling and drew the cage up. It struck Thompson on the legs and head, crushing him against the bunting and hurling him down the shaft to his death |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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He had gone down the Gurney Pit at the Black Boy Colliery with a man called Parkin to repair the pumps. Parkin was standing in the cage, which was part way down the shaft; Thompson was sitting on a bunting repairing the pumps. A man called Waugh went to the pit mouth to shout for some instrument he required, and the brakesman thought it was the two men calling and drew the cage up. It struck Thompson on the legs and head, crushing him against the bunting and hurling him down the shaft to his death.
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