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James Wood
| Age: | 45 |
| Died: | 29th Nov 1921 |
| Accident: | 29th Nov 1921 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1876 |
| Colliery: | Shotton |
| Company: | Horden Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | killed in shot firing accident [approximate date] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 6th February 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, February 6th 1922
1493. Shotton. James Wood, 45, shot-firer.
Died in the pit on November 29th, 1921.
Deceased accompanied the master shifter to a place 88 yards distant and it was alleged the travelling was very bad, deceased and master shifter having to stoop and creep the whole distance and back again, 176 yards.
When they returned Wood collapsed and died, and it was alleged the exertion caused by the heavy travelling accelerated death.
Dr. Henegan, of South Hetton, attended the post-mortem on behalf of the Association and reported as follows :—
"The history of the case, as given, was that the deceased had for some time been attended by his local doctor for Cardiac Debility and Headache, and that he had dropped down dead in the pit. He was said to have sustained an accident about twelve years previously in the pit but there were no outward indications of this.
The Heart was found to be enlarged owing to hypertrophy of the left ventricle, the result of disease of the aortic valve of some standing. This is about the commonest cause of sudden death.
The cause of death therefore in this case was due to heart failure, the result of aortic valve disease, in other words, "Natural Causes".
The verdict of the Coroner's Inquest was as follows :—
"Aortic regurgitation of long standing following the exertion of stooping and creeping for a distance of 76 yards in the course of his employment."
The family consisted of the following :—
| Age | Occupation | Average Earnings during last 12 weeks |
Remarks | |||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Deceased | 45 | Shot-firer | 5 | 14 | 9 | Also received house and coals |
| Widow | 40 | |||||
| Son | 19 | Shifter | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| Son | 15 | Driver | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Son | 11 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Deceased had been employed for 21 weeks subsequent to the national strike and had earned on an average £5 16s. 2d. per week.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Three years' earnings on this average | 906 | 2 | 0 |
| House and coals | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| £945 | 2 | 0 |
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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