Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-11-25
TWELVE ARE DEAD
IN BROOKLYN FIRE
Two Entire Families Smothered in
Burning Tenement Buildings.
WORK OF FlREMEN HAMPERED
I'riahtencd Italians FILLED che
Streets with Their H~OuschOid
Goods, aud with Then Hooked
the Why of Fire apparatus.

New York, Nov. 2l.-Smoihered he
fore they could reach the rear fire cs-
cape in a burning tenement building
IT, 1SG Troutman street, in the Will
iamsburg district Of Brooklyn, u per
sons met death shortly before two
o'clock Sunday morning.
Two entire families. those Of Ma
ranio TriOlo and Charles Polognio arc
wiped ont, the last living member be
ing now in Il hospital, with no hope
Lf their recovery. They are Charles
i'olOgniO, 80 years old, and Tony Til
Olo, % years, both Of whom are ter
libly burned. Although, in the opinion
Of the coroner, all the dead were sut-
located, the bodies were badly burned
before they could be taken from the
ilinS by the nrc.lcn./
The burned tenement house is in the
center Of "A row of thrcc-story tenc-
mcnts extending the length Of tire
block, and, was occupied by Italians.
The fire Is supposed TO have started
In the cellar Of the grocery store OK
Antonio G~iaInbalvos, OF the ground
floor. The cellar was stored with in
fammablc material, and the flames
spread with liEh~tning-likc rapidly. An
the occupants were asleep at the time,
and there was considerable delay in
sending in the first alarm.
The Giamhalyos family lived IN the
rear Of the store, and succeeded in get
ting out of the building, but before the
occupants on the two other floors were
reused their escape had been cut of.
Before the iremcn arrived, the FIVE
had communicated to the adjoining
tenement, but here the occupants ha:
sufficient warning, and all escaped.
Work al I%ircnnen Iinmpcr"d.
The work Of the hrrmcn was greatly
hampcred for a time by the crowds OF
fri"h,cncd Italians who filled the
streets. The tcnont5 in nearly all
the ncighborinG buildings dragged th',r
household goods ont o. the bindings,
and with them blocked the way of the
fire apparatus.
All the bodies were found in The rear
room Of the third floor, and il was cYl-
dent that all had been aufiO"at"d in
their effort 10 reach the fire escape al
the back Of the building. Tn" two WHO
were rescued were found in tn lower
hallway soon after III" hrrmcn reached
the scene Working their way through
the building the r,scucr5 discovered
the heap Of dead on the ,hird ilpOUr,
and within "A short time succeeded il
taking out nine bodies. but the last
wa not found until after eight U'clock
Sunday morning, In his intervals of
consciousness, r%OlOgnlO cries Tor MS
wife and children, but the phy5icians
fear the knowledge Of their death
would Kill him, and have not told HIM
% their fate.
In their Investigation rs TO the or.
In Of the fire, the police have been un-
able to obtain Il statement Of any kinI
from ncighborinG tcncn's. The
stree, about the burned building baH
been dcd with Italians all day, h.'
the police report that ~rycryun" ques.
toned REGARDING the persons burned on
the occupants of thc building, mas re
fused 10 make any anSwcr. At wa.
with great difficulty that even tho
names Of the victims could lie OBJ
'ain"d.