Three New Rescue Stations for English Miners.
Three new mine-rescue stations are to be established in the English counties of Durham and Northumberland similar to the one already in existence. This is in accordance with the mines rescue and aid act, passed by Parliament in 1910.
At each station there will be kept ready for use, not less than 15 sets of portable breathing apparatus, 20 electric hand lamps, four sets of oxygen-reviving apparatus, an ambulance box or boxes provided by the ambulance association, or similar boxes, together with antiseptic solution and fresh drinking water; also cages of birds and mice for testing for carbon monoxide. The necessary motor vehicles and fire engine will likewise be provided.