The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-12-25

Deadly Work OF the Terrible Charcoal
Gas,
A Party Of Italians Use u Peanut RoasteI
For a stovo--One suf fooated To Deat
And Another Almost 30.

House No, "a East Third street, occu
pied by q party OF three Italian peanut
vendors, was the scene OF q terrible
calamity last night, whereby one man
was a~sphyxiated by the deadly fumes
from burning charcoal, and two Others
barely escaped with their lives.
This latest victim OF the deadly char.
coal gas Ia one Joseph Ferlola, the
former keeper OF a lIuit and peanut
stand at the northeast corner OF Eighth
and South Market streets, opposite the
Saxton Block. FeriOla and two Others
OF hia cOnntrymen, named VincelZO
MighlianO aud Frank Cassier, rented
the house on East Third street from
William 0ldileld, Its owner, and have
been living there together for some time
past.
All three went TO bed nj the came
time last night, between 8 and o O'Clock,
occupying one OF the rooms down stairs,
Mighliano aud Cassier slept on a bed
stead In one corner, while the dead
man, Feriola lay on a mattress on the
floor In another corner OF the room. An
everybody IL undoubtedly aware, the
night was an extremely cold one, the
Thermometer standing nearly ten de-
grees below Zero, and the
Italians before retiring made the
room AZ nearly air tight az II
Was possible TO got II by closing
the shutters on the windows and cover
ing the latter from the inside with
gnnny sacks 10 az 10 keep out the cold,
A fire OF charcoal was also built by
them In a peanut rooster aud set in'the
center OF the room for the purpose OF
lmpartlng warmth TO II, Az there WAS
no outlet for the deadly gas generated
BY the rooster, the room soon illed with
II, and II began It's fatal work on the
unconscious sleepera.
Along towards daylight, Cassler, the
youngest OF the three men, managed 10
arouse himself sufficiently to stagger
towards the door and open II, and after
recovering somewhat from the deathly
stnpOr into which no had been
thrown by the gas, no soon dis
covered the condition Of things,
and Fastening up street aroused An.
tonic |Schlappacase, the Italian saloon
keeper az tho corner of Walnut aud East
Tuscarawas streets, to whom he related
the circumstance, S%chlappacase. &C.
eompanied by CASTER, repaired TO the
scene OF the casualty, aud taking u
ha9ty glance at the room wherein the
men we're lying, rushed up town aud
summoned DR.. johnson. On the arrival
OF the Doctor NJ the house, no with the
aid OF Schiappacase, dragged the men
out OF the deadly chamber on the mat.
iresses on which they lay into the front
room, aud examining them, found that
Mighlian0 was yet alive, but that
Feriola was past all medical aid, being
already dead. Restorative medicines
were quickly forced down tho formers
throat with u spoon aud no soon began
TO breathe regularly. lilo IL now sou.
eidered out OF danger. but IA still lying
In an unconscious condition.
In the meantime Coroner Lelninger
had been summoned. and a DEMOCRAT
reporter accompanied him to the scene
Of the catastrophe, where the above facts
were CLEANED through the medium OF
two or three Italian interpreters who
we're on the ground.
On entering the house the dead body
OF Feri0la WAS disclosed 10 view lying
WI ~ uh'J mhtt'NoN JHNN ihulho tlo ubol
and covered with some old coats and
rags. Beside him on another equal.
ly as dirty mattress. and
also covered with old coats lay Might.
An0, unconscious and breathing heavily.
The interior Of the house was mlaerably
furnished In fact, II was not furnished
at all-the only furniture Visible being
m old bedstead and a stove,
On searching the body Of Feriola, the
Coroner found n pocketbOok sewed Np
In the dead mans drawers containing
$3.50 In bills, $40 In gold, 10 cents IN
silver and u gold ton frame
piece. Papers found In u valise
aud In his clothes showed him 10 have
been u soldier In Italy, aud q years old,
lie and his two companions bud been In
this country about seven months
and were engaged ~ partners
In business here, FerlOla acting IN
treasurer aud keeping the funds. They
came here from Dayton, aud have had
peanut stands In different places about
tho city. The deceased was unmarried.