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John Jackson
| Age: | 58 |
| Died: | 30th Apr 1915 |
| Accident: | 30th Apr 1915 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1857 |
| Colliery: | South Moor |
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| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of coal and band |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 5th July 1915 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on July 5th 1915
South Moor (Morrison Pit). John Jackson, 58, stoneman.
Killed on April 30th, 1915, by a fall of coal and band.
The family consisted of the following :— Deceased, 58, stoneman, £1/15/9 per week, received rent allowance and coals; son, 30, stoneman, £1/16/11, gave earnings to his father; son, 29, Epileptic; son, 29, cartman, £1/1/0, gave earnings to his father.
Deceased had been employed since May, 1912, and had earned on an average £1/17/3 per week.
| Three years’ earnings on this average | £290 | 11 | 0 |
| Rent and coals | 36 | 12 | 0 |
| £327 | 3 | 0 |
Claim made by a son. Owners offered £80, Awarded £150.
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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