Show J serious at the colorado 4 george A chase a miner employed at the colorado mine met with a very serious accident last tuesday night the men who were upon the night shift had been hoisted out of the mine in order that they might eat their lunches and they were all sitting around in the hoist when in some imae countable manner chase got his right leg caught between the drive rod and the big fly wheel of the co compressor mp ressor chase was setting pretty close tr the machinery and it is thought that he stretched out hia his leg without thinking and it came in contact with the ma chinery the bone for perhaps four inches above the ankle w as crushed i imort to a pulp but there was not a scratch upon the foot dr gose was called to attend the tile unfortunate man and on oil wednesday he was mas removed to the provo hospital where the leg was amputated below the knee kne dr laker was present and assisted in the amputation and states that hat chase being a strong man ph will recover quite rapidly from the opera tion fhe rhe unfortunate man was about 30 years of age and has been a resident of eureka for the past year his wife accompanied him to the hospital at provo |