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James Wilson Tunstall
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 21st Dec 1915 |
| Accident: | 21st Dec 1915 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1900 |
| Colliery: | Thornley |
| Company: | Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Pony Driver |
| Notes: | He was taking four full tubs out-bye to the endless rope, when the bolt connecting the limbers to the first tub came out and the tubs ran amain. He jumped off the tubs but was badly injured and died of shock and septicemia in Durham County Hospital. At the inquest, which was held on 21 December, it was suggested that it a cotter pin had been used instead of a bolt, the accident would not have happened. |
| 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
Thornley. J. W. Tunstall, 15, driver.
Died on December 18th, 1915, as the result of injuries received on the previous day through being crushed by tubs.
The family consisted of the following :—
Deceased 15, driver 12/2.
Father 50, painter £1/17/0.
Mother 44, sister 21, brother 19, off-hand £1/1/10.
Sisters 17, 11, 5.
Claim made by the father.
Owners offered £21/3/4. and the Committee awarded £40.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/41, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1916 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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