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Show II'" WIDOW SUES RAILROAD i; FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND Jty Special to The Tribune. V OGDEN. Aug 30. Demanding $25,000 damages from the Oregon Short Line Railroad company for the death of her t husband, Cyrus L. Grow, employed in 4 the construction of the block signal sys-t sys-t tern on the Idaho lines. Mrs. Cecil Grow, as administratrix of tho estnto, this nft-J; nft-J; crnoon filed an action In the district court. At the time of Crow's death last h January he with other members of the I elgnal construction gang were riding on y-. a railroad motor car In Ada county, Ida.. near iUora siding. A passenger train running at the rate of seventy miles an hour dashed Into the motor car. hurling It frpm tho track and Inflicting Injuries j upon Grow of such a serious nature as f, to cause his death tho following day V The railroad company Is charged with f- negligence In running Its train at an ex- . cesslvelv high rate of speed; by falling 1 to have the headlight of Us locomotive k lighted, although It was late In the aft-4 aft-4 ernoon of a winter day, and by neglect-5 neglect-5 Ing lo give those on the motor car some 3 warning of tho approach of the speeding Ij train. |