Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-11-30 | Page 28 | Big Damages Sought by Steve Marinats

BIG DAMAGES SOUGHT BY STEVE MARINATS Miner Who Lost Eyes and Finger in Explosion Sues Company for $30,000. Alleging that ho lost tho Bight of both eyes, ono finger and suffered other oth-er injuries, as tho result of an explosion explo-sion in the Highland Boy mino, Stovo Marinafs yesterday filed suit for $30.- 000 damagos and costs against the Utah Consolidated Mining company. Tho complaint was filed in the United States district court, tho dof endant company being a Now Jersey corporation. It is stated that the oxploBion oc- 1 curred August 10 of this yoax. Mari-nats Mari-nats was employed in the mino as a ran-chino ran-chino man and tho complaint sets out that tho accident was caused by an un-explodod un-explodod shot of blasting powder into which Marinats drlllod, Tho claims for damagos aro based on tho assertion that tho company "was criminally negligent in failing to safeguard employees by warning thorn of tho unexploded blasts. Transcript of tho case of Charles W. Hardy against tho Castlo Valley Coal company was filed in tho federal court yesterday upon removal from tho Third district court. The action involves $5440 asked as damages foT personal injuries in-juries alleged to have been suffered by tho plaintiff whilo at work in the company's com-pany's mine in Castlo Vallcv. Emcry counly. Tho company is a "Wyoming corporation.