Show 0 LIFE SAVERS OF THE BUREAU OF MINES washington feb ii 11 the life savers or of the united states bureau of A mines lines have according to the statement of dr joseph A rescued more than the director holm holmes es cne hundred entombed miners from certain death more afore than this h he e asserts in his annual report that volunteer rescuers rescue rs in the employ of mining companies and trained 1 I 1 in rescue work by the bureau have saved many other men As a result of the example set by the bureau rescue and first aid organizations have been established at many mines and more than 1200 sets of rescue apparatus have been purchased by the mine owners these stations are expected to save the lives of many men in the future the bureau in the furtherance of its work now maintains six mine rescue stations eight mine rescue cars and one rescue motor truck located in the mining districts of the country the cars visit the various mining camps and train the men in rescue work and also in first aid to the injured this movement has reached the point that whenever there is a mine disaster it is now possible to obtain a sufficient number of trained volunteers to take care of the rescue in an orderly and systematic manner and without the great loss of life so frequently found among the rescuers of the past director holmes declares that there should be fifteen rescue cars instead of eight to take care of the needs of the million miners in the united states the work of the states in carrying out their part of this program in mine safety is being carried forward in a reasonably satisfactory manner says dr holmes the states are already spending in their inspection and police supervision work more than the federal government is spending in all of its investigations in behalf of mine safety thus for example a single state pennsylvania maintains a well organized and efficient inspection spec tion force at a cost of each year many of the mine owners have begun a system of operations in which safety is considered of first importance more afore than in mining ining companies have individually or through the association of two or more companies established seventy six mine rescue stations at which there are 1200 sets of rescue apparatus besides the auxiliary equipment for first aid and firefighting fire fighting work there are also twelve mine rescue cars now operating iby by individual companies about their own properties in the relatively short period during which the crews of the bureaus rescue cars and stations station s were able to conduct active training of miners miners have v visited scars sars the c and stations attended lectures lechtur es and safety demonstrations 28 2826 26 were given mine rescue training and first aid instruction and rescue training |