The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-06-29
RESCUE CAR COMING.
First Aid Work to Be Demonstrated AT the
Mines Of Carbon, Emery and Grand
Counties Quite Soon.

tOufHrH OF tnHtfuCtiou IN itfHt ava
and mine rescue work will begin AZ
salt Lake city next Monday. July ID
and continue to and including Tues
day. July 10Th. by the experts at
tached 90 the United States Mine Res
cue Car No. I. which Is to arrive at
the state capital next MONDAY from
the East The car h. 90 remain In
Utah FOR three months AZ least the
car was 10 be here for that period
but the washouts on the Denver and
RIO Grande. which have cut OF all
communication with the coal camps
Of this section ~ the state. may make
changes In the itinerary a. first an.
nounced. and which was published by
The Sun several weeks ago.
Women to he Trained.
Glasses OF men Tor training In mine
rescue work will be conducted from
= to ~ o'clock July %. 30. sth and
sth. All mining cngineern or others
connected with mining operations are
eiegibie for this course. Glasses for
the instruction Of ladies In first aid
work will he conducted July 20 Co
July 10Th. inclusive. Forenoon and
afternoon classes will be organized
for the ladies. No fees or charges Of
any character are imposed for the In
struction
Edward stoidic. mining engineer Of
the bureau Of mines, has charge Of
the car. Tho classes viii be conduct
I'd by John V. Kerry and Walter y.
Pyne, both Of whom are experts In
first aid and mine rescue work. Tho
car II the first OF several all steel
cars built especially for the bureau %
mines and iu equipment contains all
tho latest first aid and mine rescue
appliances.
Tho classes win meet at the Uni.
Vcrslty ~ Utah. whore all necessary
arrangements have been made for the
installation of the apparatus used In
the demonstrations.
Commission T. Active.
A. the request Of steidlc. arrange.
ments for the CLASSES are being made
by y. A. Thatcher. chairman OF the
state Industrial commission. A. ".
Wells OF the bureau OF mines and \.
a. Mackenzie OF the Utah Chapter of
the American Mining congress. Appli-
cations for admission 90 the classes
are 10 be- made AZ the office of the
Industrial commission. state capitol.
nc the bureau OF mines OF the uniycr-
sity of Utah or az the office ~ the
Utah chapter. Boston building, Salt
Lake city.
steidIe wishes to make the inHtruc-
lions available To as many as possible,
hut. az the classes viii necessarily be
subject Co limitation as 20 number. u
ls suggested that all who desire TO
have the training present their APP
pilcations AZ one OF the places men
toned ar early as possible.
onc OF Eight Cars.
This mine rescue car h one OF eight
now In use by the bureau of mines
Tor training miners In first aid and
rescue methods and the use OF oxygen
breathing apparatus Each car has
a crew that includes two experienced
miners. "A mining engineer In charge.
and a mine surgeon and In equipped
with the latest rescue and first aid
apparatus aud supplies. AZ mo-
ments notice the ear II read Ia pro-
coed 10 the scene Of mine disaster,
where the bureau men place them
selves under the direction % the state
mining inspectors and mine officials
40 do everything possible Ia assist or
save miners who may have been in
iured or entombed, The saving ut
human life and icssenlnE the suffer
ings VI injured miners are the cen
trail features OF the bureaus work.
Miners are shown how 60 use res
cue apparatus. ana how TO take care
% an injured comrade. The lectures
are illustrated by lantern slides and
moving pictures which show good and |
had methods OF mining and how many