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Squire Reed
| Age: | 56 |
| Died: | 5th Mar 1914 |
| Accident: | 10th Jan 1914 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1858 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon Grange |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Shifter |
| Notes: | death was due to blood poisoning, it was alleged that this condition had been caused by an injury to his hand |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 6th April 1914 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on Monday, April 6th 1914
Trimdon Grange. Squire Reed, 56, shifter.
Died on March 5th, 1914, in Sedgefield Fever Hospital, where he had been sent as suffering from Enteric Fever. The medical evidence at the inquest was to the effect that death was due to blood poisoning. It is alleged that this condition had been caused by an injury to his hand, which Reed received on January 10th, 1914. The accident was not reported, and Reed continued to work until February 21st, 1914.
Deceased left a widow and five infant children wholly dependent. He had been employed since April, 191 2, and had earned on an average £1/5/0 per week.
| Three years’ earnings on this average | £195 |
| House and coals | 39 |
| 234 |
Claim made by the widow. Committee disagreed. The intention is for the doctors to be consulted by some one representing our side of the Compensation Committee.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/39, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1914 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
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