The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-03
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INSTRUCTION
GAR TO Be
SENT
Into West Virginia to Teach
Lessons in Mine Res
cue Work.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 81
West Virginia is to have life saving
service for the rescue OF miners ii
time of disaster, as well as a train
ing car, which will go to every Goa
mining town in the state and Civ;
free instruction to miners in rescue
work.
The service will be started in
about two weeks, or as soon as tbs
apparatus, which is now on the wa,
from Europe, arrives. The first cal
for the instruction of miners in life
saving methods will make head
quarters at Huntington, and from
that point will visit all coal mining
centers in the state, unless the cal
to be stationed at Pittsburg should
be sent to the Fairmont and clarks
burg sections, which may be decided
upon later.
This service for West Virginia i.
part of general plan of rescue
work and instruction planned by
the newly established bureau OF
mines, at whose head is Joseph A.
Holmes, formerly of the testing sta
tion of the Geological Survey at
Pittsburg. 1t will be the first i'm
portant step taken by the new
bureau in its efforts to reduce the
appalling loss of life in American
coal mines.
Paul in Charge.
And a West Virginia man will be
in charge of the rescue work of the
bureau. j. W. Paul, former chief
mine inspector OF West Virginia,
who has been at the testing station
at Pittsburg, is now al the head OF
the rescue work OF the new bureau
and is at present in Europe, where
he went to purchase the equipment
for the various cars which it is the
intention TO send into the more i'm
portant mining fields of the country.
He has cabled that the apparatus has
been shipped, and it is expected that
the West Virginia car will be ready
to start out on its travels through
the mining regions of the state not
later than November Is.
At the outset six cars fully equip
ped with apparatus for instruction
in life saving work, will be sent into
the various mining centers. The
first car started from Plttsburg to
day and will go to all the important
mining towns in southern Pennsyl-
vania, the first stop being Mononga-
hela City, where the first demonstra-
ton of rescue apparatus and lectures
will be given.
This car will be in charge of
Charles Enzian mining engineer.
Car No. is expected to reach the
bureau of mines rescue station ut
Urban, ILL.,, Tuesday. 1t will be
equipped with the rescue and other
apparatus and placed in charge Of
R. Y. Williams, mining engineer, as
lecturer, and j. NJ. Webb as trainer
in rescue work. j. NJ. Shields, Of
he American Red Cross Society will
be present and there will be miner
skilled in hospital corps work and
! first aid to the injured. This car
will work in Illinois and Indiana.
N -Four Other Cars.
! Four other cars are to be started
out as soon as they are equipped.
which should be within the next two
weeks. One of them will 20 to
Huntington, w. Va, as starting
point from which to visit all the
mines OF the Norfolk and Western,
the Chesapeake and Ohio, and PROC
ably the Baltimore and Ohio terri
tory, as we'll as the mines in Ken
lucky. The remaining cars will he
sent to Wyoming, Montana and
Utah.
Each car will be prepared at mo-
ment's notice to proceed to the
scene of any mino disaster in its ter
ritory, where the rescue corps in
co-operatlon with the state mine of
Gals, will do everything possible TO
save entombed miners. Each car
will also he used as training school
for miners in the saving of human
life at times OF mine disasters. Not
only will the use OF rescue apparatus
be taught but instruction will also
be given in the proper care OF those
injured in explosions. There viii
also be lectures on many phases Of
the mining problems looking toward
greater safety.
A mining engineer and surgeon
OF the American Red Cross Society
will accompany each car and deliver
illustrated lectures on the use Of ex-
ploslyes. electrical equipment, Are
prevention, sanitation and first aid
to the Injured Tho .Iart,,Ya, ,,.,i, i,