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New Rescue Van for Scottish Pits
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A WELL-EQUIPPED Commer mine 1-1 rescue vehicle has been put into service by the Scottish Division of the National Coal Board. The chassis was supplied by James Ross and Sons (Motors), Ltd., Edinburgh, and the body was built by Messrs. Kirkness and limes, Leith.
The body sub-frame is welded to the chassis members and the framework is of ash. Panelling is in light alloy. Fourteen men can sleep in folding bunks with Dunlopillo mattresses. A wash basin is provided with hot and cold taps, there being a 15-gallon hotwater tank with a 2-kW. immersion heater and a 25-gallon cold-water tank.
Rescue apparatus, spare oxygen cylinders and ancillary equipment are housed in lockers on each side of the vehicle. A trickle charger is carried which may be connected to the mains supply. The body flooring is easily lifted for chassis maintenance purposes.
The van can deal with any pit emergency and can be employed as a rescue room at pits with limited building accommodation. Its design was evolved after discussions between the bodybuilders and Mr. James Kirk ness, the Board's chief Scottish safety officer.
RIBBLE ACCENTS SCOTTISH TOURS QCOTTISH tours figure largely in the 1953 programme of Ribble Motor Services. Ltd. Six routes Will be followed in Scotland. In, addition, there will be 10 tours to various popular parts of the remainder of Britain.
Three seven-day tours will be run to the Western Highlands, the Central Highlands and the Trossachs. Each will cost £18 10s. 6d. Two 11-day tours to John &Groats and the lochs are priced at £29 8s. each. Cornwall, South Devon and Bournemouth are to be covered in a nine-day tour priced at £24 13s. 6d., and London and the South Coast feature in a seven-day trip at £18.10s. 6d.