The Detroit times., 1909-03-03
10 PERISH IN Fire
IN NEW YORK
TENEMENT
FIRE CHIEF CROKER SAYS TORCH
WAS APPLIED TO BUILDING.
MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY.
GROUPED IN PRAYER.
THE DEAD.

THE DEAD.
LIALIO FIIICATI. 20 years old. M
FRtNtEsCO GRl PIT. ~ years OLD.
LENA rLACIA, as years old.
ROSA TLACIA, . years old.
MRS. JOSEPHINE rRAZisANOs -
years old.
JOSEPH TRAZissNO.
LEM TRAZIsANO, 20 years old. VA
MRS. CAROLINE FA>sONE, 80 years
old.
An UNIDENTIFIED MAN. 10 years
An NIDE>TIFIED Roy. 4 years eud-
THE INJURED.
Robert Fantzon, OF engine company
M. 10. right hand nearly cus on -
ycnrs oid, burned about h~ad md fsces
New YORK hospital, Miss Matilda Mna.
aa, 20 yenrs old. burned about face aoa
body. New York hospital.
NEW YORK, March 3-An !ncen-'
diary fire in the five-story brick tenc-.
ldent house, ST4 Seventh-ave., q riy
today. caused the death of 10 persona
and the injury OF score OF Jrhers@
Six months ago the owner OF the
building had received Matchmaking let
tiers.
The fire started in the basement and
raced TO the roof When the aremcn
arrived the entire building was In
flames. Scaling ladders were used
and many Of those who had appeared
at the front windows were carlied
ncwn by the firemen.
After the fire was extinguished and
Il search OF the building was made, the
ten dead bodies were found on the up
per floors. The members of the Trazt-
sano family were found grouped
around the bed I'm little room In
the attitude OF prayer. They had been
cut of from escape, and knowing that
death was near had clustered togeth-
er for the last few seconds Of their
I lives.
Five minutes after the fire had been
discovered il had spread 10 the top
floors OF 1872 and 376 Seyenth-ave., the
tsnements adjacent TO the burning
building on either side. Tenants tad
been driven from these buildings 0y
the reserves of three police stations
Patrick Monk, night watchman EN-.
plo$ed by r. b. Mcdonald & Son, I'M
dertakers. on the ground floor or the
house, was the fTst TO discover the
] fire. He rushed TO the second toor
and awoke his employers who shouted
an alarm TO others in the building be-
fore starting for the street.
The fremen OF Hook AMI Ladder
| Co. No. were the first to arrive and
! they speedily placed the extension lad
ders and began the work OF rescutuk
ne tenants. most of whom we're asleep
when the fire started.
Ambulances from Roosevelt and
New York hospitals were summoned
and the surgeons were kept busy at
tending to injured people carried into
the street from the blazing structure.
There was not time in many cases to
carry the half suffocated victims to
tine hospitals. They had TO be treated
OF the pavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Glass and
their four children were among the
first To be carried down from one OF
the upper floors.
Mrs. Emma Hughes, seriously burn
ed about the face. neck aad body and
suffering from partial asphyxistion,
was next brought down. She was un-
conscious. as was also Mrs. Mary Mat
thews. who was carried down by two
| iremen.
Chief Croker. who was on the scene
early. said the evidence OF an incen-
diary origin was apparent
! An investigation was begun at once
! by the authorities aud arrests are ex-
pected today.
There were many thrilling rescues
| by firemen and policemen.