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Peter Crawford
| Age: | 28 |
| Died: | 21st Mar 1924 |
| Accident: | 21st Mar 1924 12.0 p.p.m., 3rd hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1896 |
| Colliery: | Framwellgate |
| Company: | Framwellgate Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | the deceased men were hewing in a jenkin when a fall of roof occurred without warning. They were both struck by a huge stone and killed instantaneously. The fall came from a concealed slip which ran over the coal. A chock, a bar and two props were set within 4 ft. of the face. Coal was knocked down by the fall |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 13th September 1926 | |
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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 September 13th 1926
Requests.
1797. Framwellgate Moor. Peter Crawford.
1st July, 1924. Awarded interim, £250.
Dependents :—
| Dorothy Isabel Crawford, 26, Widow, | £200 | (30/- per fortnight) |
| Dorothy M. Crawford, 2, Daughter, | £50 | (8/- per fortnight) |
Another child was born on 29th June, 1924, and the Committee on 6th August, 1924, awarded £350, making a total sum of £600.
Dependents :—
Dorothy Isabel Crawford, 26, widow, £300 (30/- per fortnight)
Dorothy May Crawford, 2, daughter, £145 (8/- per fortnight)
Freda Grant Crawford, 1, daughter, £155 (8/- per fortnight)
Mrs. D. I. Crawford now asks for a grant out of the balance of her share of compensation to enable her to purchase false teeth.
Granted £10.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/6, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol VI covering Jan-Dec 1926
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