The Holbrook news., 1910-08-19
Some Ways in Which It May Happen and Hints on Action
 When It Does.
HOW TO EXTINGUIsH FLAME.
Conhagrations at Night and the Best Methods of Escape From
 Burning Buildings.

ACllcS ana closets are the breeding
 places of many fires, according to Good Housekeeping An attic is generally
 the asylum for all sorts of inflammable
 material, and as it never is properly
 ventilated it becomes a fire incubator
 when the summer sun strikes the roof.
 Among the odds and ends that make
 up the contents of the average attic
 are old vanished furniture, dry as tin
 der; rags. many Of them greasy and
 ripe for spontaneous combustion;
 painting oils, liable to take fire when
 the sun beats on the roof; broken toys and old clothes, the pockets of which may contain matches. Attics and gar rets often have a temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit, which Is the igni- tion point for matches.
 Floor sweepings under furniture or in closet are liable to take fire spon- taneously or from flying match head. Sawdust used in sweeping floors, if left in a corner where there is no cur rent of air to carry of the heat 1t gen. crates, is very likely to become hot enough to ignite itself. Greasy over alls kept in a tight wardrobe have been known to ignite. The most dan gerous closet Is that under stairway, because infiammable materials may best avenue of escape from upper sto- ries Is cut off. Furnace ashes in the cellar have in them so much fine coal and litter that they are liable to spon- taneous combustion If an open window permits them to get wet by rain storm. The fine coal from the winters supply may ignite if wet. Playing with fire and matches by children Is pro life source of fires in residences.
 How to Extinguish Flames.
 Ones ability to extinguish start self-control. If the blaze Is just start ing throw water on the burning mate rial, not on the blaze. One bucket of water will do more good if thrown on by handfuls or with a broom than dashed on at once. A small fire may be smothered with a rug or blanket, or beaten out with a wet broom.
 If you cannot put out the fire in a minute then give an alarm at once. Do not leave door open when you run put to give an alarm. If the doors and eindows are closed when a fire starts you may be able to get the fremen there in time to put 1t out while it Is In only one room. The fire soon con- sumes all the oxygen in a closed room and may die out if 1t gets no fresh air.
 After the firemen are called work at getting out the things you want most o save. Don't throw the clock from he window and then carry out your lothing, as some persons have done
 If awakened in the night by the imell of fire don't dress. Wrap your elf in blanket or quilt from the bed md get out the quickest way you can. Shut the doors you pass through. After alling help look in and see where and what is the danger. If the fire is on he first floor 1t is very dangerous to 70 above, because heat and smoke scend.
 One can often get out through a hall He'd with smoke by going on hands nd knees when one would fall choking f one ran. The smoke is thickest at he ceiling. Holding wet towel or nything made of wool or even coat ollar over the mouth greatly lessens he danger of injury to the lungs or cath from the carbonic acid gas in the moke.
 If a man is in burning building 7ith no fire escape and the stair below ; burning or the hall filled with smoke e should shut the door and transom ) keep out the gases. Then he should lrow open the window to get cool air nd to let the firemen and neighbors ee where he is. so that they may bring
 ladder to the window.