TELEGRAPH LINESMAN'S DEATH.
MOTHER AWARDED £1000 DAMAGES (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Annie Olsen was awarded a thousand pounds' damages for the loss of her son, Albert Olsen, a telegraph linesman, who was electrocuted while erecting a telephone line on Tinakori Hill- The Crown moved for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence and excessive damages.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 201, 23 August 1920, Page 4
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65TELEGRAPH LINESMAN'S DEATH. Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 201, 23 August 1920, Page 4
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