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Thomas Willis
| Age: | 18 |
| Died: | 6th Feb 1919 |
| Accident: | 31st Dec 1918 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1901 |
| Colliery: | Lumley No. 3 |
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| Occupation: | Pony Putter |
| Notes: | died as the result of injuries received through a bruised hand, due to a tub getting off the way. Blood poisoning and septic pneumonia supervened. According to the statement of earnings deceased had worked for three weeks after the accident |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Arbitration Committee — 7th April 1919 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Committee
Committee Meeting
Held on April 7th 1919
1120. Lumley New Winning. Thomas Willis, 18, pony putter.
Died on February 6th, 1919, as the result of injuries received on December 31st, 1918, through a bruised hand, due to a tub getting off the way. Blood poisoning and septic pneumonia supervened. According to the statement of earnings deceased had worked for three weeks after the accident.
The family consisted of the following :—
Deceased, 18, pony putter, £3/0/4.
Father, 57, assistant overseer, 15/0.
Mother, 47, sister, 25.
Sister, 23, domestic servant. Away from home.
Sister, 22, domestic servant, 4/0.
Brother, 21, soldier, 17/0. Allotment and Government allowance.
Sister, 15, farm work, 8/0.
Sisters, 8, 5, brothers, 11, 2.
No weekly payments of compensation made prior to death.
Claim made by the father.
Owners offered £162, and this was increased to £240.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/1, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol I covering Sep 1918-Dec 1919
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