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Edward Newton
| Age: | 23 |
| Died: | 31st Aug 1915 |
| Accident: | 31st Aug 1915 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1892 |
| Colliery: | Allerdene |
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| Occupation: | Belt-Engineman |
| Notes: | killed by being crushed between a connecting rod and a bed plate of the engine |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 1st November 1915 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on November 1st 1915
Allerdene. Edward Newton, 23, belt-engineman.
Killed on August 31st, 1915, by being crushed between a connecting rod and a bed plate of the engine.
Deceased was a single man, and the family consisted of the following:—
Deceased 23, engineman, £1/14/5.
Father 58, not working.
Brother 21, screener, £1/2/9.
Brother 19, N.E.R. fireman, £1/2/6.
Brother 18, cartman, 17/-.
Sister 14, brother 9, sister 4, brother 1.
Claim made by the father. Owners offered £64/10/0 and the Committee awarded £100.
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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