BROOKLYN TEAM ACCIDENT.
WELLINGTON, November 30. Three of the four actions for damages against fhe City Council in connection with' the Brooklyn tramway accident last year have been settled out of court. In the cases of Thomas Bell (of Nelson), who was severely injured and his wife killed, plaintiff bas accepted £1100, including costs. In one case he claimed £2000 for the death of his wife, and in the other £501 on account of his- own injuries. The claim of >6300 made by Arthur Smith, another passenger, was settled for £125. The South British' Insurance Company will, under a policy issued to the council, pay a large proportion of the amount paid to settle tho cases.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 31
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116BROOKLYN TEAM ACCIDENT. Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 31
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