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has been given, and all strangers in 

 the Museum shall be peremptorily re- 

 quested to withdraw from the premises. 



The men engaged in giving assis- 

 tance are to observe silence, and to 

 avoid excitement. 



All instructions or advice from 

 unqualified persons must be disregarded. 

 The Workmen are to look, in the first 

 instance, to the directions of the 

 Principal Librarian or Officer in Charge, 

 and of the Clerk of the Works, if on 

 duty, or the Senior Fireman on duty, 

 until the arrival of a responsible officer 

 of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, on 

 whom alone will devolve the subsequent 

 management. 



As it frequently happens that a very 

 small Fire, or even a foul chimney, 

 may completely fill a room with smoke, 

 and as the pouring of water on smoke is 

 obviously of no possible use, and, in a 

 building containing property of such 

 inestimable value as the British 

 Museum, may cause irreparable injury, 

 it is to be distinctly understood that 

 under no circumstances must any water 

 be thrown, until the nature and extent 

 of the Fire have been first ascertained 

 by actual observation. 



For this purpose it will be necessary 

 to enter the room and approach the 

 supposed point of danger as closely as 

 possible ; but it is particularly enjoined 

 that, before doing so, the responsible 

 person should see that the hose and 

 other necessary apparatus are laid out 

 and ready for immediate work, as the 

 opening of the doors to admit the men 

 will, at the same time, admit a fresh 

 supply of air to the fire. In entering 



