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Show FALLS 400 FEET ' AND IS UNHURT Thrilling' Escape of Hunter Who Falls Into Air Shaft of Abandoned Coal Mine in Pennsylvania. NEW YORK, Oct. 25. While hunting hunt-ing in a mountain side near Potts-. Potts-. ville, Pa-, yesterday Joseph Schroedcr fell 400 feet into the airshaft of an abandoned coal working, says a special to the "Vorld. ; A companion, William Kalbach, went for help but it was many hours before fychroeder could be brought to the sui-4ace. sui-4ace. T7 Schroeder was found to be little the Worse for his tumble. Though bruised from falling from ledge to ledge rn his descent, not a bone was broken. He as saved by the crooked character of the shaft. His escape is said to have been the most extraordinary in the history of the anthracite region. |