FIRE DAMP DETECTOR
BIGGER MARGIN OF SAFETY FOR MINERS.
The day for which miners have long been waiting is about to dawn. At last the terror of fire-damp is about to be swept away. After four years of experiments, what is kno.vn as a fire-damp detector has been produced,, says “The Children’s Newspaper,” and is likely to give a bigger margin of safety in mines than ever before. Tests have shown that the instrument is thoroughly reliable, and that it really does detect the presence of the dangerous gas.
It seems likely that the detector will be made a compulsory equipment of all collieries where fire-damp occurs; and it is certain that mine-owners will gladly avail themselves of the invention. Installed in the workings, the instrument controls dials in various parts of the mine, and a dial above ground enables the colliery manager to know the condition of the air below, and to give ample warning when fire-damp shows signs of accumulating.
Perfected by the Safety-in-Mines Research Board at their station in Sheffield, England, the instrument may well be one of the greatest blessings to miners since the invention of the safety lamp.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1938, Page 9
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193FIRE DAMP DETECTOR Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1938, Page 9
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