New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04
Several Hundrea
Entombed Men
$ aved in Past
Five Years.

doubt would have broken down . d.
wall. On Friday 1t was decided :. as
to send out a man, and a hols w
/ made through the walls for tbs S
pose. lie carried out the yri,,s, pF'
tice Of the forty-two men beiny - ~
tenth entry and left il at the n,on., ~s
the entry, where il was found T.. y
rescue crew. On his way bach ~ Ms
overcome by the afterdamp. b.. e
others ran out and dragged H..
through She barbados. which re-.
again sealed. We did not hear -
rescue party until they we're half ~.
through the inner wall, and then :.
son gave the order TO start ,,se...
them, and little time was lost in a..
plying with the order, despite our -
ribly weakened condition."
When asked how he felt NJ.
reached b. the helmet men, Wb.l-
replied: 81 can hardly remembar a.
thing. because ! was so weak ard ny,
vous and the awful sight Of NV Ss,I
friends on every hand took ny mep,s,-
completely away from evcrytfitg 90.
in the world"
There are throughout Tie ,,o,-,,,
eight specially fitted rescue tan \.
longing TO the bureau. which re,nor1
at once with their crews % The rs1
for assistance. In addition. ;here "a
six rescue stations in the coal fsS.
which send trained rescuers 70 49,
scene Of disaster. And when ~
rescuers are not busy a a disaster ,hsy
are visiting the mining Gangs All
training the miners in tho use Of 10
artificial breathing apparatus. 20 TIA,
the miners themselves become arabia
rescuers. Il was this training Of o.be,
miners BY the Bureau OF Mines ,hsr
played "A large part IN the rescue a.
the entombed men AZ Lsylsnd. ior
eleven of the total crew OF seyestsea
trained rescuers were volunteers 10.
the mines Of the United States Ca,
Company, at Gary, ". va.
The United States is no. al9-. IN
this aid to the miners. FOR the states
themselves have an orgaa!zation q
state inspectors, whose duty il Is %
take charge a. mine disasters. =,
Bureau of Mines rescuers WORK..
under the general direction Of yae sa,.
of cials.
The Bureau of Mines rescuess. ..
gether with other rescuers trained by
them, have saved from death. since The
Inauguration of the bureau in 1915,
seYeral hundred lives. the bureaus own
men having rescued fully 100. These
results are in marked contrast to tie
haphazard methods that we're IN use
prior 20 the introduction Of the oNygen
breathing apparatus into this COUNTRY
by DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, director u
the bureau. Then 10 was a frequea.
occurrence that brave. but unprotected,
rescuers rushed into the mines follow
ing explosions. only 10 be killed Al once
by the deadly gases Il is pointed %.
that at Hanna, Wye, eight or nlrt
years ago. sixteen men were enioneet
in mine and forty other mlEeri
rushed in to rescue them, the result
being that the entombed men and ifha
rescuers, too. were killed. i. was ths
same at the Cherry, Ill, mine disaster
lust few years ago. Before the
trained rescuers had time 10 arrive
seven brave volunteers entered ne
mine cage, only 20 be brought up iron
the bottom Of the shaft dead a FEW
minutes later. Il was At this sane
disaster, however, that the trained
rescuers from the Bureau Of Mines
brought twenty-five men alive 10 tht
surface after they had been entomoei
for seven days. The bureau itself has
in its entire experience lost three brave
rescuers. martyrs TO the cause, and b..
the other day another helmeted reseueI,
belonging 10 a mining company a.
Price, Utah, died from exhaustion cue
TO his strenuous work.
A movement has been started By 'h'
American Mine Safety Association 70
give every mar who participated ID
the rescue work a gold medal.