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John Dunn
| Age: | 60 |
| Died: | 26th Dec 1916 |
| Accident: | 26th Dec 1916 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1856 |
| Colliery: | Usworth |
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| Occupation: | Screener |
| Notes: | crushed by trucks |
| Buried: | Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church) |
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| Arbitration Committee — 5th February 1917 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on February 5th 1917
760. Usworth. John Dunn, 60, screener.
Killed on December 26th, 1916, when he was crushed by trucks.
Deceased was a single man, and lived in lodgings.
He had earned on an average during the last 12 pays £1/2/9 per week.
A claim is made by a widowed sister of deceased, who lives at Birtley, aged 40, with a daughter aged 16, and two sons, aged 13 and 11, and who contends she got sums varying from 5/- to 10/- from deceased.
Owners offered £6 funeral expenses, and £10 was awarded funeral expenses ; the claim of the sister not being allowed
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/42, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1917 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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