Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-16
HORROR IN A TENEMENT.
Flames Destroy n Fire Trap in New,
nrk, N. .J.-Fourtcen Lives
Are Lost.

seriously injured and many others
slightly burned in fire in Newark, n.
j., Monday morning. The firemen,
after the flames had been subdued, took
13 bodies from the ruins, and while
they were thus engaged another victim
of the fire died in the city hospital. One
family was wiped out completely, and
of another only the father lives and he
is in the city hospital, where, it is be-
lieved, he will die. The list of dead and
injured follows:
The Killed-Nunziata Boldi 45 years old.
wife of Salvatore Bold; Teresa Bold.
seven years old, daughter of Salvatore
Bold; Angela castillo, IS years old, wife of
Uggenio Castillo; Benninta castillo, four
years old. daughter of Uggenio Castillo; An
tonic castillo, nine years old, son of Uggento
Cassilo; Frank Cassilo. 2h years old, son
of Uggenio castillo: Carminia castillo, one
year old, daughter of Uggenio Cassilo; An
tonic Palmisano 35 years old Sebastiana
Palmisano, wife of Antonio Palmisano;
Guizeppi PalmiSano, seven years old,
daughter of Antonia Palmisano; Nunziata
Palmisano, one year old, daughter of An
| tonic Palmisano; Angelo Rosso. unmar-
| ried, died at City hospital of fractured
| skull; unidentified body of child about four
| years old.
Seriously Injured-Salvatore Bold'.
| burned about the hands in escaping from
the building; Uggenio castillo, at City hos
| pital, suffering from contusions sustained
by jumping from a window.
The building in which the fire broke
out was a veritable fire trap. 1t was
old, of frame construction and extend
ed two stories above the ground floor.
Until three or four years ago the struc-
ture had been used as a church, but it
was converted into tenement. The
lower floor, fronting on so, 80 and "a
Fourteenth avenue, was occupied by
three stores, ard the upper portion of
| the building was divided into 90 living
rooms.
The police arc confident that the fire
was of incendiary origin, and they have
arrested Vito Credanza on suspicion.
There was a disorderly card game in
one of the rooms that lasted well into
the morning. Credanza was partici-
pant and is said to have made violent
threats against his fellow-players.
few minutes before five o'clock every
one in the building was awakened by the
flames. They found them burning at
the foot of the stairs leading from the
way and the stairs were burning, en-.
tirely cutting off the only egress from
the upper floor, on which six families
lived. 1t also cut off the escape by the
door for those who lived in the real
part of the first floor.
Those who could made for the win
dows. From these they leaped OIL
dropped. The whole neighborhood wa.
awake in an instant, and from tn,
burning building came agonizine
screams and calls for help. From tn,
basement and ground floor the inmate!
of the building poured naked, or al
most so. From the upper story mel
and women leaped to the Sidewalk,
BY the time the firemen reached tn,
scene the builGing was wrapped il
flames, and those who had not escaped
were dead or doomed. They must hav,
died within few minutes, for the fir
rushed through every room in the frai
building within ten minutes. Th
search for the dead began within 2
minutes after the alarm sounded, s.
quick was the fire conquered.
The stencil cf roasted flesh comm,
from the ruins was sickening. The frs
body was that of Mrs. Boldi. Close b
her lay the charrcd remains of he
seven-year-old daughter. They wer
found in the hallway of the first floor
not far from the front door. Then fo
lowed discovery after discovery unit
13 bodies were found. Mrs. castillo wa
found with her two children clasped i
her arms. The little boys face wa
buried in her breast and the baby sh
had thrust beneath her night gown i
vain endeavor to save it from tn
flames.
A wagon lond of pine boxes arrive
, from the morgue, and four hours afte
the fire broke out the first wagon loa
, of filled boxes started for the morgu,
1t was noon before the search for til
bodies was ended, and by that tim
,, every bit of the debris had been gon
i over most carefully. While the scare
: was going on Rosso died at the city hL
.. pital, where he had been taken afte
the firemen arrived and found him lyin
|, on the sidewalk. He had leaped frol
: the second story and his skull wa
crushed in.