NEIMME: Library

Mines Rescue Service

 

Mines Rescue Artefacts:

Four different examples of MSA Self-rescuers.

Printers blocks illustrating mines rescue work (2 zincos and one brass).

Metal safety notice relating to self-rescuers, 12” x 18”.  ).  Strongroom shelf 71

 

Three gas masks, all different.

Booklet by Siebe Gorman & Co. on the Novita Reviving Apparatus

Pictures given by Supt. F. J. Johnston, c. 1946.  42 in all, all 4 inches square: Illustrations include diagrams from Barnsley Main (3), Sutton Manor, Old Boston (2), Kiveton Park, and Wigan Junction Collieries.  Strongroom shelf 72.

 

Oxygen resuscitator apparatus (O2 cylingder, valve, mouthpiece and rubber balloon, in wooden box).  Strongroom shelf 73

 

Proto Breathing Apparatus, c. 1930, donated by the Mines Rescue Service.  Strongroom shelf 74