THE HUNTLY DISASTER.
CLAIMS AMICABLY SETTLED. fßy Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, May 17. The claims of twenty-three widows, arising out of the loss of breadwinners in the disaster at Ralph's Mine, at Huntly,- -on September . 12, _ have been amicably settled. In the original claim each widow assessed the damages done at £1000. The following are the terms of - settlement Sixteen widows receive £775 each: in five cases the applicants receive £200 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 £50—total £14,500. The company also pay all legal expenses.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2464, 18 May 1915, Page 3
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106THE HUNTLY DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2464, 18 May 1915, Page 3
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