Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-09
WHAI TO DO If THE
HOME Is ON FIRE

starting fire 81 to escape if caught
in q burning building depends upon
intel igence and self control
If the blaze is Just starting,
throw water on the material that
is burning not at the blaze. One
bucket of water will do more good.
thrown on by handouts, OF with a
broom, than dashed on at once. Il
A small fire may be sinothered
with rug or blanket or beaten out
with a wet broom.
q IL You cannot put out the start
ing fire in minute yell fire and
then, if in a city, call for the de-
partment. Everyone living in the
house should know the telephone
number to be used for getting the
fremen, and it should be on the
wall by the telephone for strangers
to use. There is no time for look
{ ing in the directory, even il one
should not be too nervous to find
q number. Everyone should know
where the nearest fire alarm box.
is, and how to use it.
u But do not leave door open
when you run to give an alarm. If
the doors and windows are closed,
when a fire starts, one can always
get the fremen there ia time to put.
it5ont while it is in only one room
The fire soon uses all the oxygen in!
5a closed room and may die out if
lit gets no fresh air.
WHILE THE FIREMEN ARE
COMING
After the firemen are called work
at getting out the things you want
most to save. Don f throw the
clock from the window and then
carry out your clothing, as some.
persons have done.
If awakened in the night by tie
smell of fire don't dress. Wrap
yourself in a blanket or quilt from.
the bed and get out the quickest
way you can. Shut the doors you
pass thru. After calling help look
in and see where and what the dam.
ger is. You can then tell ifyit is
be to try to carry out the house
hold goods. If the fire is on the
first floor it is very dangerous to-
go above, because the heat and.
choking smoke go up.
One can often get thru hall
filled with smoke by going on his
hands and knees, when he would
fall choking if he ran: The smoke,
is thickest at the ceiling. Holding
a wet towel, or anything made Of
flannel or even a coat collar, over
the mouth, greatly lessons the
danger Of injury to the lungs, or
death, from the carbonic acid gas
in the smoke.
CAUGHT IN "a BURNING BUILD
ING
Most fires start in the first floor
or basement Of the building and
burn hole thru the roof, Ina
house the flames travel by the stair
ways; il big store or hotel they
go quickly up the elevator shaft.
After reaching the top the fire
spreads and slowly goes down,
burning the wood that's left.
If a man working in a big store
or factory sees a fire starting he
should turn in The alarm, if there
is no one in the building; try to-
put it out with the water in any
pail near by; then use chemical
extinguisher, if there is one.
If one is in q burning building
with no fire escapes and the stair.
below is burning, or the hall is!
filled with smoke, he should shut
the door and transom to keep out
the deadly gases. Then he should
open the window to get cool air.
and to let the firemen and neigh
bors see where he is. SO that they
may bring a ladder to the window. ].
One should wait at the window
until he is scorched or choking.
BY that time the fremen will be
holding a big hoop covered with
canvas in which they will catch
him when he jumps, or the neigh
bors will hold blanket to catch
him. If no one is near, he should
throw out the bedding, tick and
all land jump on that. 1T is safer.
to jump into the top Of a tree than
to the ground.
Frank A.Craft