Show t l Would Train n Mi Miners s in in Use of Gas Masks Gas Masks W WASHINGTON April 2 20 0 By A. A P.- P. Oxygen breathing apparatus is taking an Inc Increasingly Important part in the war by science and humanitarianism hu- hu to to reduce death and loss from mine fires and explosions exp o The The United States bureau of ot mines says the proper use proper use of ot the breathing apparatus after the re recent recent recent re- re cent mine explosion at Spangler Pa resulted directly In saving two twenty-two lives Nevertheless th the disaster reports rp of ot wile the bureau indicate the need of or more widespread Installation and training Of mines at which disasters have occurred only thirty- thirty two had fully tully trained rescue crews while sixteen others others' had only a few men meri trained Rec Records of ot a a. large number of such disasters show men saved their lives b by sealing themselves behind barricades built to shut out fatal gases Many c cases ses are recorded where men lost their lives in attempting to escape through passages filled with poisonous poIsonous poisonous poi poI- gases The wearing of oxygen breathing apparatus after disasters and In the fighting of ot mino fires Ires however Is hazardous The records retards show twenty-three twenty men men l have ave died wearing WearIng wearIng wear- wear Ing apparatus at the tho time of dis disaster disaster dis- dis aster but this number Is only about 12 per cent of those wearing such apparatus By careful Investigation it was proved in each case that if It the apparatus had been kept in proper order or had the men been properly trained Ined or been physically sound or had they not attempted to todo todo todo do too much there would have been no deaths and no occasion to blame the appa apparatus atus |