108 METHOD OF EXTINGUISHING FIRE. 



Verbal procefs of without regarding the apprehenfions of his affiftants, he fet It 

 the method of * n ac ^ on > an d placing himfelf before this door, as near as the 

 extinguishing intenfe heat of the fire would admit, he directed the flreams of 

 rc * water firft towards the fouth-eaft fide, and as near the door as 



was poffible, and continued until the flames were extinguished 

 on the fide, and fprinkled with water in the fame direction ; 

 after which the water was directed along the fouth-eaft fide, 

 and afterwards the north-eaft, fo that in a few minutes the 

 flames were got under, and the burning partitions were extin- 

 guifiied. After this the pump was placed before one of the 

 openings in the north^weft fide. He alfo very foon extinguifiied 

 the fouth-eaft fide ; and laftly, coming to the centre of the build- 

 ing, where the fire appeared here and there in the chinks of the 

 boards and the holes left by the nails, breaking out at intervals 

 in fmall flaflies, he entirely extinguiflied them, and thus per- 

 fectly fubdued this violent fire. It was eftimated by feveral 

 of the fpeclators, that the fire was extinguifiied at moft in 

 three minutes from the commencement of the action of the 

 pumps to the time when the wood juft remained burning, and 

 broke out afrefh in fome places ; thefe renewals were however 

 fo inconfiderable, that the burning parts were quenched by 

 means of fome wet rags fattened to a fiick. Before fetting 

 the pump to work, itsrefervoir was filled with four buckets of 

 water ; but in carrying it to the firft window of the building, 

 and from thence to the middle of it, near a bucket full was 

 fpilt ; fo that it may be pofitively affirmed, that this violent fire 

 was extinguifiied with three buckets of water, excluding that 

 which was afterwards ufed to quench thefe parts of the build- 

 ing which remained red. It was eafily obferved, when the 

 fire was out, that not only the ftraw matts were burned, but 

 the entire wood work of the building had been on fire, info- 

 much that the fmalleft part of wood could not be found in the 

 infide of the building which had not been more or lefs fe- 

 verely burnt. The north-eaft fide in particular, againft which 

 the wind drove the flames with the moft violence, was entirely 

 charred. 



The experiment made at Gotha differed materially from 

 that at Harlaem, as the flames and thick fmoke, which came 

 out at the doors on the latter experiment, rendered accefs to 

 the building with the pump very difficult ; fo that it was only 

 by means of perfuafion, and the courageous example which 



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