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The men engaged in giving assist- 

 ance are to observe silence, and to 

 avoid excitement. 



All instructions or advice from 

 unqualified persons must be disre- 

 garded. The Workmen are to look, 

 in the first instance, to the directions 

 of the Principal Librarian or Officer 

 in Charge and the Clerk of the works 

 only, until the arrival of the Superin- 

 tendent or Engineer of the Fire 

 Brigade, on whom alone will devolve 

 the subsequent management. 



As it frequently happens that a 

 very small Fire, or even a foul chim- 

 ney, may completely fill a room with 

 smoke, and 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 the total 

 destruction or ruin of everything 

 saturated with wet, it is to be dis- 

 tinctly 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 neces- 

 sary to enter the room, and approach 

 the supposed point of danger as 

 closely as possible ; but it is particu- 

 larly 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 a room on Fire or full 



