Evening journal., 1910-12-28
CLOSE TO DEATH
in NIGHT FIRES
Members of One Family
Slightly Burned; Police
Save Others
WOMAN CARRIES BABES
FROM ONE BURNING HOUSE

Four people we're injured and
family saved in two fires which oc-
CURED during the night The first
blaze broke out at 8.45 o'clock last
evening in the house No 101 Wash
ington street An oil lamp exploded
and shortly afterward an alarm was
struck from box No. "a, at Front and
Justison streets. While the damage
was slight four people were injured,
three OF the victims being removed
to the Delaware Hospital in the Phoe-
nix ambulance. All three were badly
burned, but none of them seriously.
The injured are:
Matthew Doqui aged "A years.
burned about the hands, face and
eyes. He is the most seriously in
iured Of the four.
Mrs. Katherine Doqui, aged about
% years, burned about the hands and
face
Joseph Amenterio, a boarder in the
Doqui house, burned about the face
and hands.
Mary Moore, colored, Of No. sos La
fayette street, injured about the head.
Mr. and Mrs. Doqui and their TWO
children occupy the house and Ar
menterio is a boarder, and all we're
In bed at the time the fire started. The
lamp which exploded was in the
boarders room and before he was
aroused he was burned. He then ran
from the house.
Doqui and his wife were awakened
by the smoke and when they opened
the door Of their room they saw that
Armenterios room was on fire. Doqui
rushed into the room and snatching
up a burning feather bed ran with 1t
through his own room and tossed 1t
through a window to the street AS
he ran through his own room he
brushed against his wife and the
flames from the bed burned her about
the face and hands. Doqui also was
burned by the blazing bed.
The couple in turning from the vim
dow to make their escape down the
stairs found this avenue Of escape cut
on by hames. They again turned to
the window.
About this time, Mary Moore. the
colored woman who was hurt. came
along, and Mrs. Doqui seeing her from
the window, shouted TO her to save
her She then leaped from the window
and fell on the colored woman. Both
we're thrown TO the sidewalk. and the
latter's head struck the pavement a
violent blow She quickly revived
however, and proved heroine by
rushing in the house, when told there
We're two children there, finding them
IN bed, gathered them in her arms and
safely carried them to the street. She
took the children to her home keeping
them there out of the cold.
In the meantime Doqui also jumped
from the window his wife had leaped
FROM and tumbled in the street, cut
ting himself in several places.
Firemen Save Family.
The second blaze occurred shortly
after 1 o'clock this morning in the
shoe finding establishment Of Joseph
Fisher, at No. PIG West Fourth street
The timely discovery Of the fire saved
the lives of the members of Fishers
family and also averted a serious fire
Neighbors saw smoke coming from
the house, and telephoned to the DO.
lice station. Police Captain Kane
and several officers rushed to the
house. and the former, upon NOTING
that the smoke was increasing IN
volume, sent a still alarm to the Fame
and Washington Fire Companies. II
required considerable pounding on the
door to awaken some Of the younger
members of the family, and in scanty
attire they hurried to the street
Mr.. Fisher had closed his place o
business just before midnight and wa.
sleeping soundly when the police
found him in bed on the second fooi
Of the house. They had to drag hin
out Of the building. An aged man
! known by the name of Conrad, whS
) made HIS home with the Fisher family
and slept in the basement of tn,
house. thought the firemen were fool
ing him when they attempted to ge
him to leave the building. He sneak,
very little English and it was some
! time before they could convince hin
that the place was on fire.
Harry Fisher, a son of the pro
= prietor, was sleeping on the thir,
b hoor, and when awakened by tn,
: noise and excitement on the stree
and the smoke which by this time fill
] ed the house, he climbed out tn,
window in the rear Of the third foo
, to the roof.
The tiremen quickly extinguished tn
, blaze, which appeared to be in a room
? back Of the store, among some rub
5 bish. II is supposed that some on,
=. threw lighted cigar or cigarette II
t the pile.
] The loss caused by each fire vii
= probably reach several hundred dol
lars.