CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
WIDOW AWARDED £2OOO. (Per Press Association.) HAMILTON, June 46. At the Supreme Court, Lucy Jenkis, widow, of Manunui. claimed £2500 damages from the Pukeweka Sawmill Company for loss of her husband, who was killed while working on a locomotive belonging to the company. Evidence was give n that a log on the side of the line telescoped the locomotive, killing claimant’s husband.
The jury awarded £2OOO, one-third to be given to the widow and twothirds to the children.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19048, 27 June 1924, Page 11
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81CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19048, 27 June 1924, Page 11
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