The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-09
HELPLESS LITTLE ONES
 PERISHED IN FLAMES
 WHILE PARENTS TOILED

men arrived. His hair almost all burned off, skin hnnging by shreds from hands and face,s he would have made still another Attempt to reach the doomed little sufferers if he had not been restrained.
 Where are the children?" cried the big crowd of neighbors who req lized the little ones were in grave peril.
 ,'In the cellar" said Henry. NO, in the attic- Maybe they're on the second fioor," he was moaning in pain, and delirious from his nerve wrecking experience.
 Bremen had begun pouring huge streams of water into the dwelling by this time, but they could not force their way into the blazing hall way for some minutes.
 Ambrose Machalowski was the first to invade the burning building. He is a ladderman attached to Truck No. 2. He groped about in the thick smoke for several minutes while the crowd outside waited with anxiety for him to emerge When he return ed he bore the charred little boy found stretched out at the top of the stairs, just outside the bedroom where Henry had slept
 Poor little lad" sobbed Mrs. Sul- livan, his aunt, when she had heard of the finding of his body. "He was trying to call Henry up to put out the fire"
 While the crowd was hushed in reverence at sight of the dying child Assistant Chief Johnson made a search for the still missing baby girl. He came upon the wee mite of hu- manity on the first floor, in a room far from the kitchen stove which dying of suffocation in the smoke. He had scarcely reached the outer air with the almost lifeless little one before doctors were ready to relieve him of his burden. The auto ambu- lance had brought Dr. Krause and in the crowd were Drs- Keane, Ford, Rowe and Gorden Leverty,
 Patrolman John Corrigan, himself the father of ten small children, re- lieved Johnson of his burden, and crying like a child at the thought of his own little ones, the stalwart po- liceman carried the infant to the home of Investigator Morrissey where the doctors took her in charge.
 The child was not badly burned. A patch of skin had been raised from her tender cheek, but had it not been for the thick smoke her life would not have been endangered. Respira- clans took the child in charge. They placed their lips to hers trying to in duce breathing, and worked despe-- -ately to revive the faint spark of life. The child was carried to the home of Investigator Alexander F. Morrissey of the Charities depart ment, directly across the street, and here the doctors worked half an hour before the child gave up its struggle for life.
 Meanwhile a search was begun for the missing parents, and through neighbors it was learned that she had gone to the Equa Social club to clean. Chief Mooney despatched his bring the woman home She bore the news of the tragedy heroicallyi until she reached home, but when she found that her daughter too had down completely. Dozens of women of the neighborhood who had gath cred to extend sympathy and help to the bereaved woman gave way to their emotions.
 shock of the loss of her daughter and nephew will be too great for her to bear. She was in precarious cond1- ton this afternoon. Suffering from chronic heart trouble, she collapsed after the excitement of the fire had pa ssed.
 The bereaved father reached his home when the fire had been extin- euished and both little ones had and it brought tears to the eyes of many spectators. Cullinan & Mullins took charge of the remains, remov- ing the bodies to their morgue.
 Mrs SuIllVanS H1aioen name was Sullivan. Her brother, whose child was burned, was last heard from in Long Island. The mother of the de- ceased boy is said to have died while he was yet tiny babe, and Mrs. Sullivan took him in charge.
 The Sullivans have been in dire straits and both father and mother were obliged to work every day to + eep the wolf from the door. Sulli- van was carrying mortar at St. Vim centss bOSDital when news of the fire VI as brought to him.
 The surviving children are Henry, aged IT. Eugene, If, and Dollie, s. A who had called at the house a few moments before the fire was discovered was told by the chill dren, whom she found in the kitchen, that the mother had gone to work The canvasser said neither of the children was dressed.