Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-03 | Page 27 | Mine Rescue Work is Being Shown at State Fair

MINE ME RESCUE WORK MOR IS BEING SHOWN SI AT STATE FAIR Mine rescue demonstrations with wit all the paraphernalia used in the actual actual actual act act- ual work are being given every overY morning morn morning morn morn- ing lug afternoon and night In the the Mineral Min MizI eral building at t the e Utah state stat Z Ii- Ii by the Mohrland Mine Rescue station station station star sta sta- r tion crew from Mohrland 1 Carbon Cain county Brought rought here by the lair fair I I management the attraction has nas proved one orie of the best at the fairand fair fair- fairand and the quarters have proved inadequate inadequate made made- quate to accommodate the crowds that throng the building during every demonstration Problems are given the team by J. J E E. Petit state Goal coal mine Inspector The members members' of the team have no advance knowledge of what these thes problems will be and be-and and must work them out immediately Just as as the they would do in an emergency emergencY in in actual work at the mines Petit outlines th the wounds supposed to have been re reI received re- re and the nature of tho the acci- acci dent Treatments must be given ac ac- ac- ac cordingly A representation of th the entrance t ta to toa a co coal l mine has haf been constructed li lithe in iii inthe the exhibit from Mohrland coal am and the tho rescue crew crew rush in and bring ou out the supposed victims Oxygen helmets helmets hel hel- mets are u used ed by the men in entering entering entering enter enter- ing the mine which in some cases i is supposed to be on fire and in other othe cases full of deadly carbon gases This morning the team will give a special demonstration to the members members mem mem- bers hers of the Salt SaIt Lake fire department at the central station The firemen are unfamiliar with the type of ot oxygen oxygen oxygen oxy oxy- gen helmet that the team uses an and Chief W. W H H. Bywater arranged t th tie e demonstration so that the firemen c could uld use such helmets in case the they were necessary in fighting city fires Monday morning the team will g go goto goto to the University of Utah where they will solve rescue problems b by demonstration In front of the students students students stu stu- dents of ot the School of Mines Other Othe school deni y be given give during the week An interesting fact about the teamwork teams team's work is that it is ready to board a special train and rush to the mines mine at 1 Mohrland nd on fifteen minutes' minutes notice notice notice no no- tice should accidents of a serious n na nature iia ture be reported from there