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Thomas Conway
| Age: | 59 |
| Died: | 19th Jun 1922 |
| Accident: | 19th Jun 1922 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1863 |
| Colliery: | Dean and Chapter |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | died as the result of injuries alleged to have been received on the same day through climbing over tubs |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 14th August 1922 | |
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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 Monday, August 14th 1922
Resisted Cases.
1565. Dean and Chapter. Thomas Conway, 59, deputy.
Died on 19th June, 1922, as the result of injuries alleged to have been received on the same day through climbing over tubs.
Deceased left a widow, aged 53, wholly dependent.
He had been employed for 46 weeks subsequent to the national strike, and had earned on an average, including rent allowance, £2/5/2.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Three years’ earnings on this average | 352 | 6 | 0 |
| Coals | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| £367 | 18 | 0 |
Claim made by the widow.
The Owners resisted the claim on the grounds that death was due to natural causes.
The Committee failed to agree.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/3, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol III covering Jan-Dec 1922
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