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Surname
THOMPSON
Forename
Daniel
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
45
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Norton in the Moors
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was struck on the shoulder by a piece of dirt from a shot fired in the ripping in a Cockshead jig. While firing he had taken refuge in a manhole 20 yards down the dip, but, on the opposite side to that on which the shot was. He would have in been out of danger had he gone upwards into the drift at the top. He died on March 4th of tetanus resulting from the wound.