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Sidney Cooper
| Age: | 21 |
| Died: | 23rd Nov 1915 |
| Accident: | 23rd Nov 1915 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1894 |
| Colliery: | Houghton |
| Company: | Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Weighman |
| Notes: | he was accidentally shot through the lungs by a bullet from a loaded pistol, which was in the possession of a youth called John Foster |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 7th February 1916 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on February 7th 1916
Houghton. Sidpey Cooper, 21, weighman.
Died on November 23rd, 1915, on which day he was accidentally shot through the lungs by a bullet from a loaded pistol, which was in the possession of a youth called John Foster.
The family consisted of the family :—
Deceased 21, weighman. £1/4/6.
Father 56, screener, £1/5/11.
Mother 49, sister 26 (invalid), brother 24, soldier.
Sister 16, domestic 3/6.
Brother 13, sister 10, brother 4. Claim made by the father.
The claim was resisted on the grounds that the accident did not arise out of and in the course of deceased's employment.
We could not prove that it did, and the claim was, therefore, disallowed.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/41, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1916 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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