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John Thomas Blackett
| Age: | 36 |
| Died: | 21st Feb 1919 |
| Accident: | 21st Feb 1919 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1883 |
| Colliery: | Woodland |
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| Occupation: | Onsetter |
| Notes: | fell down the shaft |
| Buried: | Woodland Cemetery |
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| Arbitration Committee — 5th May 1919 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on May 5th 1919
County Court Cases
1127. Woodlands. J. T. Blackett, 36, onsetter.
Killed on February 21st, 1919, through falling down the shaft.
The family consisted of the following :—
Deceased, 36, onsetter, £2/11/0 per week.
Father, 69, retired, with a total income of £70 per year.
Mother, 71.
Brother, 31, invalid.
Niece, 16.
The owners of Woodlands Colliery are not in the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association, and we had to negotiate directly with the Colliery Company. Their first offer was for reasonable funeral expenses, but after having a meeting they offered Mr Heath, our solicitor, £125 in settlement. This, we did not think met the case, and consequently we entered an application for Arbitration and the case was heard at Darlington County Court on May 14th, before Judge McCarthy, who awarded £165, which we considered as a fair settlement.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/1, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol I covering Sep 1918-Dec 1919
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