The Yellowstone journal., 1894-12-31

Wrap the rope around the body, al /
ways put one hand below and one hand |
above on the rope, then slide" was the !
advice Of Captain McAdam in reply t. J
Try query of how to get out Of burr
ing building
The question was provoked by seeing
a number of blue coated fremen %
speeding down a rope suspended FROM
the sixth story of building. They were
testing fire escapes, and their ease and
confidence made me wonder why some
of this level headedness couldn't be in
parted to women-or men either, for
that matter-in cases of emergency.
So went inside the great, admirably
kept drilling rooms and interviewed the
captain.
well" =" he added, "you can preach
to women about the way to use ropes
and fire escapes, bat when q person j.
scared cut of her senses you can't expect
her to do calmly what she would trem
BILE to do in tire of safety.
why, l don't dare take raw mar
and send him down from the sixth story
for his trial. II / did, he would rerc.
appear again. get him broke in T.
commencing at Tire first, then increa'
ing his slide, not reaching re saven.A
story for two weeks.
Then you don't think it silly e.
people to foa. all common sou y ...
time of fire. / a-',cd.
"Never. No one realizes moro t'..sg
the horrible FEELING IS being Gauge b.
a trap. Fire seems 70 d." -"il2a '..
brayest. Women are l1 a- '-l .....
men, 1or ! have !-n.s.u . r... so rt.
down stairs. leaving ~.. a1.i ~" c....
dren. when if al Of Hr~ou1.-...-
mails Were placed in fa.1 =rs n.- ell.
among them he would dtSu uv.r tie.
| fence alone g. IT, .s ,Co.
| "What's Na.r rgwcmbaT?'
| First. how 10 use the ropes thai
placed III hotel loums and should nt So
every private residence. They are ..-
tachcd firmly to a link in the wiulo--
Should the rope be without appliance
simply drop it ont of the window; then,
sitting on the sill, place the rope around
the BODY under the arms. MAKE no loop.
only pass the long end of the rope ovc!
the other in front of the chest. As yU1
lower yourself place the right hand firm.
" on the end of the rope, which reaches
TO the ground. This prevents the rope
from slipping off the body. Throw the
weight of the body on that hand ami
guide with the left, which is on the up.
per end of the rope The friction Of the
ropes passing each other over the che.
prevents a too rapid descent, and thus
the hands are saved from severe blister
ing, for as soon as the rope cuts through
the flesh man or woman will let go;
the agony il too great. In descending
keep the body near the wall and brea!;
the slide by scraping the feet along the
walls"
Suppose the fire broke out from :.
window below while the person is com
ing down--then what?'
THE only thing is to swing close 70
the wall until the heat is too intense.
then give the body herculean pusi!
outward by the feet from the wall. Tbe
momentum will send the body fiyinp
out into space, clear of the flames then
slide just as fast as rope and gravita-
tion will take you, even if the hand,
are cut. IL is the only safe measure
There is no time to take any other pre-.
caution.
Captain McAdam, however, does not
approve of the plain rope. OF course the
iron fire escape is every firemans pref
erence, if it is free, but sometimes it
supports a mob that is equally danger
Gus. Again, certain occupants are cut
off from it by fire, SO next to this comes
a rope, attached to an iron pulley,
which in turn is fastened to a hook il
the window. One end of the rope l.
thrown TO the ground; the other has a
small loop which can be quickly pulled
to fit the body. 1t Is slipped under the
arms and the body lowered. No holding
On is necessary, for it is the primitive
science of a bucket on pulley line GO
ing down q well. The rope goes around
several small wheels inside the pulley,
which materially check the run of the
rope, limiting it to ten feet in ten sec
ends The moose can't slip off the body.
Ihe wheels must go around as long AZ
the weight is there, and, to quote the
captain. kick and holler as she will.
she's bound to come down.
I'm case Of being caught by the fire,
captain, what is the best thing to do?
Put a wet blanket around yourself and
run through it3''
Theoretically that is fine," he an
swered, but remember that il takes
buckets Of water to soak blanket, and
if there is not a bath tub near To accom-
plish this no few pitchers are adequate.
So next best is 10 wrap the head up in
coat or anything woOlen. This keeps
out the firo and not the air from the
luugs, aud tio greater danger comes
from the fCrmer heiEg inhaled.
"Shpuid the sI,oae commence to fill
the iulIl and you want to crawl to an
ollc. part of the building, drop on your
hands and knees and crawl as close to
the floor as possible. for the smoke goes
first To the top and to the floor last, SO
that much time is secured II all escape
seems cut of, put ON woolen clothes,
hold . piece Of flannel over the mouth