The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-04
By Associated Press.


t. cape by a burning stairway, ten per
sons persisted early today in five
story tenement house at 1872 East
FCrty-seven1h avenue. The victims,
who were all Italians with tae excap-
tor OF an unidentified Frenchman,
RANGED In age from so years 10 an in
fant girl of five Five persons. includ-
Ing a policeman. who were cut by fly
ins glass and a male child about a
year old. were injured and taken TO
hospitals. j Is believed the blaze was
inCendiary following a black hand
Matchmaking letter which an occupant
o. the building received several
months ago. The dead:
Rosalio Filiberti. 50 years of age.
Constance GTuppi. IS years OF age,
sister Of RosaIiO Filiberti-
PTOEenzio Placia, Is years old.
Rose Plscis, aged :.
CaraliBa SansOne, aged so.
Mrs. Josephine Travissno, aged 80,
daughter OF Mrs. Sansone-
Lena Txavisano, aged 20
joseph TraVisano. Il.
f-sSfell f'Gsifo- aged r.
linden tilted man. about 30 years OF
see
|. The injured: Robert Sampson. a
/ fireman. who was cut by glass about
the head and taken to a hospital; HUI
I l2ds NOmad and Nicholas BardaliO
! were overcome by smoke and suffered
/ severe burns. An unidentified girl.
years of age. was overcome by
! ST. &c DOminiCk FilibeTti suffered
/ fractures Of several ribs.
ONE MEMBER SURVIVED.
/ The only member of The TravisanO
family Who survived was Minnie.
/ AGED Is. who left home last night to
visit
There were about thirty families.
mostly Italians in the tenement and
policemen and fremen rescued many
OF them by ladders and by swinging
| them across from windows TO neigh
| BORING buildings Several babies were
thu own from Windows anG caught by
fire men who were standing on the ex-
tension ladders.
The street floor of the building was
occupied by undertaking rooms and a
resi- zurant while a barber occupied
tho basement, The fFe started in the
bottom Of an air shaft and was discOv-
cred 10y Patrick Monks, a Waterman
/ in the undertaking rooms. Monk ran
Ups taiTS and awakened Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Mcdonald and their four children,
I wnC escaped. Monks then while the
I Railways were blazing and filed with
ST. Ujle, raped on the doors of the
apartments up 10 the third floor,
/ awakened the occupants and then
/ turned ia FIRE alarm.
/ OCCUPANTS WERE ASLEEP
! Most of the occupants Of the ten
( ement We're asleep when The fire be
gan and many Of them Wore overcome
/ before awakening Policemen RiTeE
/ and Gallagher obtained access 10 the
upper floors by climbing TO the roof
! OF an adjoining structure and creep
INC along q cOrnlCe 10 tie rooms of
ga apartment occupied b. AtiHd Pa
sifo. who. win his wife and son
Louis. aged =. We're taken out of the
( window and carried along the coruIce
10 the adjoining building. thence 10
the street.
/ Two other children of PasiIo were
found unconscious OF the floor but
were rescued by the firemeu- Evelyn
PasifO- aged years. attempted 10 run
down the stairs and later her chaTred
BODY was found Or the stairway. A
fireman found Miss 1iUlauUa ArapOJ
unconscious III her rOOHls on the
fourth floor and attempted 10 carry
neT down 4 ladder 10 d window. but
VS. himself overcome Other FIRE
Eaen saved them both
BABIES TAKEN FROM Bull DING.
Three babies we're taken from the
rooms on the fourth floor bv thrill
ia work Of two fremeu. Standing on
an extension ladder outside the win
d0Ns. Robert Nelson. one OF the fire
men, caught two Of the children -
they were thrown 20 him by other
hremen from the windows A. NeE
sen started down the ladder with the
tive babies ia his arms. the man
asain appeared at the window and
. called out. Il have another baby
+ here. catch it..
/ Before Nelson could reply the man
/ JRTew the baby out OF the Eyindow
ana Nelson. with rEe "a 1ies already
IN his arms managed TO catch the