Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-06
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- Suhu1t hDrhtnE OuhErel Among
Italian Gamblers Causes n 1sread-
fo. Faro ina It Hoston Tenement
BouAe-rWelve Turned to Death
EaeHrtrending Details Of The Dis-
Estar.
BcsToN, MASS, Feb. "A tenemcnt
houss Are.trap, midnight ery OF fire,
wild rrsh Of frantic human baiugs to the
roof, thrilling rescues, hair breadth
eacepes, twelve dead, four injured, ia the
awful story which saddened Boston this
peaceful Sabbath day. THREE drunken
Itelt9ns In tho basement, snzry words
between them, thsn seuflt, then the
shying of lighted kerosene lamp, the
an explosion, then the up laabinS flames
and the frightful holocaust Of innocent
lives. Tho three drunEar6s perished
along with their victims, gupn was the
beginning and such the end Of horrify-
ing tragedy in the Italian quarter of the
North End.
This ia the list o. those who parished:
Bella ScRnlon, 40 years of age, widow;
Madeline Oiarlono, 81 years of age, who
lived with her husband, Giovanni; Philo-
inens Cisrlope, 30 years Of age, daugh-
ter.in-law of Madeline, wife OF PasqutRlc
Ciarlonej Giovanni Carlone, II years of
age, son OF Pasqueals and Philomena
C'arlcne; Pasque Giarlone, 6 years VI age,
sister of the preceding victim; Phillip
Cont 80 years of age; Maftino II srotiope,
o scissor grinder, So years OF age; Rosa
Marchione, 80 years OF sR., vile of The
above; Emily MArchione, years Of age,
only child of Rosa and MARITIME Mar.
chioue; Bshalo Petriliz AZ years of age;
q labnrer and widower; Guissps Petril.
izo, 20 years Of age; laborer; Faiie
Liso, 25 years of age. He was teksn to
the MnssaciH3etts General Hnspital in
dying condition and lived until s. As this
morning
The names Of those now sc tina Massa-
obusatta General Hospital suffering from
injuries are: Annie Giimontin, II yosrs
old, widow, burned ahont the mack and
body; PRzzetto Oiarlone, z years OF age,
arms aud body seriously burned; Petro
Lombardazzi, 2S years, slight barns;
Leodagico haloue, 30 years, badly burned
about neck and head; injuries considered
serious.
DRUNKEN aAMBLERs' QUARREL.
Reffalo Petriiiz1, AZ years old;
Giuseppe, his sou, aged 90 years, rnd
Feile Liso, % years old, were the three
Italians whose drunken alteration lod 10
The fire. Their bodies were found horri-
bly, burned in the basement room. These
three men wero gambling OF the time.
The hole IN which they played was their
bedroom, dining-room and kitchen. 1t
wac 10 by 8, and numbered to the ceiling
with junk and rubbish OF all sorta. Upon
board placed across barrel rested a
kerosene lamp aud qnart flask Of
whisky. Above their head lived 50 souls,
and while these slumbered the trio alter.
natsly played and quarreled. About
niaaiah. the discussion between Liso
and the Petrilizos grew furious, so Mat
neignbors interfered, and for time
hcstiIitiea wee subdued. but the lpat
stroke of ~ had scarcely faded away
when il answer to charge of cheating
Liso jumped to has feet, and Selling the
lamp, hurled it ut the head of his elder
opponent. It struck him square III the
face and exploded. In the melee the
bottle Of liquor was broken and the BIAS.
ing oil and alcohol filled the room with
fame.
THE FIRE DIsoovRRED.
II was five minutes past midnight in
the italian quarter in the North End and
AZ persons were asleep in the third story
AID basement Of tenement No. 26l North
street. The ntreets were deserted save
for an occasional pedestrian and police.
man going his rounds.
Through the plate-glass window of
Benjamin simod's pawn shop, in the
basement of the tenement, light sud
denly shot forth and Illuminated the
street in front. PatrolmGn Wise, two
blocks away, Jaw the flash, ran mp hnr-
riedly, saw there was d fire in the rear Of
the store and immediately rang in ga
alarm. Two other patroIInen, Sullivan
and O'Briea, were also ou hand, and tw b
citizens, one of whom WAS Edward F.
Willard. The four men ran into the
narrow doorway of the tenement crying
"Fire!" and rapping on every door.
Already the back part OF the house on
tho basement floor was roaring with the
flames thai sprang upward with terrific
Iapidity.
The AZ sleepers aroused by the warning
cry tumbled out OF bed and rushed No
tho windows and into the halls. Instantly
there was wild stampede for the narrow
staiEways, mp which pillows ofsmoke anos
the sheets OF flame poured in binding,
iiery ayalanches Escape outward wGs
impossible. Up the stairs with the flames
chasing them iike wild hrs the panic
stricken, haif.naked mob Of men and
women, children and infants in arsus,
cropping and pushing and crowding like
cattle III pen, swept IN a mad race for
life. Some we're weaker and leas quick
to hear tho alarm who were left behind
and periahed with no one near to help
them. "lhe roof for your liVes,n was
the startling cry Of the leaders. Upward,
still upward the terrorizsd people went,
sapae taking refuge on the roof, others at
the windows,
A Kissing FUGNAoE OF FLAMES.
AT al sides of them was kissing fur
race Of flames which seized the then dry
timbers and frame work OF the house and
surrounded them with q bideons cracking
noise. Thee alarms had brought ont o
noble band OF tire.fshters OF tbs Boston
fire department. A heart rending and ap.
paling scene confronted them. Front
aud back through all its Qtories the tens-
ment was Wrapped in the flames. The
ahrieka Of hysterical women, the shouts
and curses OF some Of th4 poor wretches
in the agony of death, the cries OF young
children mingled with the roar OF the fire
around them. Tho stenGorian voice OF
the tire chiefs jn tbs stfa5t and tho low
deep believing of the engines mingled in
the night air.
The fren,eu made noble battle Tasy
ran mp shs ladders quickly and took QUE
Of tho flaming Windows the groups OF
cr0zaa men and women, some OF them
already encitcied in the ife-des.roying
element. Tho crowd shoatsd words OF on.
enlargement 10 the people on the house.
top some of whom, in frenzy OF despair,
tier skil.s soureslen by the hot draughtI
Of htme behind, we're about 10 leap from
the roof to the strsat.