Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-13
tBy Telegraph to virglnian-rl lot.)


New York, March 12.-Fourteen per-
sons lost their lives. two persons wore
seriously injured and many others
slightly burned In Il fire in Newark, n.
j.. this morning. The firemen, after
the flames had been subdued, took thir-
teen 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 believed he will die.
Inc list of dead and injured follows:
THE KILLED:
6oidi' Nunzata, As years old, wife of
salvatore Boldi.
Boldi. WI
castillo, Angela, % years old, wife Of
uEgenio Casillo.
castillo. Benninita, 4 years old, daugh-
Ter OF uggenio castillo.
castillo, Antonio, . years old son or
fugSeno Castillo
castillo. Frank, two and one-half
years old. son of Uggencro castillo.
castillo, Carmjnia l year old. daurh
ter of Uggencio castillo.
palmisano. Antonio. % years old.
paiinisano. Sebanla, wife of Antonio
Palmisano.
Palmisano, Guiseppa. 4 years old
oaughter of Antonio Palmisano
Palmisano, Nunziata, years old.
uaughter of Antonio Palmtsano
Nosso. Angelo. unmarried. died at
city Hospital OF fractured skull.
years old
Seriously iniured
Boidt, Salvatore. burned about hands
IN escaping from the building.
Casiiio, UEscnca, ut City Hospital.
suHering from Commissions sustained by
jumping from II window.
A FIRE TRAP.
The building In which the fire broke
our was veritablc fire trap. 1t was
OLD. OF frame construction, and extend
et TWO stories above the ground floor.
Until three or four years ago the struc-
lure had ben used rs n church. but it
was converted into tenement. The
lower floor, fronting on 80, % and 81
Fourteenth avenue. was occupied nv
three stores and the upper portion of
the building was divided into twenty
living rooms. AS nearly es can be
learned, the structure was occupied
ny ten families, all Italians. Two of
the occupants. Vito Credanza. and one
though the total population of the
rookery could not be definitely ascer-
taired during the excitement attend
ing the fire. there were said to be forty
or fifty persons OF both sexes and ali
ages in the building when the fire
started.
ESCAPE CUT oEF.
The rollce nrc confident that the fire
was OF incendiary origin, and they have
arrested Vito Credanza on suspicion.
There was n disorderly card game in
one OF the rooms that lasted we'll into
the morning Crcdanza was Il partic-
ipant and is said To have made vio-
lent threats against his fellow players
a few minutes before o'clock every
one In the building was awakened ny
the flames They found them burning
at the foot OF the stairs leading from
the first to the second stories. The
hallway and the stairs were burning
fiercely cutting off the only egress
from the upper floor on which six fam
lilies lived IT also cut off the escape
by the door for those who lived in the
rear part of The first floor. Those who
could make for the windows from
these they leaned or dropped. The
whole neiGhborhood was awake in an
instant. ana from the burning building
came agonizlng screams and calls for
IItip' FIoiil tIe phSClncnt ana ground
floor the inmates of the building poured
naked, or almost so.
From the uoDcr story men and
women IcnDed to the sidewalk BY the
time the firemen reached the scene the
building was wrapped in flames. and
those who had not escaped were dead O,
doomed. They must have died within n
few minutes, for the fire rushed through,
every room in the frail building within
ten minutes. There was fearful excite
ment about the burning building. Men
women ana children who escaDed from,