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Show DAMAGES ASKED FOR DEATH IE 10 m (tilson Asplialtum Company Is Defendant in Suits for $20,000. The simultaneous deaths of John P. Zcrva and William '6. Kakouriotcs, Greeks, iu the Black Dragon mine near Dragon, Uintah county, February 12 last year, aro mado tho basis of two big damago suits filod in tho third district court Saturday afternoon agaiust tho Gilson Asplialtum company, tho proprietor pro-prietor of tho mine. In tho two suits $20,000 damages aro demanded. The plaintiffs in tho Kakouriotcs case aro Gcorgo D. nnd Stamutina-Kakoiirirtca, Stamutina-Kakoiirirtca, father and mother of tho dead man who was burned to death bv the explosion of dust. Tho company com-pany is charged with ncgligonco in not providing water pipos to wot tho inflammable in-flammable dust down and koep it from lighting, and judgment is asked for $1 0.000 carnages. Kakouriotcs was unmarried un-married and 29 years old. In the Zorva "caso, tho plaintiffs are Vassiliki Zcrva, widow of tho victim of tho accident, and Stamatina, Pante-lis, Pante-lis, Panagiotis, Dcmotrios and John Zcrva, minor children, by their guardian guar-dian ad litem, Dana T. Smith. Tho allegations aro tho same as in tho Kakouriotes case and tho samo amount is demanded. Neither body was ever recovered. |