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Show Wirio:is Accident. j The Ogden Jiui- H;n reports the up-! up-! setting into the river in Ogden canon, " j fwo or three miles from ijs mouth, of a light wagon containing W. Thompson, Marshal W. X. Fife, and J. Templeton. the hitter of Paisley Scotland. Both axles of the wagon, on the side next the river, broke off suddenly, pitching Thompson, who was driving, bead over heels down tjhc rocks .some ten Ibet, iyto four fee f. qf water. Templeton was also thrown ' out, while Marshal Fife was caught by the foot to the wagon step, and 1 dragged a con-iderable distance before ' be could extrieale himself. All three ' gentlemen were sorely and severely bruised, but a re rapidly improving. The axles, the breaking of which caused the accident, were of very brittle oak and ash, and at the point of separation separa-tion two bolts, crossed each other cut- 1 ling away much of the timber. The team ran Cjii and brought up brush beyond. The gentlemen were on a pleasure trip viewing the seen- i cry. They saw more of it than prov- ' cd agreeable, and were fortunate to escape with their lives. j |