Full Details
- Surname
- KNOWLES
- Forename
- Alfred
- Day
- 18
- Month
- 03
- Year
- 1910
- Age
- 37
- Occupation
- Sinker
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Thorne
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Pease & Partners Ltd
- Location
- Moorends
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- He went down the shaft a few minutes after a round of shots had been fired, and died from poisoning by carbon monoxide and nitrous fumes. Other men were affected by the gas.
