Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-14
NINE RESCUE CAR SUPPLIES
MUCH THAT IS INTERESTING
All Modern Apparatus for Rescuing Miners in Under.
ground Disasters is Exhibited and Instruction Fur
nshed in First Aid to the Injured

and when one sees it pumping away
under glass it almost makes the shiv.
ers creep over one. u &
The sensations which one expert
ences with the nose piece of the ma
chine clamped over ones own breath
er are certainly peculiar. 1t 10 neces-
sary to breathe in unison with the ma
chine and it Is impossible to keep from
breathing to the very fullest power OF
the lungs and exhaling the same way.
If one tries to do any other way than
this the little machine in measure
feels like it is tearing out some tissues.
Forces Patient to Breathe.
Feeling this thing work when one is
perfectly capable Of breathing gives
some idea of what it will accomplish
for a person whose ability to breathe
is nil, but whose heart throbs are still
apparent. The victim is laid on the
ground and the pulmotor applied and
the oxygen released. The clicking o.
the springs announces the change
from inhalation to exhalation.
BY using tongue forceps and hold
ing the victims tongue out it Is i'm
possible not to start breathing in time
If there is any life at all. Whenever
the faintest heart throb is audible the
appliance is used, and usually success
full, according to reports Of tests.
The car is not only an exhibit car,
but a rescue car as we'll. Should an
accident happen in any of the mines
near Ottumwa any time the car Is
in this vicinity, 1t could be rushed to
the scene, and its apparatus and crew
placed at the disposal of the rescue
work. -s,.@ @ A..- ..
There are seven such cars being sent
out by the bureau of mines. The rea-
son for the existence Ct the bureau and
for the car is the fact that fatal acct
dents in this country in the mines far
exceed those in foreign countries: 1t
is the endeavor of the board to not
only lessen these accidents by show
ing some Of the safety appliances, but
to teach the art of rescue work when
such accidents do occur, and in this
way mitigate the great loss of life
which usually accompanies mine acct
dents. -......>
Use Canary. Sr
The canary bird, the yellow crested
songster which is supposed to lead an
aimless existence in it's gilded cage
swung in the sunshine, has been in
strumental in saving thousands OF
lives in the great mine disasters OF
this country. ~e/
It's very frailty fits it for efficient
service in the Red Cross mine rescue
work in resuscitating human life. OF
the other species of animal life, the
canary has been selected by the
United States government to be the
test guage for, amount of poisonous
gas which may ba taken into human
lungs without causing instant death.
BY close test the. United States gov
eminent, through its bureau of mines,
has proven at its scientific research
station at Bruceton, Pa, that the can
airy, the most delicate species Of the
bird life, can exist in white" damp
eleven minutes less than human be-
ing. In other words, to put it in
positive presentation of scientific fact,
the man who enters a mine following
All explosion that he may rescue the
victims of that mine disaster, knows
that he has just eleven more inmates
to live than the canary which ac-
companies him on his perilous errand
of mercy into that mine. The minute
the little bird YEARLY closes its eyes
and begins to drift into OBLIVION, this
scientific rescuer of men proceeds to
eneregetically protect his own life and
that Of the bird from the poisonous
gases of the mine, better known in
mining as white damp. The rescuer,
working scientifically to revive men, is
as humane to the canary, which is re-
suscitated by oxygen only to be freed
again for gaseous test purposes, as he
is to the humans whose lives he is
seeking to save. -.
Enclosed in Mica Cage.
Enclosed in mica box, the little
canary is part of the life saving
equipment of every great mine disas-
ter. When the helmeted rescuer en-
tiers the devastated mine he carries in
one hand the mica box canary cage
and his medical service equipment in
the other hand. ...
The helmet of the live saver resem-
bles that of diver. It is an oxygen
helmet, consisting Of head piece of
glass. It fastens like ball catcher's
mask, but is absolutely air tight.
Fastened to the belt are two small
tanks of oxygen. They are sufficient
to last two hours under ordinary con-
ditions The oxygen passes from the
tank through the tubes into breath
ing bag, which is worn suspended
from the belt. There are compart-
ments for the oxygen to be inhaled
and the carbon dioxide exhaled, which
is later oxyenized by circuit OF coils.
But the little caranary in the mica
box is not forgotten in this system OF
life protection devices. Inside of the
cage door there is an oxygen genera
tor which corresponds exactly to the
complicated respiratory system work
ed out for the rescuer in his helmet
apparatus.
That each may breathe naturally un-