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M. Monaghan
| Age: | 19 |
| Died: | 20th Jan 1915 |
| Accident: | 20th Jan 1915 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1896 |
| Colliery: | Usworth |
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| Occupation: | Putter |
| Notes: | died from appendicictis, it was alleged that death was accelerated by an accident when he was lifting a tub and sprained his abdomen |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 12th April 1915 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on April 12th 1915
Usworth. M. Monaghan, 19, putter.
Died on January 20th, 1915, from appendicitis. It is alleged that death was accelerated by an accident on January 11th, 1915, when it is stated that Monaghan was lifting a tub and sprained his abdomen. The coroner’s jury, at the inquest, brought in a verdict that deceased died from general septic peritonitis following acute appendicitis.
The family consisted of the following :— Deceased 19 putter, £1/19/4 ; father stoneman, £2/5/3, working at Washington Colliery, in receipt of rent and coals mother 45, sister 21, brother 17, shaft lad, 14/9, now a clerk earning 21/- per week ; sister 14, brother 13, brother 10, sister 8, sister 5, sister 2, brother 2.
Claim made by the father. The Committee failed to agree.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/40, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1915 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
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