' Continued...

Cassiar acted as host company
for this occasion.

The problem presented
to all eight competing* teams
was sort of a double-header
problem.

Briefly, it involved a
vehicle which had been
swept off a road and over a
steep embankment by a snow
slide.

The object was to rescue
the man who was trapped in
the cab.

On reaching the wrecked
vehicle, the team found the
man had a broken leg plus
other injuries. He was
conscious and asked about
his buddy who had been with
him. As there was no sign
of the "buddy", it was ;
rightly assumed that he had
been thrown out of the cab
.and was buried somewhere
in the snow slide.

To condense the narrative,
‘the injured man in the
vehicle was given first aid,
the missing man was located
by probing in the snow ‘slide
and they were both removed
up the bank to'safety.

As can be expected ina
first competition, errors
and omissions were made by
all the teams, but the
Cassiar team was the best
organized and made the fewest

errors and so became Canada's.

first winners of an Open
Pit Mine Rescue Competition.

ACTION PICTURE:

A team in a&ttion on the
problem. NOTE: It poured
rain all day, maktng a
miserable situation more
realistte.

his employer:

Just one of those days

According to the Manchester
(England) Guardian, a
construction worker in the

West Indies gave this account

of an accident in a letter to
"When I got to
the building, I found that the
hurricane had knocked some .
bricks off the top. So I ;
rigged up a beam with a pulley
at the top of the building
and hoisted up a couple of |
barrels of bricks.

"When I fixed the building;
there was a lot of bricks
left over. I hoisted the
barrel back up again and
Secured the line at the
bottom, and then went up
again and filled the barrel
With the extra bricks. Then
I went down to the bottom and
cast off the line.

"Unfortunately, the barrel
of bricks was heavier than
I was and before I knew what
was happening the barrel
started down, jerking me off
the ground. I decided to

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hang on and half-way up I
met the barrel coming down
and received a severe blow
on the shoulder,

"J then continued to the
top, banging my head against
the beam and getting my
fingers jammed in the pulley.
When the barrel hit the
ground it bursted its bottom,
allowing all the bricks to
spill out. I was now heavier
than. the barrel and so
started Gown again at high
speed.

"Halfway down I met the
barrel coming up, and-
recéived severe injuries to
my shins. When I hit the
ground, I landed on the
bricks, getting several
painful cuts from the sharp
edges. ;

"At this point I must
have lost my presence of mind
because I let go of the line.
The barrel then came down
Siving me another heavy blow
on the head and putting me
in the hospital. I respect-
fully request sick leave,"

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