The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-06

were condemned. Only a sterilized
dressing should be applied and II
this cannot be done 1t Is q whole
Lot better to apply nothing. Use OF
tincture Of iodine for IN open
wound was not encouraged except
It be used from a. Dramatically
sealed vial or small glass receptacle,
which Is sealed and which contains
just a sufficient quantity OF iodine
for one application. In this way the
proper strength is retained. FIRE.
! Quently the iodine bottle is permit
tied to be uncorked and the alcohol
disappears (evaporatesl which is
quite natural these bone dry" days,
and the remaining fluid is of too
strong a solution to do the work
successfully, really injurIng the It's
sues and making it moro painful to
the patient. Miners were told that
unless a steril.zed dressing could
be applied IT would be better that
none be placed on a wound.
In the way OF Introduction Mr..
Forbes told how the bureau Of
mines Organized the mine rescue
work after a series OF serious mine
explosions in 1910. He told how a
young mar who took the first aid
class In the Upper Potomac field
saved a young lady's life. 1t was
supposed that she had been
drowned but by thirty.five minutes
work Of artificial respiration he re.
stored her. First aid in the mine
was emphasized. Miners look back
with great pleasure at having been
instructed in first aid work after
they have saved the life Of a fellow
miner by It's application. He took
up the work Of pointing out the
method OF tying bandages, and the
use OF tourniquets. stretchers and
the class DractIced this work on
each other.
The class IN mine rescue work
| was started on Monday afternoon
with ten mambers.
Those who are enrolled in the
/. class arc as follows: First aid and
mine rescue work: T. L. Fenton,
Dan Taught, Fred Heron. Charles
Morris, ". C. Trandstid. T. f.
Wright. John w. Molenock, C. W.
Welty, Harry Taught and Jess
Kip. First aid only, R. Ken
dali Joseph McCafterty, H. f. Tost.
F. ]. Welty, Joe Bragg. G. G. Mer.
lrifield. Philip King and Ben Taught.
The first aid and mine rescue
work Of the bureau Of mines, which
Is attached 10 the United States De-
Ipartment OF the Interior. Is under
tho direction of D. ]. Parker, Pitts.
burgh, chief engineer OF the mine
rescue cars and mine rescue sta
Itions in the coal and metal mines
iof the United States. Mine rescue
istations which nre housed in build
Iings are located at these points:
pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Knox
vile. Tenn, Birmingham, Ala, Nor.
ton, Va, Vincennes, Ind, Evans
Vile, Ind, McAlester. Okla, Seat.
tile, Wash, and Berkeley, Col. The
stations at Pittsburgh. Norton,
birmingham, VIncenues. Evans.
vile. Seattle and Berkeley are
equipped with mine rescue trucks:
Tho mine rescue cars move from
place to place. The headquarters OF
the cars are Reno, New, Raton, New
Mexico, Pittsburgh, Rock Springs,
.Wyo., Butte, Mont, Des Moines, Ia,
Huntington, W. Va, Terre Haute,
Ind, Ironwood. Mich, and Pitts
burg, Kansas.
Mine rescue car, which Is at tho
IB. & o. tricks at Dakota and with
In a stones throw OF the big plant
OF the Bethlehem Mines Corpora
ton, will remain there this week
and from Dakota 1t will shift its &C
Invites to Grant Town, where the
big plant Of the New England Fuel