Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-23
Escaping from Fire.

& ta=t if ~ From lslls JcurnAl OF Health.
Human life has been often thrown away
from persons not taking the precautinn 10
accnstOm their minds 10 dwell at times ON
the proFer niethu4 of acting IN ezsergepcie..
From want Of that many rush into the
very jaws OF dea'h, when = Fingle m0msnt's
calm r'aeciion would have pointed cut
certain ard Easy means Of escape II IL
the m"re necessary Co Ok IN the mind a
general G. urre oi aciIhl. IN case of being
In hnuse ~ bile il IL on Ere, since the
most Dangerous cnrfagratons ocrur at
dead Of night; aud. ct tbt m1mpnt If Leirg
aroused frum q slund sleep, tie brain u
apt ~ become tuo corfrEed tn direct the
bod ly movements With any kind of appro.
prIateness without sowe previous ptepara-
tI"n 10 the manner c,,htained herein. The
London Fne Dsbertmeut suggests, in case
premises ara 90 FIRE:
l Be careful to aequaint yourself With
the best means Of exit from the house. both
At the top and bOtson. Is M
z. Do the 6rst alarm, reject before Won
ect. IL IN bed at the time. wrap ynur.,le
in blanket or bedside carpet. 0.en mo
m9:e dnOrs than are abs, lateIy necessary.
and 81 ut every door after you. -.... .
lnCn0Q
Of pure air close to the ground; il YOU can.
not, therefore. walk upright through the
smoke. drop On your hasds and knees and
thus progress. A wetted silk hankerchief,
piece 0t flannel. or worsted stocking
drawn over the lace permits breathing,
ADD. 10 great extent. excludes the smoke.
4. L! you can neither make yuur way up
or downward, get into q front room; il
&c e., 81 * -
lected there. and keep the dor closed az
much as p"ssible. i"r remember that smoke
hlwsVs feiloWs draught. aud Ere always
rushes after smoke.
5. On no account throw themselves. or
allow others to throw themselves, from the
window. IfoO assistance is at hand, and
you are IN extremity, tie the sheets to.
gether (having fastened one side 60 sume
heaey piece OF furniture) aud let down the
women and children one by one, By tying
the ends OF the line Of sheets around the
waist. ard lowering them through the
W'Edow that - over the dOur rather than
enc that lie oser the area. Yau can easily
let yonrsef down after the helpless are
saved. ---.-. ---r --.-
6 IL a woman's clothes catch fire, let
her instantly roll herstl over and over ON
the ground. Ii msn be present, let him
throw her down aLd d. the like, ard then
wrap her up in rug. coat. or the FIRST
wuoien thing that is at hand.
OF the preceding suggestions. there -are
t~o which cannot be too deeply eDgraVen
on the mind. that the air is c0mparatee ly
pure within loot of the Amr. aud that
sny wetted SILK Of W0"len texture throw
over the lace excludes smuke TO a great ex.
tent. il rs often the case that the sleeper
is aGakened ny the sufFncat,ne .eff.c,s oi
the So, BE AID the veIy first eff ,rt should
bt u get RID &c it so as q give time {" q, N.
p"re the mind. aud make some muscuI .r
ef1rt t. eecspe
In case pOrlian Of the b,dy is burned,
it can Tot be too strongly Impressed tn the
mind that potting the beFnei part uuder
water, or mix, az other bland tlu,d, gives
instantaneous and perfect relief from all
pain whatever; and there it should remain
until the burn can be covered perfectly
with half an zach or more of common
wheaton -four. put on with q dredging box.
or In any other way, AID allowed TO re.
mair until cure is Effected, when the
dry, cak'd q 'ur will T. Il ID, or can be soft.
eotd With wster, dIs' sing Q beautiful,
new. end healthy SKIN. in Ill cares where
the burns have been superficial. Bot in
any case Of burn. the first ed, r. rhnuId lie
TO compnse the mind, by iustanfansuu. "
renewing boldly pain. which 10 dane hs
ab"ve named: the philosophy Of il being
lh1t ihe fluid, whether water. N Tx, nil. &c i,
excludes the air from the wound; the q or
res the same thing. and il Is rare indeed
that water AID g or are not instantau sous-
ly 10 be bad IN al! habitahIe localities.