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Samuel Russell
| Age: | 45 |
| Died: | 10th Jan 1916 |
| Accident: | 10th Jan 1916 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1871 |
| Colliery: | Lumley |
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| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 3rd April 1916 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on April 3rd 1916
Lumley New Winning. Samuel Russell, 45, stoneman.
Killed on January 10th, 1916, by a fall of stone.
The family consisted of the following :—
Deceased, 45, stoneman, £2/4/11.
Son, 16, putter, £1/9/3 ; Gave earnings to father
Son, 14, farm boy, 10/- ; Gave earnings to father.
Deceased with his two sons lived in lodgings, and paid £2/10/0 per week in all for board and lodgings.
He had been employed since May, 1915, and had earned on an average £2/7/2 per week.
Three years’ earnings on this average £367/18/0.
Owners offered £6 funeral expenses.
There was practically no case of dependency here, and the Committee awarded £20.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/41, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1916 (one volume: covers Jan-Jun)
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