DAMAGES RECOVERED
BY WIDOW OF MAN ELECTROCUTED.
By Telegraph.—Press. Association. Christchurch, August 27. At the Supreme Court to-day Minnie Jones, widow, and administratrix of the estate of Walter Jones, proceeded against the North Canterbury Hospital and Ointnolp Aid Board, on behalf of herself and four children, to recover .£2500 ns co&iuen.cation for tho death of her husband, which was caused through his beinv electrocuted while engaged in working on the roof at the Infections Tiiseiipos Hospital at Bottle Luke ou May 30. This jury awarded -plaintiff ,62000 damages—,£looo for herself and .£250 for each of the four children. The jury recommended that tho widow should draw the interest of the children's money for •their. unkeep until they reached "their majority. . . .
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3175, 28 August 1917, Page 7
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120DAMAGES RECOVERED Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3175, 28 August 1917, Page 7
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