The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-14
Frantic Father Begs Fire-Fight-
ers to Save Little Vic
Tins from Death.
TWO WOMEN AMONG THOSE
FATALLY HURT BY JUMPING
Girl and Baby Sister Found
CIasped in Each Others
Arms.
Especial to the Evening starl

PASSAIC, May 14.--Three little chill
dren were burned to death and two
women probably fatally injured in an
incendiary fire, early today. in the
three story brick tenement at AZ Mon
roe street. Black Hand desperadoes
are believed by the police to have fired
the building, which was occupied by
nineteen families.
The charrcd bodies of 9-year-oId
Josep him Csctsehuer, aud her baby sis
ter, EIcanOra, four months old. were
found cIasped I'm cnch others arms in
the bIackened ruins of their bed. The
older sister had evidently sought TO
save the babe from the flames.
Four year-old Pavadenica, another
sister was found burned to death and
patheticaily clinging to the window
ledge of the front room.
Her mother. Mrs. Giuseppe Gotschuer,
frantic with fear. had first evidently
tried to save her child and then, losing
her reason. had jumped from the third
story to the ground She is now dying
in the Passaic General Hospital from
burns, internal injuries and broken
bones.
Mrs. Louise Paci also jumped from
the third story and is probably fatally
injured. She is in ST. Mary's Hospital.
Tries to Lower Wife.
The fatalities were confined to the
tenants of the third floor. where the
families of Gotschner and Mrs Louisa
Paci were cut off by the flames.
Before the firemen reached the burn
ing block Gotschner attempted to lower
his wife to the ground by means of
rope, but the flames burst from the
window below and scorched his hands,
and she jumped. She fell to the street,
striking her head and receiving injuries
from which she is not expected to re-
cover.
The firemen soon got a ladder up to
the window and brought Gotsehner
down, but in the meantime. Mrs Louisa
Paci appeared at another window, and,
| despite the warning cries of the firemen
! to wait, jumped to the street falling
upon her head and receiving probably
fatal injuries.
Gotschner appealed frantically to the
nremen to rescue his three children,
who had been left in their apartment,
! but as the rooms were a mass of flames
! the fremen could do nothing. and the
| bodies of the children were found IN
! the apartment after the fire had been
/ extnguished.
( 1t was found that the main floor Of
! the tenement building had been satu-
rated with kerosene oil. Two firemen,
/ Alfred fireman and Thomas Cuban, OF
Hose Truck No. 4. were injured by a
/ collision between fire engine and their
/ hose cart while on their way to the
I fire.
sixty Lives saved.
The fire was discovered by Henry
! Falow, North Bergen milkman. He
! informed Policeman Michael Doraney
and after turning in an alarm
| Doraney rushed into the burning houss
/ and heroically aroused 'he inmates.
/ The lives of at least sixty persons We're
/ threatened.
a terrible loss of life would have oc-
currcd had IL not been for an air shaft
three feet wide, which separated the
burning building from that adjoining
at 40 Monroe street. The inmates es-
capped bS crossing this air shaft.
The injuries of the two firemen We're
received in an unusual way. The en-
gine and hose cart started for the ire
/ by different routes. with fireman and
Gulian on the seat Of the hose-wago,l
The engine was pulled by two horses.
while there was only one attached 70
! the hose wagon AS the hose-wagon
and engine swung into Monroe street
! fror, opposite corners they made for
! the same hydrant SO fast were they
going and so short was the block that
neither driver could pull up and the re-
suit was q head-on collision. fireman
and Gulian We're badly cut up, ana
they were taken to their homes