The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-01

FR|GHTFUL.
Ten Persons Lose
Their Lives.
Fatal Fire in a BROOKLYN
Tenement House.
Aged Man and Young Babes
Perish From Smoke.
Many 0fthe Victims Died While They
Were Trying to Escape.
Some Of the Bodies Were Very Badly
Burned--Names of Those Dead.
Aged Man and Young Babes
Perish From Smoke.
Many 0fthe Victims Died While They
Were Trying to Escape.
Some Of the Bodies Were Very Badly
Burned--Names of Those Dead.

NEW YORK, April Ten persons lost
their lives in a fire early this morn
ing at 36 Union street, Brooklyn. The
building vas four-story tenement house,
occupied by Italians. The dead are:
AUGUST BUYo, bis wife and two chill
dren; Sally, five years old and Johanna,
10 months.
LENA CALABIA, Is years old.
NIcoLo TRALIA, so years; his daughter
Lena Trails, "a years; Dominick Tralia,
his son, "a years, and an eight days
old baby.
CoRNELIA MARRETTI, 26 years.
All met their death by suffocation. The
bodies of some of them were badly burn
ed. Buno and his family lived on the
third floor, the rest OF the un ortunates
lived on the second floor. The fourth
hoor was unoccupied. The occupants Of
the first floor escaped without injury.
John Caiaiba, husband OF Lena Calabia,
also escaped from the second floor unin-
jured. The cause OF the fire Is not known.
The property loss is about $4,000
The fire started in the lower hallway of
the building which is a four story tene-
ment, and before the sleeping tenants
could be warned of their danger all escape
was cut off.
iuc hhines sWept up the btulrWhys anu
the halls and rooms were quickly filed
with smoke. Those of TIE tenants who
were awakened made vain attempts to save
themselves, but they were overcome with
the smoke and succnmbe
The others were suffocated in their beds.
There was delay in the arrival of the
engines and firemen, but as soon as they
resched the scene of the fire they made
every attempt to rescue the unfortunate
tenants. They were too late, however,
and had to confine their efforts TO subdu-
ing the flames. The family of Joseph
Estosito, living.on the nrst door of the
house, had narrow escape from death.
When aroused they found their way cnt
off by the flames. which were sweeping
into their apartments. E,tosito led his
wife Mary and hi, children, Jennie, Carl
and Antcinette, TO the cornice in front of
the house, and guided them along 1t to
the building at number 40, the crowd In
the street cheering his efforts. Each of the
upper floors OF the burned building was
divided into five rooms. There was one
large front room with two windows OPEN
ing on the street. hall bedroom ad-
joined, with window also opening on
the street. In the rear was anoih her large
room, with two windows. with a good
sized kitchen adjoining. The front and
rear rooms were connected by a hall bed
room. An iron ladder at the rear OF the
house ran down between the kitchen win
dow and the window of the rear room, SO
that il could easily be reached from
either window. Ii had besn rendered-
useless by the flames, however, 80 that
inmates ot the house could not use il.
The fire was discovered by John Hoist,
proprietor OF a stable scross the street,
and one of his men, Fred Wohrden, who,
seeing smoke coming out OF the windows,
rushed over to the burning building.
Wohrden went 10 give the alarm to the
firemen, and Hoist tried to arouse the
tenants. He succeeded in kicking in the
street door, but had no sooner done so
tpan the flames burst out into his face,
and he had TO abandon further efforts.
The railways and stairs were then a
seething mass of flames, so rapidly did
the fire spread from a place Immediately
behind the street door, where IL undoubt-
edly originated. Hoist then. saw that
there was danger to the inhabitants OF
the adjoining houses, and with the aid OF
Wohrden, who had arrived with the
police, got them out into the street. John
Calabria who escaped, said that when he
awoke flames and smoke filed the hall.
The fire escape Was hot, and in the con-
fusion he lost his wife. He succs eded In
escaping on n cornics TO the house next
door. None OF the bodirs was 20 badly
burned as TO be untecognizable.
Brooklyn Fire Chief Dale, when seen
after the fire, said that in his opinion the
fire was the work of an incendiary. tie
said that tho firemen did not know that
there was anybody In the house until
after the fire had been extin gujshed.