Full Details
- Surname
- TURPIN
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 20
- Month
- 01
- Year
- 1909
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Hewer
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Hedley Hill
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
- Location
- Tow Law
- County
- Durham
- Details of Event
- He strained himself when lifting a full tub away from the plate ends. He died 17th March, 1909, from cardiac failure after an operation for hernia.