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Show Nevada Man Falls Four Hundred Feet and May Recover. Charles Karlstern, employed In a mlno nt Golconda, Nevada, Is In a Salt I.ako hospital in a dangerous condition, as a result of n fall of 400 feet In the mlno at which ho was employed at that place. Whllo working at the cage ho lost his balance and fell to tho foot of tho Blmft, a distance of 400 feet. In tho fall tho man struck tho sides of tho shaft at frequent Intorvals and was saved tho serious results which would havo othcrwlso followed. Ho was un. conscious when found later by other employes nt the mlno, and both legs wero found to bo broken. Tho bones of tho logs woro driven fnr up into tho body. Tho man may recover, but will llkoly bo a ctlpplo tho rest of his llfo as a. result of tho accident. |