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John Redden
| Age: | 52 |
| Died: | 4th Sep 1917 |
| Accident: | 11th Jun 1914 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1865 |
| Colliery: | Esh |
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| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | died in Sedgefield Asylum, fell off with miners' nystagmus and his doctor was strongly of opinion that the nystagmus had accelerate death |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 4th March 1918 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on March 4th 1918
893. Esh. John Redden, 52, hewer.
Died in Sedgefield Asylum on September 4th, 1917. Deceased fell off work on June 11th. 1914, with miners' nystagmus, and compensation was paid in respect of the same up to the date of death.
The family consisted of the following :—
Deceased 55. hewer, £1/16/8. House and coals.
Widow 51.
Son 26, stoneman. £1/17/6.
Daughters 19, 16, 13, 10.
Three years' earnings with house and coals £279/10/0.
Weekly payments prior to death £162/5/2.
Dr. McCullagh attended the post mortem and reported as follows :—
The immediate cause of death was organic brain disease, and he might have died at any time from the heart or kidney affections. He suffered, I believe, from nystagmus for three years prior to his admission to the asylum, but I do not think it is possible to connect this in any way with his death. I did not attend the inquest, as anything I could have said would be detrimental to any claim made by the relatives.
It was stated that the deceased's doctor was strongly of opinion that the nystagmus had accelerated death, and that he was prepared to go to court and prove his contention. That being so the Committee failed to agree.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/43, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1918 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
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