Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-01
TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
SHOULD YOU BE CAUGHT IN A
BURNING HOTEL.
csrrsts~m Which Many . Man Has Asked
nsm~els-Aasv<red simply EnsuEh-
Nerve VIII save lou. Terror Means
DEATH

TIE burning Of the Windsor Hotel
has set people all oser the country 70
rhsrsi1C Of what they would do in a
similar as. In consequence OF which
ne fire chiefs Of the various large
ei1iss have been del1gei with letters OF
srgnirv for rules for escape avs the
Cincinnati Enquirer. The ayerageaPsr-
SIN seems - think. says 8 local yeter-
an that y0z can lay general rules Tor
contingencies which are not c ] u
q r<nrury OF like circumstances. The
sng IL the matter Is that no z can
x-esirec1 escape from such a FIRE as
ahaf of the Windsor. The only thing
which can possibly saw any q IS
sssf what most 2e0ple under those con-
asrscn hare not-steady nerve.
EVER fireman who goes into such
= -sare Is IN as much danger as the
guests with the possible difference
TIA. his r-espirator protects him from
poisonous fumes But. as for know
ing KhicA way 10 turn, he knows eTea
less shan the transient roomer he re-
lies on his native good sense, which
discipline has preconseryed for him.
In other words, he keeps his head
about him
When q FIRE alarm is given IN an
hotel the first impulse Of the guests.
especially il il be al night. is 10 rush
cut into the. hail Halls being the best
Of rues they are alwaye filed with
smoke. Il 7ot with fame, long be-
fore the room IS i-mpregnated The
guests. who did not notice in czlras-
moments which way 10 turn 70 the
stair. invariably rue in thai direction
which seems TO re mos free .ro-z IRE.
This Is Of course. away from tie stair
Finding the way blind, or an unknown
passage stretching away before him,
he returns sIrasghtwaT, that is II lie
can. 10 his room, although he does not
know exactly why. he has 3 dim idea
that il i TO consider. But under such
circumstances consideration is 1Epos-
slhle. SO he rasaes ont again, only 10
find. in all probability, that the danes
have nov reached the door Of his
room II there b. not q IRE escape
leading from his window he is lost
He had let his golden opportunity slip
ty.
NJ fireman ever STRIPS ID think II
his instinct cannot guide him Alright.
he is unworthy Of The plscs- Discus
sion OF the vs-i0as kinds Of IRE es-
capss is now engaging the attention o.
The New York hotel keepers IN keep
ing with the requirements o. The In
there are rope fire escapes II
al hotels where tABre are no balcony
and iron ladder fire escapes, but every
large fire demonstrates thai the rope
Is not a Trustworthy rnsaas Of escape
IN most Instances these ropes are Just
as they rome from the original col.
and 10 descend by az2 CT u OF
than, hand over hand. srozn a high
point requires considerable scroaz15c
skill and not q little endurance, both
OF which r0unt for nothing among
p-anic-sIrickan pe0ple
in q few hotels the ropss are knortei
a. intervals Of about w 4es-, which
makes The rRsk u< descending q little
less hazardous Some houses ere sup
IEied with ladders mRde ay connecting
-wD ropes With wooden rungs. 51t as
these lRd1ers when swung from n win
auw hang fR1 against the VIII they Of
fer q pna- toothola. An6 Another ladder
similar 10 this, lint with offsets which
keep II away from the wall has fsuna
s1me sale. Bur The rups ladders as wal
aS -n@ rmnuTh ny 7he Ennrf4f rrv,@S are
not practicable tDr hvs1er5cal women,
children, iuvaiids ~ injured persons.
because 10 De OF service the Teunls who
make Use NJ them must possess quail
tiles which should ne looked fur only
IL calm and healthy adults