Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-07-27
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
REVEALS PATHETIC STORIES
Many Eases of Sadness in tanliI, His.
tory Disclosed by Applications,
tor Relief.

One of the claims recently adjust
ed by the Industrial Insurance Com
mission was that for young woman
in Missouri. The couple were mar
ried Just a month before the husband
was killed. They were married back
in Missouri-the marriage ceremony
according to the papers filed in the
Industrial Insurance Commissions
office, being performed merely to
give the child that was coming
name. The man and his wife agreed
to separate Immediately following the
marriage ceremony. This was done
and the bsuband came to Spokane
Wash. He was killed a month after
he came west
The parents of the young man who
was killed applied for the claim, but
also told the history of the young
wife. The commission awarded the
claim to the young wife. She will
receive monthly pension of $35.
old youth. His mother was drawing
a pension of SO month for herself
and IS month for each of her three
children, making a total of $45. One
Of the children, little boy. has been
in the care of the Juvenile court since
he was years Old. The court took
charge of the monthly allotment of
IS received by this child from the
commission. The commission has
received notice that the lad, who is
now IA, had been sentenced to the
boys training school at 'Chehalis. The
IS pension for this boy must be
stopped Immediately by the commits
sion since he is in a state institution.
The juvenile court informed the
commission that out of the boys
monthly pension of IS 1t had saved
$50 for him.
Another claim which was settled
was that of Joe Grabinski of South
Prairie. Pierce county. While work
ing for the Washington Pacific Coast
Coal Company at Burnett in October
1919, a piece Of coal fell from the
face Of the mine and hit Grabinski on
the head Recently epileptic fits de-
veloped. Grabinski has FIVE children
under Is years Of age and three over
is years Of age. The commission
allowed him a pension of $40 month
for the rest Of his life.
Tony Surino was killed in the
woods near Eatonville-a swinging
log crushing him to death. The fol-
lowing day Tony Surino was killed in
the woods near Rainier. A swinging
log crushed him to death. Both Surf
nos were young men, the former %
and the latter 81 years of age. There
is no relationship between the men.
The two men were buried on the
same day. The coincidence was 50
remarkable that the claim adjuster
made special investigation to deter
mine whether the same fatality was
reported twice. 1t was found that
they were two different cases.,
BY the same records the Yuckert
family of Tacoma have had more than
their share Of misfortune. Peter
Yuckert caught his finger in a feed
roll, crushing the first finger. Jack
cut his finger in a resaw. Theodore,
the youngest, aged Is, cut his thumb
on a saw. These men are supposed
to be brothers. This coincidence was
discovered from the fact that COM
pensation was paid on the same day
to the three claimants.
An accident case in which a dom
key fireman living at the company !
camp attempted to light a kerosene |
stove in the company bathhouse
Someone had substituted can of gas
oline for the customary can of kero-
sene and as the claimant applied the
gasoline to the stove an explosion en-
sued, burning his right hand, arm
and leg badly. The commission re-
jected the claim. however, because
the accident did not occur in the
course Of employment nor on the
premises in the sense in which this
phrase ia used in the statuto