The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-17
RED GROSS GAR TEACHES.
 LIFE SAVING

An interesting sight is the First Aid to the Injured Car" of the American Red Cross Society, now upon a siding l north of the Union Depot.
 This car, which is one of three be- longing to the society, Is utilized strict ly as an educational institution in the work of disseminating among railroad i men, police, boy, scouts and all er- gagged in relief, hazardous pursuit, throughout the country, a knowledge of how to handle accident cases.
 Under the supervision of Major Robert U. Patterson, U. s. A., in charge of the First Aid Department of 1 the Red Cross, the direction of M. J. Shields, Red Cross lecturer and Dr-. w. T. Davis, classes are daily held for tue instruction of all visitors to the car, especially railroad men, police, scouts and workers who should be Gc- uuainted with the best methods of life saving in emergencies.
 The car was brought here by the New Haven railroad in it's newly be- gun campaign for Safety First and will tomorrow continue it's journey over the road, to New Haven. New London, etc.
 Both this morning, this afternoon and tonight when a special demon stration will be made before the Busi- ness Mems Association at their rooms lectures are in progress.
 At tonight's lecture no less an au- thorfty upon railroad matters than J. A Droege, general superintendent of the New Haven road and Charles H. Motsett, superintendent of the New York division will address the busi- ness men upon First Aid to the Un- injured" while the regular Red Cross staff, led by Lecturer Shields will dis cuss aid to the injured
 ioI1 fc faLa Ia,or fT@ being constructed from one of the old Wagner drawing-room cars, contains a large lecture room, office, sleeping quarters and culinary department.
 Besides the ordinary and authorized frsts aid kits, there are charts of all kinds of accident remedies. Methods of inprOVising sp1ints from water guage protectors on engines, the rnall- ing of bandages from clothing, the application of tournfquets from rail- road iron and clothing manufacture of inprovised stretches, Boy Scout ener- gency. aids, transportation of injured without stretchers, methods of fighting the death grip of drowning persons, and most important of all the new Schaeffer method of resuscitation which supp1ants the old arm working methods. Probably one of the most novel sights shown is the many ways that are possible to the initiated in 1SAOdS1AS O4l0 WHO HAS come con- tact with high-voltage wires. In this age of electricity the contact with charged rails or wires is becoming daily more common and little is known of the simple ways of releasing the victim without also risking life and 1inb-
 Lecturer Shields who has spent many years with the Red Cross Socie- ty, travelling all of the country today declared the most hazardous occupa- tion was that of mining, probably fol- lowed by railroading, and even in tele- phone work it has been found that loss of life is great.
 ''It is not the beginner that meets with accident as a rule,'' said Shields, "but rather the man who has long been in the work, who becomes care less. In telephone work, most of the accidents are due to careIessness in mounting short ladders and step-Iad- ders believed safe. Again on the rail- road, it is not the green brakeman who uncoup1es cars with his feet but rather the o1d-timer. It is found that 80 per cent. of the accidents have as a contrfbutory cause lack of careful ness or lack of inspection of ap- paratus.
 Realizing this, the telephone system of this country has made arrange ments with the Red Cross Society whereby, beginning January 13, Lee turer Shields will give 12 weeks to the instruction of telephone men throughout the country as to the emergency means and means of pro- tection from accident.
 Among the exhibits in the car are s1 goggles worn by men in the steel mills of this country, each one of which has a broken glass, broken by flying particles, each broken glass rep resenting5 an eye saved through pre- CaJIfi0n9rv fod 6xr+ Red Cross Society. A trip to this card today should be made by every fac tory worker, policeman or interested citizen in Bridgeport.