WHARF WORKER'S DEATH
WIDOW GETS £IOOO.
s" _ , JPresa Association.
U,'i- i; J p GISBORNE, June 27. At the Supreme Court the case of Hepzibah Cole v. Richardson and Company, .was heard. The claim was ft»r £ISOO damages for the loss of her husband, Rupert Cole, who was killed whilst unloading railway iron from the steamer Ripple. *
The jury returned a verdict for £IOOO, holding that a negligent method had been adopted in the discharge of the rails.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 121, 27 June 1914, Page 14
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77WHARF WORKER'S DEATH Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 121, 27 June 1914, Page 14
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