Show 00 HE ES ON WE 9 sll ITs I 1 1011 OR lass 1 an MM 10 alss OP oil 1 I 11 II 1 01 OIK gators should not ot I 1 et I 1 sall until I 1 ir tr Im aution alit 4 beta 1 I tl 11 1 and av y 1 SOUK adie to ti M washington ASHINGTON N 1 C kapril ih it outlining some soine nua nica aurea designed for preventing i a of bitne accidents dr joseph lf olinet 1 held ho nl of the bureau of mines tod todi i urged that no miner minor or operator should feel until over oer precaution known to the Indu industry str had been taken ho ile slid mine fins such an ati thoe it cherry ills in ili november 1909 with lie its ja 6 lives lost ind and it the Ianco colliery at throop tl roop u which tile it cost detent bevent thre lives luul coull 1 cis t is lly ily bt extinguished if prompt it tended to he lie advised that the sh shifts abts st stables ables and engine enone rooms N hen underground be of fireproof construction it combustible nitter his be stored in the mines thare should be simple atter ater supple together alth etli other fire fighting apparatus ipp aritus aratus dr holmes holm es urged the use u only 0 of f choso explosives least likely to ignite after gia gis or dust explosion and anti the general adoption of a system of electric tiring firing to be u used ea at a time when all the miners are out of the mines other metho 1 suggested ire are that tha t only small quantities of explosives needed for use in a single day be in the mine at one time and under tinder no conditions should the powder and tho detonators be carried into the mine together nor should the powder or detonators or caps be kept in any mine over oer night as dampness may change their quality the safest plan according to dr holmes olmes II to proven a dust explosion la is to wet the coal dust throughout the whole mine the cheapest and most satisfactory minner manner of doing this he continues Is to turn the exhaust steam from the mine power air current plant into the mine along with the |