Show mm damage suit the case of henry H weiler against august roland began yesterday in salt lake plaint fl brought suit to recover as damages for the alleged converting and disposing 0 68 shares of the capital stock of the murray meat and live stock company narrow escape engineer Ene ineer abram hatch and fireman had a bairow from death on the oregon short line at farmington Farmin aton monday evening a few minutes before 7 both were on the passenger train which left this city at for salt like suddenly when opposite the lagoon the left piston rod backe the train was under a full head of steam and was irbing towards salt lake at a high rate of speed the broken rod struck the cab with terrific force the crash startled the fireman and he ierace back on to the tender just in time to escape leine killed by one of the forceful revolutions of the demolished the floor of the cab and the seat upon which hj sat were torn corn were also cut in the ground while engineer hatch waa making heroic to keep the locomotive on the track the remaining piston broke and then one of the drive wheels when the other eide of the torn out his escape from deah was almost miraculous the accident caused a delay of about hour not only to the south but to tle north hound train A new engine brought the bedea train to salt lake case dismissed the caso at salt lake city against dr J M dart charging defendant with failing to report a case of scarlet fever in accordance with the health ordinance was yesterday dismissed judge hall of salt lake et atins that the case at most was but a technical violation of the law i gas case The case of the new american gas ft company against the salt lake ogden aas electric light company is being tried in salt lake tifT two causes of action against the defendant but by the order of the coart both were consolidated suit was brought to cover for gas furnished under contract between abo carlies from february 1895 to november 1896 this amount is a balance claimed to I 1 e due after the repayment of the defendant of 1000 which it bad advanced on the contract the second suit was brought to recover damages in the sum of to the violation of a contract between plaintiff and defendant february whereby plaintiff was to supply the defendant with natural gas it is alleged ia the that the defendant company terminated the contract in november by refusing to take any more gas |