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Stephen McIlwarth
| Age: | 56 |
| Died: | 14th Dec 1915 |
| Accident: | 14th Dec 1915 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1859 |
| Colliery: | Lumley, 6th Pit |
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| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | On 14 December, stonemen Stephen McIlwrath and John Sanders, were preparing the face for the coal cutter. They had put in a twelve foot timber baulk, drawn all the props, and then started to clean up. Suddenly, a stone came away from the roof, the thickest part falling on McIlwrath, killing him outright, Sanders was taken out alive but died two days later from a brain haemorrhage. |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 7th February 1916 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on February 7th 1916
Lumley, 6th Pit. Stephen McIlwraith, 56, shifter.
Killed on December 15th, 1915, by a fall of stone. Deceased was a single man and lived in lodgings.
Three years' earnings of deceased £210/6/0
Claim made by a married sister.
Owners offered £6.
The case was left with the two Secretaries to settle the amount of funeral expenses.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/41, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1916 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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