Insurance fraud tales from a lurid era of fake injuries
A long, lurid account details Dorothy Willis faking thirty injuries for one thousand dollars, and the broader pattern of insurance fraud where individuals and families like the Womacks exploited systems with staged accidents. It notes other notorious schemers like a morphine-seeking salesman and Frank Rush the India Rubber Man, illustrating common motives and methods across cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Dorothy Willis
Wills
Dorothy Wills
America
Claims Bureau
The
Association of Casualty and Surely Companies
Andrads
Defraud Cra
Ingurames
Pune
Anne
Mildred
Womacks
Frank Rush
India
California
Rush
Americ Rush
Bia
Loan opens amid strong subscriptions and state finance plans
The loan opening announced by the wealth Loans Director Banfield reports high advance subscriptions and robust prospects for a successful operation. About 37 million pounds of the 50 million sought between August 1 and 15 were represented, with many maturing securities to be converted into new bonds or short term securities. Subscriptions exceed quotas across 276 committees, with New South Wales and Queensland heavily filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Aubeer
Commonwealth
Wealth Loans
Banfield
Siniee
Fadden
Iites
New South Wales
Queensland
Victoria
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmana
Spectacle Makers visit Cloncurry postcard notice
Flinders Street spectacle makers from Townsville will visit Cloncurry and may be consulted at the Post Office Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday August 20 and 40th 1650. Save your eyesight consult a specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloncurry
Post Office
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M. V
E. E. Walker
Daintree Street
F. A. Brodie and Co. Pty
Land, Forwarding, Mining and General Commission
Bridge ST
Sydney
Brisbane
Orangh — Clayfield
ONC
Brasch
P.O
Trans-Australia Airlines
Qantas Empire Airways Limited
Tasman Empire Airways Limited
Nobel Glasgow Explosives and Fuses
Southern Cross Machinery CO Pty Ltd
Southern Cross
NEW Zealand Insurance Company Limited
RUN Insurance Office Ltd
R. Bennett
Ramsay Street
CAB’ E
Blain
Charters Towers
N.j.powers
the Western Tailoring CO
House OF Quality
Hand
THONE
W.A. McBrde
P. O
ESM
Japan
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
United States
New York
Licely
USA
Woollen Spinning and Weaving Association
Great Britain
Wipever
Flinders Street
Townsville
T.R. Doyle
UHR
Crystalware
Bakkaski’ Jewellers
Phoune
Harry Laurence Selwyn
Harry Webber
Ramsay Street, — Cloncurry
ST Andrews Church OF England
Klaer Bros
Jack Butt
Gulf Engineering & Motor CO
FORD
NACO
KMANN
Ramsay ST
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