Hand Taken Off.Henry Shafer, a young man 17 yeait old, employed al. Alaska colliery, had hishand so badly mashed by being crushed in the cogs Monday that, amputation afew inches above tin; wrist was foundnecessary on his arrival at the Miners’ Hospital. Young Shafer was employed in the jig house, and was using a hose running water into a barrel, when he •t'Hxl too close to the cogs, his sleeve Catching and drawing his arm in to the wheels, mashing it hudiy and injuring his arm above the el how.