THE HUNTLY DISASTER.
COMPENSATION CLAIMS. AUCKLAND, May 17. The claims of 23 widows, arising out of the loss of the bread-winners in the disaster at Ralph’s mine, Huntly, on September 12, have been amicably settled. In the original claim each widow assessed the damages done at £IOOO. The following
are the terms of settlement : —Sixteen widows receive £775 each; in tive cases the applicants receive £2OO each; in one case, where orphans were left, the children receive £1000; in another*, where there was no legal claim on the company, the sufferer was granted £SO. The total Is £14,500. The company will also pay all legal expenses.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3193, 26 May 1915, Page 49
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106THE HUNTLY DISASTER. Otago Witness, Issue 3193, 26 May 1915, Page 49
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