Medical and First Aid

CALLS FOR RELIEF

Meantime, company, officials had began mobilization of rescue and first aid forces on the outside of the mine.  A temporary hospital was established in the blacksmith shop at the mouth of the mine, doctors were summoned and nurses were rushed to the first air station.

Tonight at least six physicians were working at the mine, four undertakers were on the scene, and a dozen trained nurses were giving first aid to the survivors and, In some cases, to bereaved women who thronged about the mouth of the shaft.

Source:

The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 August 1923, page 2.

First Aid 

Hurried calls were sent immediately to Kemmerer, and volunteer workers rushed to the mine from other properties of the company and from the downtown section.  Within a few minutes the first rescue workers went into the mine.  It was filled with smoke, and their efforts were hampered. The first evidience they obtained of the extent of the disaster was on the fifteenth entry where they found the body of a pump-man. A short time later they encountered the wrecked "trip" cars.

A first aid station was established at the mouth of the mine, and as the survivors came out they were given emergency treatment.  A corps of six doctors, twelve nurses and Red Cross workers remained at the mine throughout the day.  In the mine the crew of car No. 2 of the United States bureau of mines, assisted rescuers and directed in the first aid to the victims who had been overcome by gas and smoke.

Source:
The Bakersfield Californian, 15 August 1923, page 2.

Temporary Hospital

As soon as it became known that the No. 1 mine explosion was fatal, every doctor in the district responded, as well as seven trained nurses.  their services were needed only in a few cases, as all those brought forth alive were not in a bad condition excepting one Japanese, who was removed to the LCM (Lincoln County Memorial) hospital, where he has recovered.  The mine blacksmith shop was converted into a hospital, and every safety first device known, as well as bandages, and even whiskey and pulmotors were in readiness.  As the day wore on the physicians worked in relays.  Women of Kemmerer and Frontier soon had established a commissary, where coffee and sandwiches were dispensed at all hours of the day.
Source:
The Kemmerer Republican, 17 August 1923, page 2.

Nurses and Physicans

The physicians and nurses, who responded to the humanitarian call following the explosion were Drs. McCann of sublet, McCrann of Cumberland; Fairbanks of Diamondville, and Goldberg, Marquis, Stafford and Goff of Kemmerer.  The professional nurses were Mesdames, Fitzpatrick, Marguis, McCann, Lyons, Carolle (from Rock Springs), Brown and Homan.  All stood in readiness to perform their noble work, but fortunately the rescued, for the most part were able to walk away from the scene of disaster.
Source: 

The Kemmerer Republican, 17 August 1923, page 2.

Homage is Paid our Miner Dead

Another miner, was reached too late by the rescue crew, which found him lying in the main slope.  He was alive, and was rushed to the surface.  Before he reached the mine portal he had expired.  Doctors at the portal of the mine spent considerable time in an effort to revive him, but the task was finally given up.

Source:

The Kemmerer Camera, 17 August 1923, page 1.