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Show oo FALLS FROM RAILROAD VIADUCT Fred M Goodnoe, who is employed b tho Mountain States Tolephono company as a line foreman, fell from the viaduct over tho railroad tracks on lower Twenty-fourth street yesterday yester-day and sprained both of his anklea and badly bruised his back and shoul-dors. shoul-dors. Goodnoe is now iu the Deo hospital, where it Is said his injuries are not serious. At the telephone office District Manager Man-ager Madsen said that tho accident was caused by a rope, with a hook in the end, which was attachod to tho railing of the bridge, ghlng way whou Goodnco took hold of It to steady himself him-self while inspecting the splicing In one of the tciophone cables. It is thought that the hook cithor was not securely fastened In the first place so that it gave way whon tho linoman placed his weight on it In swinging himself down under the flooring. |