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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
8
Readable excerpts describe exam results for mine firemen with passing percentages and the FIRST CLASS CERTIFICATES. Questions 31 to 36 cover siphon pipe sizing water losses friction, charging and discharging siphons, endless rope haulage theory, and tram car dimensions. Mr. Rutledge’s answers discuss pipe diameters, air chambers, valves, and practical constraints.
A furnace of questions from an Alabama mining exam covers experience in mining, opening types, coal vein sketching, ventilation systems, air stacks, airways efficiency, slope driving width, mine necessity of ventilation, gas names and compositions, fire and white damp behaviors, explosive risks, safety duties, fire boss instructions, blasting hazards, haulage systems, endless rope travel calculations, room dimensions, pumping pressure and capacity, steam power, discharge lines, and foreman duties. Includes contact: Pensoss Hardware Co Ensley Alabama.
Reginald Masson confronts Coch Tal in a bare loft as the wild mountaineer withholds full truth about Masson’s brother Lim. Masson presses for the full account, while Coch Tal evasively recalls events, hints at danger, and leads toward a dangerous descent into the hills and a treacherous chasm near Llyn Foel.
A garbled excerpt shows Mrs Tomdik debating weekly salary and a husband’s expenditure on clothes, followed by a Detroit Press fragment about panic and a comedian’s onstage exit. The text is unclear and partly nonsensical, with stray quotes and punctuation.
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