A wetted
silk handkerchief, a piece of flannel, or a worsted stocking drawn
over the face, permits breathing, and, to a great extent, excludes
the smoke.
4. If you can neither make your way upwards nor downwards, get into a
front room: if there is a family, see that they are all collected
here, and keep the door closed as much as possible, for remember
that smoke always follows a draught, and fire always rushes after
smoke.
5. On no account throw yourself, or allow others to throw themselves,
from the window. If no assistance is at hand, and you are in
extremity, tie the sheets together, and, having fastened one end to
some heavy piece of furniture, let down the women and children one
by one, by tying the end of the line of sheets round the waist and
lowering them through the window that is over the door, rather than
through one that is over the area. You can easily let yourself
down when the helpless are saved.
6. If a woman's clothes should catch fire, let her instantly roll
herself over and over on the ground; if a man be present, let him
throw her down and do the like, and then wrap her in a rug, coat,
or the first _woollen_ thing that is at hand.
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