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Non-fatal Accident
George Parkin
| Accident: | 17th Sep 1914 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1911 |
| Colliery: | Wearmouth |
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| Occupation: | Driver |
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| Arbitration Committee — 22nd March 1926 | |
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Durham Miners' Association
Compensation Department
Report of Proceedings
of
Arbitration Committee Meeting
held in the
The Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle-on-Tyne
On March 22nd 1926
Wearmouth. George Parkin, 15, driver.
On 17th September, 1914, this boy was crushed between the limbers and tubs and sustained a compound fracture of the thigh. Full compensation was paid until he ultimately commenced light work, at which be continued intermittently until the colliery closed down in 1925. The case was before the Arbitration Committee on 17th August, 1925, when he was awarded compensation at the reduced rate of 10/- per week. Had it not been for the accident Parkin would have been putting now. He asks for his case to be reviewed.
Reviewed to hewers' rate.
Source: NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/6, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol VI covering Jan-Dec 1926
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- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/6/1/1/6, Reports of the Compensation Department, Vol VI covering Jan-Dec 1926
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| george parkin jnr | 09 Nov 2011 |
my father worked in peggers pit interest photoes of this colliery |
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