| Show TO WARN W AnN MINERS OF OF OE BAD WEATHER Bureau to Lessen Deaths From Explosions W Washington For For the purpose purposes of warning mine operators at times when explosions lon are ure likely to occur as a result result re reo sult rf f atmospheric Ire pressure sure conditions condi condl t II U the tilt United d States State weather er bp- bp I resin redu is notifying the mine wine owl owners ers throughout the country that It will In Inform Inform inform form them If the they so desire when e extra estra ex es' tra tru pre precautions i should hould b be taken In It its its' circular the till weather bureau declares de do Glares clares that when there I Is n It marked fail IJ fit II lu in II atmospheric pressure the chances of mine explosions are lire greatly Increased l ed Dr Joseph A Holmes director of tilt the United States tes bureau of or ex expressed expressed pressed tilt the rear fear that the warnings thew themselves may acid Jl d to tu tilt the risks and dUI dangers el elIn In lu ml mints s where ll I occur In dangerous Investigations lo hll have l bC been n ruing going on for fur he tilt h lust t two yeas years ears he ht said lIld as to the tbt Influence of weather conditions especially e atmospheric atmos pre tw ma Indicated b by the barometer upon vm the tilt amount of ur gas ts In coal cual mines but hilI the tilt obtained to date dute have l not h been conclusive As t to the value of warnings I Lr Vr Holmes I declared that will depend I upon the lie way ivay In III wt h the they are u used ed If I ns as Is hoped I bila j. j they thoy serve e to lo make miners rN nud and tI lie hit more cure care ful tut when those thise warn w lugs are 11 are ay issued and nud not less n. n ti nt ut other times they h may tin afu i nl In vines nines where gases In dangerous quantities If haw haw- t ever ever er they erne erve to make milk miners aid ind operators less during the thee thet e t t Intervals alt between the receipt of such 1 m nil the s ron may N the of mining in these nut ml 11 whiles mines thus tacos Indirectly be bP the aria ause of ref tt disasters III It should should be lIe re re- uit 1 that n II t huge IlIr c portion of the mine eo explosions In III the bituminous 1 coal fleas l III are dust t explosions and und must of or these thew It occur In III what lire ure culled etHI 1 mines milles These l will hardly h be Influenced influenced In in- h by atmospheric pressure lre Professor Profett ur F. F Bowie Bole of the weather bureau who has hns studied d the qu questions said there was no doubt that atmospheric pressure Increased or d decreased decreased de de- creased danger of ot mine explosions depending de de- depending pending on 00 whether the pressure was waslow waslow low or high respectively and that In to England warnings similar to those thOe proposed pro pro- p posed here had been i Issued II for some same ren years The bureaus bureau's conclusion he ht said had hud hl been en the r result sult of careful ob- ob serration both abroad and In to this country Tar Tar Weak Weakens Weaken Rope Rope nope is ts often tarred to prote protect t it from th the This Is a somewhat doubtful as the lu-ld lu ln the tat weakens till lie n rope II to sin sin-h nn Hn ex- ex tart t that list u tt tarred d rope rope to I. I he lie only I two third nn its a t a as 88 clean eleen lit rope mho N Na Ct Idol Vi iii I il ilhas ti or ether has I N i 1 ir u tY round thit kiln IU ate Inbi I eSt 1 I 1 1 f i to t t t Ott n it tl Il aan 11 I. I I. I I t jt a t as i |
