Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-25
BURNED TO DEATH
Six Year Old Child Lost Life in
 Fire To-day.

This morning about 3 o'clock box 323 called the fire department to . Green street, to three family block. the top story of which was in a mass of flames. When the tiremen arrived the greater part of the third floor was already gutted and six year old child by the name of Frank Yuzkas, was burned to crisp.
 The fire must have been going for about fifteen minutes before the call was sent in and the fire laddies had very hard task trying to get at the flames when they reached the build- ing.
 Mrs Yuzkas went to the store this morning and left her two children, Frank and Charles, in bed. and in an adjoining room were two men boarders. Shortly after the alarm sounded and some one notified tine mother that her home was on fire. She rushed to the house and was rap idly ascending the back stairs but when she reached the top she was driven back with the fire and smoke. She then went up the front way with Special Officer Wallace and Michael Blansfield. The front of the building was by this time also burning fiercely. At the top of the stairs there were two men trying to carry out large trunk which contained their be- longings. They said nothing about child but the mother started to rush into the flames but because of her ex- citement could not state which room the child was in.
 Meanwhile one of the occupants of the second floor had carried out Charles and many thought that this was the child the mother talked of. Nevertheless Captain Dunn and his men from No fought their way to the bedroom which was roaring fur mace. When they had .quenched the flames sufficiently to enter, their eyes met an appalling sight. The room was entirely destroyed. the bed was hardly visible and the child was burned so badly that it was almost impossible to recognize him as a human being.
 Although the confla grafton had good start the fire fighters did good work and confined the blaze to the top floor although the whole building was gutted by water. The adjoining houses threatened to go up also but the hose was turned on them and they suffered nothing.
 Because of the inmates being for eigners it was hard for the firemen and Police Officers Madden and Mag Her to find out much about the man. ner in which the fire started. It is supposed that the children awoke while the mother was away and got hold of some matches and as a result the bedelothes became ignited. The child that lost his life could in all probability have been saved if the men had endeavored to find him in- stead of trying to carry out their. trunk Charles, the older boy. was able to leave the room where tic fire started but would have also been con- stunned if help did not reach him. as he was lying on the floor when found. Being unable to speak English nothing could be learned from him.
 The block is owned by A. Calo who keeps market in Wards flats on Bank street. The second floor was occupied by Luigi Crosse, brother-in- law to the owner. Chief Snagg esti- mates the loss of the building at about $500 It will be difficult to find out how the blaze started and why it was not noticed much sooner than it was. The mother. whose face and hair were badly burned. and the child, were taken in by one of the neighbors. The family. besides losing their boy. lost all their furniture and two lines full of clothes which were hanging in the rear at the time.