| Show veteran fireman gives good advice chic S wing ley of sf A louis loui s points out hov many lives all might be saved if people would keep their presence of ot mind in time tim c of danger were you ever caught in a fire pray that you never may bo be but if you ever are one of tho the aut unfortunates heed teed this advice given by the veteran chief swingley of the st loula louis fire department who says that in forty ne out of every fifty canes cases where persona persons jump from burning buildings and d are killed or injured they would be rescued if they waited until the arrival of the firemen mat what per perr na ns should do if cut off on escape is to shut the door of tho the room wa in which are and make for 9 nearest window the best way la Is to arav 1 there is always a space text the floor where the be air Is good moke always rises I 1 dont care if a 1 building oll ding iq 1 filled with dense smoke A 1 window can be reached by crawling md and keeping the head closed cloa to tho the lao bar persons should set on an the out aide ae of the window tho the room may be jd ailed with fire but it will taka take some time before the fire reaches them persona persons should wait until their clothes catch on fire before jumping it Is almost cure sure death to I 1 jump and aivars far better to wait burning Durn lnE buildings do not fall immediately they are generally burning at least half an hour before they begin to fall even if the building does begin to fall the portice where one Is may not fall of course where persona persons are placed in great danger minutes seem liko like hours the engines get to fires in the majority ol 01 cases within a few minutes after the alarm has been given another thing that I 1 am reminded of la Is the fact of 0 how lev persons know the location ot of fire alarm boxes baxes nearest to their residences and bow how to give an alarm everyone should familiarize himself with ho he location of the box and bow how to turn in an alarm |
