Show sUIT S TELLS TELLS' OF TRAGEDY 1 A Penniless Widow Asks Damages for Death leath of Husband In the Federal court this morning George Gutch administrator for the estate of Charles H H. Thorpe brought a asuit asuit asuit suit for damages damages- against the Union Pacific Coal company Thorpe according to the complaint was employed as as boss driver in one of the defendants defendant's coal mines in Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweet- Sweet water county Wyoming when on December December December De De- De cember 3 1900 a chain or cable drawIng drawing draw draw- drawIng Ing a half dozen ca cars s up a tunnel whose incline was 15 degrees snapped starting starting starting start start- ing t tie e cars down the incline Thorpe was standing on a o a track aside the theone one over which the cars were descending and would have escaped unhurt but for an alleged Imperfect switch which threw the cars on the track on which Thorpe was standing The latter having no chance to escape es escape escape es- es es- es cape was crushed and killed A widow and five children dren absolutely penniless ess survive the dead man |