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Surname
CHALMERS
Forename
John
Day
13
Month
11
Year
1918
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Woolmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Portobello
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
13 November 1918: Damages for Portobello Miner's Widow - Judgement has been given by Sheriff-Substitute Guy in Edinburgh Sheriff Court in a case under the Workmen's Compensation Act, in which Mrs Elizabeth Somerville or Chalmers, residing at 32 Tower Street, Portobello, sued the Niddrie and Benhar coal Company (Ltd) for £300 compensation, for herself and her two children, in respect of the death of her husband, John Chalmers, which resulted from an accident while he was employed as a miner in the Woolmet Pit, Niddrie. His Lordship held that the cause of death was electrocution, derived from an electrically driven coal cutting machine which deceased had been working, and that the electrocution had operated on a naturally weak constitution. It was agreed between the parties that in the event of the pursuer succeeding in the action the compensation should be fixed at £300, and the Sheriff has given judgement accordingly, with expenses to the pursuer. [Scotsman 12 January 1920]