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George Cooper
| Age: | 17 |
| Died: | 27th Feb 1924 |
| Accident: | 26th Feb 1924 11.55 a.p.m., 1st hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1907 |
| Colliery: | Sherburn House |
| Company: | Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Haulage Lad |
| Notes: | Deceased, failing to detach the clip from the over-tub haulage rope, attempted to detach the clip chain from the first of a set of eight empty tubs as they were moving by gravity down the kip at the main junction, when his head was crushed between the tub and an iron bar fixed to arrest clips which cannot ordinarily be detached. He should have observed the instructions not to interfere with clip chains until the tubs have come to rest |
| Buried: | Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn |
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| Arbitration Committee — 7th April 1924 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Department
Report of Proceedings
of
Arbitration Committee Meeting
held in the
The Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-on-Tyne
On 7th April 1924
1791. Sherburn House. George Cooper, 17, rope lad.
Died on February 27th, 1924, as the result of injuries received to his head on the previous day, through a blow from a tub.
Deceased was a single man, and the family consisted of the following :—
| Age | Occupation | Average Earnings during last 12 weeks |
Remarks | |||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Deceased | 17 | Rope lad | 1 | 7 | 5 | Last 11 weeks |
| Father | 49 | Mason's Labourer | 1 | 15 | 10 | Also receives house and coals |
| Mother | 47 | |||||
| Brother | 19 | Co-operative Stores | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Sister | 15 | |||||
| Sister | 13 | |||||
| Sister | 9 | |||||
| 4 | 11 | 3 | ||||
Claim made by the father, William Cooper.
Owners offered £32.
The Committee failed to agree.
Source: Documents at the Durham Miners' Association, Redhills, Durham
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