The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-21
Il BODIES
IN A ROOM
Two italian Families Snuffed
Out
TENEMENT HORROR
Sutfocated While Attempting to
Escape from Burning
Building

NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Smothered
| before they could reach the rear fire
escape in a burning tenement build
| ing at 1856 Troutman street, in the Will
liamsburg district of Brooklyn, at least
| twelve persons met death shortly be-
fore O'Clock in the morning The
bodies of three other persons are be.
| lieved to be in the building
The firemen are searching for them.
1t is believed that the death list will
equal fifteen. Twelve persons were in
| jured, none it is believed, fatally.
Two entire families, those of Ma
ranio Triolo and Charles PolOgnio, are
wiped out, the last living member of
each being now in hospital with no
hope of their recovery. They are
Charles Polognio. thirty-three years
old, and Tony Triolo, thirteen years
old, both of whom are terribly burned.
Although, in the opinion of the coro-
ner, all the dead We're suffocated, the
bodies were badly burned before they
could be taken from the ruins by the
firemen.
=
center of row of three story tene-
ments extending the length of the
block and was occupied by Italians.
The fire is supposed to have started
in the cellar Of the grocery store of An
tonic Ganlbaivos on the ground floor.
The cellar was stored with infiamma-
BILE material. and the flames spread
with lightning-like rapidity. All the
occupants were asleep at the time. and
there was considerable delay in send
ing in the first alarm. The Giambal-
vos family lived in the rear of the
store and succeeded In getting out Of
the building, but before the occupants
on the two other floors were reused
their escape had been cut off
Before the tiremen arrived the fire
had communicated to the adjoining
tenement, but here the occupants had
sufficient warning, and all escaped.
The work of the firemen was greatly
hampered for the time by the crowds
of frightened Italians who filed the
streets. The tenants in nearly all the
neighboring buildings dragged their
household goods out of the buildings
and with them blocked the way of the
fire apparatus.
All the bodies were found in the rear
room of the third floor, and it was evil
dent that all had been suffocated in
their effort to reach the fire escape at
the back of the building The two who
were rescued were found in the lower
hallway soon after the firemen reached
the scene. Working their way through
The building, the rescuers discovered
the heap of dead on the third floor and
within a short time succeeded in tax
ng out nine bodies, but the last was
lot found until after o'clock in the
In his intervp,s of consciousness Po-
ognio cried 70, his wife and children,
,ut the physicians fear the knowledge
# their death would kill him and have
lot told him of their fate.
In their investigation as TO the origin
II the fire the police have been unable
o obtain a statement of any kind from
eighboring tenants. The street about
he burned building has been crowded
With Italians all day, but the police re-
ort that every one they have ques-
Toned regarding the persons burned or
s to who occupied the building has
efused to make any answer. 1t was
nth great difficulty that even the
ames Of the victims could be OBJ
lined.
The dead are the mother and two
mall children Of the Polognio family,
laramie Triolo, his wife and three chill
rem, Marie Ambrosio and her eight
daughter, Mary Galigoni,
ghteen, and Leonaria Grosseppi, aged
iirty.
The total property loss is estimated
$4,000.