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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1946)
Army Describes Details Of Scientists' Deaths ; In Atom Work Accidents Lepanto, th navy announced today. The accident occurred during maneuvers of the second des troyer squadron and submarine flotilla. The submarine sank almost immediately with all aboard. There were 25.519.000 cows on farms of the United States in 1945. LOS ALAMOS, N. M.. June 28 tF) "'It was like you were Handing near an arc welder when he struck the arc'." Thus did the army today de scribe the atomic chain reaction set up last May 21 when Dr. Louis B. Slotin, 35, Winnipeg, Canada, was burned fatally dur ing an experiment at the Los Alamos atomic laboratory. - The report also disclosed that the accident that cost the life of another scientist, Harry K. Daglian, 24, New London, Conn., in September was "almost iden tical ' In both cases equipment slipped allowing fissionable materials of the type used in atom bombs to come together swiftly instead of Under control as had been done safely many times at the labora tory. - Seven others working with Slotin were burned, but re covered. Daglian was working alone. Equipment Slipped The army report gave this de scription of the accident: "An accident occurred when piece of equipment slipped. This brought the material swift )y together beyond the critical point. This resulted in a tre mendous energy release within ijnillionths of a second, which was evidenced to the persons present through a sensation of feat and visual perception of a ilue glow around the material. "In the words of one of the men present, 'it was like you .were standing near an arc weld er when he struck the arc.' "The blue glow resulted from the ionization of air particles by radiation emanating from the fis sionable material. There was no explosion in the sense that there ivere no mechanical effects, no debris, no noise. "In the millionths of a second Jn which this occurred, the im mediate area and all in it were tombarded by intense high en ergy gama rays and netrons of 11 energies fast, intermediate nd slow. There were no beta Mad no alpha radiation. . . . Companions Saved "Dr. Slotin, at the instant of the mishap, knocked the equip ment apart, thus halting the in tensifying radiation and avert ing serious consequences, pos sibly death to his companions. He was grasping pari or me equipment with his left hand at the moment of the accident." , The report told of Immediate removal to the Los Alamos hos pital of the eight men, and the wait of several days before effects of radiation were appar ent. Slotin died in nine days. 'The medical men began to treat the accident victims as soon as they were admitted to the hospital," the report said. "This treatment, in general, con sisted of many transfusions of whole blood and plasma and fluids, principally glucose and saline." The report said the burns suf fered by Slotin were comparable to a "three-dimensional sun burn," explaining: "The skin burns from the radiation are superficial, but as the rays pene trate the body they burn deep, resulting in injury and destruc tion of tissue and blood cells." Daglian, whose burns were less severe, died in 26 days after the accident. Spanish Submarine Sinks In Collision MADRID, June 28 0P The Spanish submarine C4 sank yes terday near the Balearic islands with the loss of 46 men after being struck by the destroyer LISTEN!! to the Westinghouse Program Mon. thru Fri. 10:15 10:30 o. m. KFLW 1450 K.C. Chrome Dinette Choirs 7.45 Choice of Red. Blue or Black Leatherette Cover ing. 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