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Herbert Wilson
| Age: | 24 |
| Died: | 30th Oct 1918 |
| Accident: | 21st Feb 1912 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1894 |
| Colliery: | Adelaide |
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| Occupation: | Coal Cutter |
| Notes: | died on October 30th, 1918, as the result, it is alleged, of injuries received to his spine on 21st February, 1912, through a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 2nd December 1918 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on December 2nd 1918
1078. Adelaide. Herbert Wilson, 21, cutter.
Died on October 30th, 1918, as the result, it is alleged, of injuries received to his spine on 21st February, 1912, through a fall of stone.
The registrar's certificate stated the cause of death to be (1) phthisis and (2) fractured spine.
Deceased left a widow, aged 29, wholly dependent.
| Three years' earnings of deceased | £189 | 2 | 7 | Coals | 5 | 12 | 0 | £194 | 14 | 7 |
Weekly payments of compensation prior to death, excluding War addition, £236/15/5.
Claim made by the widow.
The figures quoted above did not entitle us to claim anything, but we were not satisfied that the three years' earnings had been assessed on the cutters' wages, and the case was therefore adjourned for inquiries to be made.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/1, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol I covering Sep 1918-Dec 1919
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| Arbitration Committee — 6th January 1919 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on January 6th 1919
1078. Adelaide. Herbert Wilson, 21, coal cutter.
Died on October 30th, 1918, as a result, it is alleged, of injuries received to his spine on 21st February, 1912, through a fall of stone.
The Registrar's certificate stated the cause of death to be (1) phthisis and (2) fractured spine.
Deceased left a widow, aged 29, wholly dependent.
| Three years' earnings of deceased | £189 | 2 | 7 |
| Coal | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| £194 | 14 | 7 |
Weekly payments of compensation prior to death, excluding war addition, £236/15/0.
Claim made by the widow.
The case was adjourned at the last meeting for inquiries to be made as to the date deceased started as a filler.
The three years prior to injury included a period when deceased had been at more than one occupation. As there had been a change of grade of employment the Committee had to take the average weekly wage of the last grade of employment and multiply it by 156 to get the three years' average. In this case the last grade was that of a coal cutter, and on that average the three years average earnings amounted to £284/13/7, leaving £47/18/7 to be awarded to the widow.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/1, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol I covering Sep 1918-Dec 1919
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