New-York tribune., 1902-12-17

by the explosion or an dcetylene gas edhh ia
the home of John Pagluighi in Linwood-ave.
Fort Lee yesterday, six members OF his family
were killed outright. Their bodies were recov-
cred from the debris by the fremen, all charred
and burned beyond recognition. The dead are:
CLoRINDA eldest daughter twenty-five old: head
and lower limbs burned trunk.
IDA sixteen old
TILIIE twelve old.
ADEIINA. ten years old.
AURINE, eight years
GEORGE six years old.
Just what caused the explosion one knows.
but 1t was felt all Fort Lee, and even III
Englewood and Hackensack. four miles distant
Miss Sigma Jonsson, who lives next door TO the
Pagughi home said to a Tribune reporter last
evening:
II was sitting in the kitchen when the hrst
explosion occurred. and, thinking it was our
water pipes. 1 rushed into the laundry. Seeing
no disturbance, l hurried to the front door, anu
then occurred the second explosion. l looked
toward the Pagluighi house, and it blown
to pieces 1t seemed to raise up in the centre.
the sides going in different directions, and theh
it settled down. / covered my eyes and Wheh
1 again looked 1 saw Mrs. Pagluighi lying on 'he
ground near the front porch. She was plnheu
under some timbers, but Fred Marsden, no
dolbt saved her life by lifting up the tmpers
and allowing her to crawl out One of her arms
badly shattered, and thouSnt her hfh
had been blown off She exclaimed. My God.
what has happened? My poor children are IN
the houser The fremen arrived and succeeueo
in rescuing Tiie from the flames, but she
breathed her last she lay on the ground 1t
was an awful sight
The Fort Lee and Coytevle fremen WORKED
faithfully, but could not subdue the hahes
until all hope of saving the lives of the inmates
was given UP. One by one the charred remains
were lifted out and taken to McNally s morgue
and laid side by side.
At 8 D. IN it about decided TO give up
the search for the night five bodies having
been recovered. II was hoped that Clorlnda
Pagluishi the eldest daughter, had come to this
CITY as she had expected to and every trolley
car from New-York was anxiously scanned
The Young woman was employed in the office
of Tassf Bros. in West Broadway, but she
remained home yesterday expecting TO come
here to buy Christmas presents. At $50 O'CLOCK
however, her body was discovered In the runs
Mrs Paguighi removed TO the Ensie-
wood Hospital. where it learned late last
night that she would probably recover
John Paguighi is employed foreman in the
stove factory of Huot Du Parquet IN
Wooster-st. this city. and is comfortably sit
,ated, owning or three dwelling houses III
Fort Lee He hurried to Fort Lee after re-
ceiving a telephone message from chairman
Adam Brandt of the township committee. The
crazed father could not be restrained from
taking the off each dead child, ana thousn
they we're burned beyond recognition, ne caIieu
each by name and cried hystercally. Drs
WyIer and Huger forced him away and te9k
him 10 his frot hers horTTrr DR.. Wyier saiu efis
man would undoubtedly lose his reason Wheh
he learned that his eldest daughter. too, was
among the dead. He was not allowed 10 see
his wife - -,..,-.
In my opinion the entire family was sitting sitting
at the dinner table at the time OF the expo
sion" said DR. Wyler last night Judging oy
the fact that all the bodies were found WITHIN
"a 6ius of few feet of one another 1he dcelS
Iene machine is in the cellar directly under the
Kitchen and ] think the children We're kleu
outright by the explosion. Mrs Paslulenl ~
NV 0Dinion must have been blown through ~ ~tlo
side of the house. unless she was standlng near
the window when the explosion occurred. f1el
escape from death is certainly r1iracutous- Jus
Owing TO the charred condition or the pocleS
II was difficult for Dr.. Huger or myself 10 tell
the effect of the explosion on the ciliiuieh
am sure there were two explosions ;,
,rxyo or three persons said they understood
that Mrs Pagluighf had small quantilS ~
dvnan7ite in the cellar, which was probably tne
cause of the second explosion, but Paelulgh
sister-in-law said she did not know that dyla-
mite was in the house. -
The PagIuighi house was about four hundred
vards north of the convent of the Holy Angels
and was a two and half story building Win
improvements The acetyene plant was put
in the house about four years ago anu hdo
never occasioned any uneaslness. -, ,
Coroner Robertson, of Tenahy. VIII empanel
q i,Iry to-day and an inquest will be held
only two out Of eight children, now remain
They are Louis twenty-three years old' a
Number and Anthony. nineteen years Old
Thev are employed in this city. but were sum-
rnoned soon after the accident