Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1876 — In Case of Fire. [ARTICLE]

In Case of Fire.

The season is at hand when fires most t revail, and when the precautionary ints of the late Dr. Hall are most important to be heeded. They are as follows: Keep doors and windows"of the structure closed until the firemen come; put a wet cloth over the mouth, and get on all fours in a smoky room; open the upper part of the window to get the smoke out; if in a theater, church, or school room, keep cool; descend ladders with a regular step to prevent the vibration. If kerosene just purchased can be made to bum in a saucer by igniting with a match, throw it away. Put wire work or glass shades over gaslights in show windows, and in liedrooms with curtains; sprinkle sand instead of sawdustMn floors of oil stores; keep shavings an* kindling wood away from steam boilers, and greasy rags from lofts, cupboards, boxes, etc.; see that all stovepipes enter well in the chimney, and that all lights and fires are out before retiring or leaving the place of business;, keep matches in metal or earthern vessels, and out of the reach of children; and provide a piece of stout rope, long enough to reach the ground, in every chamber. Neither admit any one if the house be on fire, except police, firemen and known neighbors; nor swing lighted gas brackets against the wall; nor leave small children in a room where there ar? matches or an open fire; nor deposit ashes in a wooden box, or on the floor; nor use a light in examining the gas meter. Never leave clothes near the fire-place to dry; nor smoke or read in bed by candle or lamp light; nor put kindling wood to dry on top of the stove; nor take a light into a closet; nor pour out liquor near an open light; nor keep burning or other inflammable fluids, in rooms where there is a fire; nor allow smoking about bams or warehouses.— Scientific American.