A MINER’S DEATH
COMPENSATION FOB WIDOW. [Per Press Association.] INVERCARGILL, May 16. At the Arbitration Court Mary Francis, the widow of a miner, claimed £750 compensation from th© Linton Coal Company on account of the death of her husband, who was suffocated by gas while working in the mine. The defence denied that deceased was killed in the course of his employment. The regulations provide that no workman shall be in any part of a mine, other than in the part where he is working. The Court held that it was reasonable to infer that he went for a necessary purpose and was not guilty of misconduct in taking the route he did. A verdict was given for the full amount.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19842, 17 May 1927, Page 9
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121A MINER’S DEATH Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19842, 17 May 1927, Page 9
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