The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-17

ent time, in he various coal fields.
/ seven fully equipped I.s ne cars.
manned by eNpor, rescuCrs who have
been carefully trained in tle use Of
the oNycen helmet This hcimit per
mits artificial breathing i'm poisonous
atmosphere tor period of Two hours
Equipped with one o. those helmets
rosCuer can enter a NINE immedI.
1tcly following an explosion and
while the mine is still filled with the
deadly liredamp. The rescucrs are
thus able to find miners who have
/ been overcome by tine poisonous gas
es and bring them to the surface be
fore they die \ number OF lives have
been saved by these helmc' men
The rescuers i'm addition have been
trained in first-aid-to the injured work
and carry the necessary equipment.
including a wonderful piece Of an
params, an oxygen reyiNng outli.
that works automatically, pumping
the poisonous gas out ol the lungs
If an asphyNated miner and films
the lungs with oxygen. This aprara
tus has brought apparently dead min.
ers back 10 lite. It has i'm severa,
instances Iesuscitated miners who
had been given up for dead.
The rescue ears visit the various
coal mines of the country while not
engaged i'm actual rescuc work and
instruct the miners in the use of the
oxygen helmet, the oxygen rcviving
apparatus and in first aid to-the in
cured AS a result Of this work, vol
unteor rescue corps tIlly equipped
with modern apparatus lave been
established at many mines and an
impetus has been given 10 the am.
bulance mad first aid to The injured
corps. Rescue and first aid cams
from the principal coal mines Of the
country will attend the demonstration
and give friendly exhibitions of their
skill. An expert corps from the Blu
reau of Mines will give an exhibition
of rescue work Immediately following
the coal dust explosion in the steel
gallery. The rescUers will rush into
the Smoke-tilled gallery and bring
out the supposed victims. Demonstra-
tions with the oxygen reViying apTa-
ratus and first aid will follow. Then
the teams from the local mines viii
show how rapidly and accurately they
can work in an emergency There
will be n contest in the bandaging of
dangerous wounds and broken limbs.
The miners will show how to staunch
the rlow OF blood from severed
artery how they splint the body for
IA compound fracture OF the thigh
and how they wash wound to pre-
vent blood poisoning.
This first aid TO the injured work
is considered extremely important
among the miners. who have a much
more difficult problem on their hands
than do employees in the workshops
and factories. As rule, when "A min
er is dangerously wounded. he is
generally far into the mine If
workman is injured in a factory. he
can Immediately be rushed to a hos.
ally working in the daylight and it
is easy to seehow badly he is in.
iured and what precautions should
ne taken to preevnt the infection of
his wound But the miner may he
crushed by a fall of coal a mile or
more from the shaft of the mine.
There iS only the faint flicker of the
miners smoky lamps to throw upon
his wound and there is the long,
dark dangerous, and uneven mile OF
underground passages before he can
he brought to the surface. In some
of the mines these passages are
merely black holes through which the
miners have to crawl on their hands
and knees, dragging the wounded
miner along rs gently as possible on
hastily improvised stretcher
And there is never a lack of vol
unteerS on such an occasion No one
ever saw a miner hesitate to 90 back
to the rescue of a wounded miner,
no matter what had happened in tho
mine. The real story Of the tragedy
OF the mines is one filled with M
parallelled heroism. The death roll
of rescuers in the last few years
attests eloqucntly TO this. No miner
can think of the terrible disasters
at Hanna, Wyoming, and Cherry. H.,
without tear for the heroes who
lost their lives in attempting to save
others. There were but sixteen min
ers in the mine at Hanna when the
explosion occurred. Forty volunteers
went down to bring them ont and
second explosion killed very one in
the mine, including on" of the state
mine inspectors and all the SUperin-
tendents OF mines from the vicinity
Every man in authority at that min.
ing camp lost his life in that second
explosion.