The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-10
CHILDREN BURNED
IN INC[NDIARY FIRE
Four of One Family Lose
Lives-Father Vows
Vengeance.
THIRTY CARRIED
DOWN BY FIREMEN
Pistol Shots and Screams of Italian
Throw Tenement Neighbor-
hood Into Panic.

NEW YORK. Aug. 10.-Four are dead.
two others are dying. ana six are ln a
serious condition from burns received In.
z IRE started today by an incendiary,
IN the four-stoTy tenement house az Gs2
East Il2th street
Thirty persons were carried down lad
ders BY hremen amid Wild scenes Of
panic. More than one hundred ESCAPED
from the burning building In their night
clothing. Pistol shots fred by persons,
who sought thus 20 summon aid, added
to the confusion. and thousands rushed
20 the scene.
The fire Is declared by the police and
the fire marshal TO have been OF in-
cendisTy origin. and is one OF several
fatal fires Ia the neighboThood.
Takes Oath of Vengeance.
VineenZo SaustO four Of whose chill
dren comprise the death list, barred his
head and IN a loud voice took an oath
of vengeance against those responsible
for the IRE. His oath included a declara-
tion that he would devote his life 70 the
task.
The dead are; Rosina Sausto, ten years
| old, burned 10 a crisp; Louis Sausto.
eight years old, smothered by smoke;
Tony sausto. four years old. smothered
Z Bs SilUhCs EADt4EEA EaIckDs one eEa1 Qil.
dropped by mother in flight body burn
ed beyond recognition. Frank ssusto.
twelve years old. has both legs broken.
body burns and internal injuries; he is
/ .ying, and also is Salvatore Logifoni,
| twenty-five years old, whose right hip
I Is dislocated and face bruised. besides
| receiving internal injuries. He was
| hurt in a jump frcm the third-story win
Cow 10 the street
Iso Persons Lived in House.
The Senement house contained nine
| families an its four floors, but $50 per-
/ sons lived there. They had retired late
as there had been a celebration in the
| neishhorhood during the eFening7T All
were heavy with sleep when a pedes-
| trian noticed flames in the rear Of the
| hall on the first floor. He gave the
alarm. but many OF those tn the build
| ing knew nothing Of their danger until
the fire. sweeping up through the broad
| area In the Railways 20 an open sky
light in the roof. had enveloped the
building
4 In a few moments the street was
crowded with excited persons crying
fire" From a score Of windows came
the crack OF pistols held by persons in
tent on bringing the police TO the scene.
| More than 100 shots were fired in this
! manner. an6 the confusion had become
| a panic before either the police or the
| fFemen arrived
Lieutenant Kennedy and his driver,
Frank Boyd. ran their thirty-five foot
ladders up the side OF the building, cali
ing upon the dWelleTs not 70 jump. A
number Of these failed 10 heed the
warning, and ieaped from the windows.
More than thirty persons were carried
down on the ladders by the hFemen
before The hrst plug stream was ap-
piled
Dying From His Jump.
Salvatore LOgifoni. on the third floor,
climbed out on the sill and. despite the
shouts cf these below. jumped. He was
picked up unconscious. and it is thought
he has little chance 10 live.
Mrs. ,CarmaIli BarteIi, who took
boarders on the second floor. leaped
from the window when she found her
escape b. the han cut on. Her sister,
Maria. followed, and also escaped un-
hurt yelippo Pogerino. with his sisters.
Catherias and Annie, and his wife,
Maria, fed 10 the roof in time and were
: taken on. by the iremen.
Pasduala Cassanasa, who lived on the
| fourth floor, climbed down the shutters
: at the side Of the window on the floor
I below, and when that gave way grasped
the shutter on the second floor. This
, | also gavs way, but his fall was 50
broken that he landed in the street
7 without scratch. He knelt on the
{ sidewalk, and in the sight Of thousands
offered prayer OF th2nkfulness at his
delivery.
e Several 1:res1en led In the ladder res
E / cuts and finally made their way TO the
I ton Of the building, where they found
Y.neenzo SaEsto with his wife ana
I their little son. Frank. The father was
q flames t4et lured up through the sky
light throus& which he and hrs wife
! hal escaped.
+ His Children in Furnace.
'',They are in there. my children" he
sobbed, save theml' Then ne told
them brokenly that he with his wife had
been awakened in their rooms on tns
top floor, and that he had seized his
son, Frank, and told the others to follow
him to the roof.
The wife had seized her infant, Ro-
= tueci, and clasping him to her breast
!, had leaped up the stairway after her
4 husband The steps. burning. gave way
. beneath her. The husband clung 10 her
clothing and was burned about the face.
Lying fat upon his stomach. he hauled
e her through the skylight.
}. As she was drawn up the baby slipped
4 from her grasp, and IL was dropped into
| the flames. The frantic mother attempt
ed TO follow, but the father grasped
her and forced her to leave the blazing
skylight.
= The firemen, putting down a ladder,
I went into the very teeth of the raging
1ames and found Rotuccfs charrsd
| bodv living at the foot OF the burned
stairs Their comrades. coming IN from
!, ladders on the outside Of the building,
( brought out the other children.
Nearly Dead When Saved.
Little Frank was terribly burned. ana
Law as one dead upon the roof Fire
man Curry. convinced that he was still