Show MINERS SAVED BY OXYGEN APPARATUS WASHINGTON April Ocy 23 23 3 30 0 Oxy Oxy-gon gen breathing apparatus is taking an Increasingly Important part In Inthe Inthe inthe the war by science and humanitarianism to reduce death and nd loss front from mine tires fires and e The rhe united States bureau of mines says the proper use uso of ot the breath breath- breathIng breathing breathing ing apparatus after arter the r recent ex explosion at Span Spangler ler Pa directly In suing saving 22 lives Ne q the disaster re re 1 re-porta re ports of ot the bureau Indicate the need for more Installation Installation I tion and training Of 22 mints mines at which disasters have hate occurred only 3 had fully trained rescue crews while 16 others had only a few m men n trained Records of o a largos larl nu number of such disasters show 1 1695 men saved their lives by sealing themselves behind barricades built to shut out fatal gases Many caves ca are arc recorded he ro men lost their lives in attempting to escape through passages filled tilled with onous conous gases ga The wearing nearing of ot oxygen oxy breath breath- breathing log jag apparatus after dL disasters and andin andIn In the tho fighting of ot mine fires tires how how- however however ever I Is hazardous Tile Tho records show 23 men havo have died wearing apparatus at nt the time of disaster r but Ih thus this number is only about 1 I 2 per cent of those wearing such ap- ap apparatus apparatus ap apparatus By lly careful Investigation atlon It was pro proved prod d In each case that It th the apparatus app had hId b been en kept lu in proper order or had the men been properly trained tr or been physically sound or had they not attempted to do Io too much there would hav have ben been no deaths and no occasion to blame the apparatus |