TONNESSEN Svend Albert

1888 - 1940  (51 years)

• Name	TONNESSEN Svend Albert
  Birth	14 Sep 1888	Bjugstad, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Aug 1940	Lyon Mountain, NY
  	From the Plattsburgh Press-Republican August 14, 1940 page 3 LYON MOUNTAIN MINER DIES IN GRAVEL SLIDE Albert Tonneson, 52, Veteran of 30 Years, Instantly Killed Yesterday His body buried and crushed by approximately two tons of loose gravel from an iron ore bed, Albert Tonneson, 52, veteran Lyon Mountain miner was instantly killed at 9 am yesterday, an hour and a half after he started his day’s labor. Tonneson, employed as a foreman by the Republic Steel Corp., had been a mineworker for 30 years. He is survived by his widow and six children, all of Lyon Mountain. According to William J. Linney, general manager, the victim and Frank Longto, a fellow worker, were employed at the 1267 foot level where the accident took place. The gravel slide evidently broke with such rapidity that Tonneson was unable to even attempt a break for safety, but no coherent version of the accident could be given because of the nervous strain, which effected Longto. The gravel, left by blasting during the previous night fell only a distance of about 2 feet, but there was such a tremendous amount that it quickly settled over Tonneson. The death of Tonneson is the first fatality at Lyon Mountain over a considerable length of time and is unofficially said to b the first fatality since the mines were leased to Republic Steel Corporation in early 1939.
  Notes	Changed name to Albert Thompson
  Person ID	I9501	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	LEIGH Mary Ellen,   b. 22 May 1893, Lewis NY d. 26 Mar 1971, NY (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1915
  Children	1. THOMPSON Floyd  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. THOMPSON Unknown Child  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. THOMPSON Unknown Child  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. THOMPSON Marilyn Doreen,   b. 02 Jul 1914, Lyon Mountain, NY  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. THOMPSON Helen,   b. Abt 1917, NY d. 21 May 1942, Lyon Mountain, NY (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Living   7. THOMPSON Alvin Levi,   b. 26 Jun 1923, Lyon Mountain, NY d. 15 Mar 2008, PLattsburg, Clinton Co., NY (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024