Age: 61
Sex: male
Date: 10 Apr 1959
Place: River Tyne, Swan Hunters Shipyard, Wallsend
Joseph William Thompson was found in the dock at Swan Hunter's Shipyard at Wallsend on Sunday 5 April 1959.
It was thought that he had been in the river for about three weeks. He was found lying in the dock between HMS Defence and the quayside.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Shields Daily News - Friday 10 April 1959
see Shields Daily News - Wednesday 08 April 1959
see Unsolved 1959