The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
Entire Family Has Close Call in Early Morning Blaze Near Orr's Castle
 House Burned to Ground, Bremen Arriving Too Late To Be of Service.
lEilIxman Driving Past Home Before Daylight Discovers Flames and Rouses Sleep ing Inmates Neighbors Succeed in Saving Part of
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 The entire family of John plasky. resident of house in sratfleId near Orr castle, was saved from 8 horrible death in the flames that destroyed their home early this morning when John zeitlezsky aged d6, awak- sned them from sleep while the dwelling was enveloped ln flames.
 Driven from the building by the heat of the flames and the choking smoke, MT and Mrs. plaskY heroica11y re-entered the structure and rescued tllelr three babies from the fire
 The whole family was sound asleep. 4sax women and children Wearied tre- rner1f7ousIy by the activities of h1rEh- dav party that they attended yesfer- Hax and last evening and the fatner 4ot1 out with toi1 that he dtd not cease un411 10 o'clock last night Bsaf for tho action Of zei1Iezsky they pro D. v ssa1,6 from tIae burning house was i'm aiss..-Ssz If zeas about z:so o'clock this morn z1E wfen ZeftIezskys a peddler of milk Hving an Falrheld, was passing along tI1e road in t11e nei ghborhood of the old .ez zsIss Nearfng the P4asky dwelling zle saw naznes shooting up the back of xhe holzse consuming the roof and at f5n ana sa4zng their way down the
 front Of the building
 zelt1ezsky jumped from his wagon afs ran into the house. ha1f-bHndedz by usn1o1ze and groped his way to the bed room III tf1e rear.A There he found Mrs. EIzssy undistuTE3ed by the flames and smoke and sleeping peacefully- He haatfl ly awakened her. she cazae to 9 and then both brought the husband to eonsciousness by frantic s1ak1ngs Tired from the social affair of the day before Hdrs. E1aaky stunnb7ed out ot fhe house, clad in a night dress. Half atupefled by smoke and weary from his 5toal of the night before, P1aslxJ srasred one of his shoes and ran droTr 9he building
 Once outside. and partly recovered sEzlrough the fresh air, Mrs P1asky Thought of her three children, the old est of whom Is i've years. She ad- 5ured her ha1f-dazed husband to ge' hhezn and herself led the way Into ths house Both fought their way to tho cots of the babies and P1aa1zy taking two. and his wife, one, they snatchet them from the death that Threatened them They reached the outer air 1T safety.
 The Strafde7d vo1un1eer n1e depart ment w,as called but when the crew arrived the bIa1e proved to be to- much for the hand chemical equip meu1 Somebody teIephoned ts Bridgeport and from there a call wa Bent Go the Fairfield fire department The crew Of the Tafr7eld departInen reached the scene Of the fire at 3-8 o'clock, but it was too late then {. Bave the building
 Tn the meantime, neighbors had ar rived and some hardy persons entere, the building and threw out some o the furniture and other possessions o the family. Their stock of money, $3C and quantity of 5eweIry that ha. been kept in a. sewing machine drawe was lost in the flames. The buildin, was burned to the ground The fire men had arrived too late to save tn structure.
 Neighbors of the family took then 1n They are caring for tho worna. and children today
 The fire started in the kitchen, wfer a pot of grease on the kitchen range 4urned over. The blaze worked if way upward. along the back of tn house