Altoona Tribune from Altoona, Pennsylvania • Page 2

MOKNINjO THIBUHE, MONDAY, NOVEMBEB 23, 1903. Bleeping Italians before they were aroused to the danger that surrounded them. Many rolled from their bonks and began If you buy it at Aaron's you get it good. a ngnt tor lite, ine aense smoge huu the bright light of the flames were bewildering and made it difficult to locate the doors. All was confusion in the in- TDIRTY LABORERS ROASTED TO DEATH Awful Result of Fire Which Destroyed a Shanty Filled With Men.

The Evening Hour tenor and the men fought and scrammed like wild men to reach the doors. The weaker wera crushed down and trampled THIS OCCURRED NEAR LILLY XIlAgreeM The Unfortunates Were Employed as Laborers by a Firm ol Railroad Contractors. By the Fireside in a Morris Chair that's comfort and pleasure that cannot be surpassed in the home circle. A Morris Chair is one of those rest-giving things that everybody can use and appreciate so delightfully adapted to the needs of tired-out men and women. We can sell you a Morris Chair, upholstered in velour, for $10 then almost any price up to the finest leather goods.

that the fine, strong, pure pepper is Colburn's Pepper Try a 5c or 10c package and get your money back if you don't like any of Colburn's Spices. The A Colburn Co Philadelphia OVERHEATED STOVE PROBABLE CAUSE Roused From Their Slumbers by Cry of CFire" the Men Fought to Get Out TjX and Then Many to Get in Again to Save Their Money. terly impossible to recognize any one, though he knew quite a number of those THE INJURED TAKEN TO JOHNSTOWN by the stronger and perished, others were suffocated in their bunks while they slumbered and were roasted there. Those who escaped all bear marks of the fierce fight for life which took place in the burning building. The men who did escape had no time to secure their clothing or other belongings.

Many of them had their savings of years in their trunks which they left behind them in their hurried flight for safety. Some of them bethinking themselves of their wealth as soon as they reached safety fought just as fiercely to re-enter the building to save their valuables as they had done to get out Some succeeded bv trampling down sufficient companions and shoving aside other weakened by the struggle for life. Thev got back, but for the sake of their hoarded wealth they gave up their lives. Not one of the men who re-entered the building is believed to have succeeded in getting out again. In the ruins Saturday morning some of the corpses were found close beside hoop-iron bands, all that were left of trunks which had held the wealth of some of the victims.

It indicated that the owners had perished in their efforts to save their wealth. Other bodies were found where the trunks were located, while charred remains were scattered about the alley which ran through the centre of the building and where the fierce fight for life had taken place. The fire awakened the entire camp, but the hundreds of men who assembled could do nothing to rescue the men imprisoned in the burning building. They did stop a number of those who got out from rushing back again and cared for the injured and burned and sent them to the Johnstown hospitals. Some of them may die while others received only slight burns and will be out in a few days.

The shanty was burned to the ground in a short space of time, and the ruins presented a horrible sight to the hundreds who visited the scene. The burned bodies could be seen lying about among the smoking ruins. Twenty-seven charred bodies could be counted at noon. The debris was too hot to permit the removal of any of the bodies of the unfortunates, and it was not until late in the afternoon that an attempt was made to remove the dead. At dusk the majority of the bodies had been taken out.

All were burned beyond identification. Others were removed yesterday, fhirtw in nil. Thev will likelv who perished. Peter Consalvi, the superintendent of the commissary, was next to the last man out of the burned building, and he tells the following story of the disaster: 'My grandfather and I slept together Why Not Get a Cinderella Heater? Either an Empress Cinderella, an Imperial Cinderella, hard coal base burners, or a Cinderella Air-Tight, the famous soft coal burner. All great heaters and remarkable fuel savers.

in the commissary department of the building, which was two stories high, the balance being only one story. Underneath us were rows of bunks the eame as in the balance of the building. At ten minutes to 2 0 clock I was waked up by Summit Ranges Buck's Steel Ranges. my grandfather, who had been aroused by the smell of smoke. By that time the building was all ablaze, and we could hear the struggle and fighting going on among the men below who were trying to all get out at the same time.

Some of those within-had already been painfully burned and their yells and groans of pain were something awful to hear. 1426-28 Eleventh Ave. I Credit. 3- "When I awoke I supposed it would be Live Bird Handicap Next Saturday. At.

T.lvnwon next Saturday beginning impossible to get out by way of the stairs, so I jumped through the second-story window, without shoes, and without any clothing oh except my underwear. In going through the glass I cut my handB -at 10 o'clock a live bird shooting match A holocaust, terrible and horrifying in detail, and almost rivaling the awiul mine disaster at Johnstown on July 10, 1902, occurred at Lilly at an early hour Saturday morning. Thirty Italian laborers were roasted alive and as many more were fatally or painfully burned in the burning of a shanty at the site of the Pennsylvania railroad improvements, three-fourths of a mile west of the town. The men were employed by Contractors McMenamin Sims and were engaged in laying out a fourth track between Lilly and Portage. There were 500 men, all Italians, at work on the job and in the destroyed shanty 125 of them were quartered.

The fire broke out at 1.50 o'clock and the rudely constructed building burned like tinder, hemming in the occupants like rats in a trap. Many were suffocated and burned in their bunks and other? traded their lives for their horded treasures. The books containing the names of the men occupying the shanty were destroyed, leaving no way of learning the names of the unfortunates who perished. The shanty was built after the style of such quarters at the site of all railroad improvements. The eastern end was devoted to a commissary while the remainder was used as living quarters for workmen, and in it 125 men were packed away like sardines in a box in bunks.one above the other.

There were two doors for esitand the windows were few and small. The fire started at 1.50 o'clock in the eastern end of the building, burned like tinder and the flames were upon the will be held. The entrance iee ior me five bird events is $4 and for fifteen birds Open lor Sittings from 9 to 9. considerably. JUy granatatuer had the start of me a little and he got out all right by way of the stairs, though for a while after I landed on the ground I was sure he was burned to death.

'As soon as I landed on the ground I saw there was no use in any one trying to get back into the building either to save life or property, and I prevented be buried at one funeral, owing to the impossibility of identiring them. The nt nil been accounted for 111VU JJ i ii .1 and the general impression is that the Fine Portrait Work. You may desire an enlarged picture of some departed member of the family or a living member. Christmas time, you know, brings forth quite a few persons who want something of this sort, so I would advise that you don't delay any longer. Bell phone.

Better Act Quickly. Kjottmanris Studio. some of the men who would have gone numoer oi deaa may reacu imiij-uvc persons. The scene of the fire was visited by tmni 1 illw unrl thpv assisted in after their trunks. "After this we could do nothing bu care for those that had been injured.

Su perintendent McMenamin, of the con trading firmf was quickly on the scene, and got linseed oil and cotton to treat the poor fellows. Some of them were sent to UJaiiy jjcuio viii jj in caring for the burned and removing the dead. One of the first men on the ground was Dominic Eappalucci, of Lilly, and he eaid that he had carefully gone over the smoldering mass where the shanty had stood and had counted twenty-seven dead hodies. Thev were little more than Lilly, where Dr. Kress dressed their Cor.

Eleventh Ave. and Thirteenth St. wounds, and later he came down to the scene of the fire and rendered assistance to others. Then we took them to Lilly 112.50, including the birds in both cases. The match will be class shooting; the moneys and handicap at twenty-six to thirty-two yards.

The handicap committee consists of Charles E. Rhodes, of this city; C. Wenderoth, Cressou; Robert Tash, South Fork; P. G. Trego, Tyrone; T.

J. Doyle, Johnstown; Wilbur Roach, Winder; Evan Fvans, Dunlo. The managers of the shoot are Harry Franklin and G. A. McKendric, of this city, and they guarantee 600 strong western birds.

T. J. Doyle, of Johnstown, and Thomas Hill, of Houtzdale, are matched to shoot at fifteen birds for $50 a side during the handicap next Saturday. Both men are said to be good shots and each is certain he will land the money. A Remarkable Case.

One of the most remarkable cases of a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion, who was entirely cured bv the use of One Minute Cough Cure. She says: "The coughing and straining bo weakened me that I ran down in weight from 148 to 92 pounds. I tried a number of remedies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough Cure.

Four bottles of this wonderful remedy cured me entirely of the cough, strengthened my iungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength. Sold by H. B. Kantner. Stewart's restaurant open all night.

charred chunks, however. He saw a face or two, but it would have been ut- and put them on the train to be brought down to town. 1 fear that three or four of those who came down will not get over as they had breathed in the fire. "It will be absolutely impossible for anybody to tell for some days yet the KLINE names of all those who were burned. The bosses knew them only by number.

I had their names and numbers in my Green Trading Stamps. Central Pennsylvania Trust Company, Succetiors to the ALTOONA BANK. I2I8 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona. P. Green Trading Stamps.

book in the commissary, but that is gone. had some Jd.zUO worth of sup plies, and that is burned. I had also $400 in my trousers' pocket, and that 8250,000.00 20,000.00 Surplus, 1331-1333 Hth Ave. Reliable Dry Goods and Clothing. A sample lot of Electric Seal Jackets.

$22.98, $25.00, $27.50 worth double. Onallunsatisfactory purchases money tack at once without question or debate, provided, goods are returned in good condition. was burned, of course. 1 acted as a banker for the men and the wonder was that I did not have more money than this. I generally had.

"There isn't the least doubt that several thousand dollars were burned np in the trunks of the men. They kept their savings there and I would say there was some $4,000 or $5,000 anyhow. Many of them had enough to go bank to their homes and families in Italy and would soon have sailed." The shanty which proved a death trap Wholesale or Retail. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. We are willing to afford any accommodation consistent with judicious banking.

Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. We execute all manner of Trusts, such as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Etc. OFFICERS: M. H. Canan, President.

M. Alexander, Vice President. J. G. Davis, Secretary and Treasurer.

DIRECTORS: M. H. Canan, M. Alexander, J. G.

Davis. H. C. Dern, H. E.

Ferguson, C. B. Dudley, Jas. C. Hughes, Wm.M.Findley,M.D.j James Morgan, John P.

Levan, D. E. Biddle, W. 8. Lee, J.

P. Lafperty, W. I. Woodcock, I. C.

Mishleb. to its inhabitants was built according to the usual form of such buildings. It was located about three-fourths of a mile west of Lilly and about 300 yards from the Moshannon coal mine on the right-hand side of the railroad. A Little Foresight will prevent pneumonia arid grip. What cures the Cold prevents its results.

The. building was ninety-three feet long and twenty-four feet wide. It was one story high, except at the eastern end, where the commissary department was, and there it was two stories high. Run 468 Sample Coats For Ladies and Misses were received on 'Saturday. On Thursday we got word from a New York manufacturer that there was a lot of Coats, new and up-to-date in every particular, that could be bought at an abnormally low figure.

They were his sample line and the samples of 5 or 6 styles in odd sizes which he desired to close out to clear his stock and, incidently.be-cause he needed the money. Thursday night our buyer left here. Bought these Coats on Friday at his own figure, shipped them here and they were on display Saturday morning. Colors mostly Black or Tan. Prices are: $7.98, 8.98, 9.98,10.98, 12.98, U.98- Each garment worth fully 50 per cent more than marked.

Military styles. Loose or Tight, fitting Kersey Cloth or Zibilenes. POWER HOUSE BURNED. and the stable had just caught. With no water supply Dr.

Carr and the others had to stand idly by and watch the nmlnmcra Kurn Mr f.arv oaf imarosi thaf. it took but twenty minutes for them to be completely enveloped in flames. ning along both sides were rows of bunks, each being occupied by a couple of men, who kept their trunks beneath them. In the centre was the long alley, five and one-half feet wide. Here were two stoves.

The contracting firm, whenit built the shanty, had put sheets of boiler iron at the sides of these stoves to keep them from setting fire to the woodwork, which was only a very short distance away on each side, but the men, it is said, had removed these sheets. There was fire in the stoves and it is supposed to have burned up toward morning and caused the fire. The flames started at the end next the commissary, and doubtless from the stove at that end of the alley. In the Night Time. How often in the "wee sma' hours ayant the twal" are you smitten with that fearful nerve-tearing cramp How often when on a journey away from home, are yon disabled and made to suffer torture with Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, 1 iiarrnrvoa nr nr.

nor lnrnanno lmronnn There were two doors. They were narrow, and it was fifty feet from one of them to the other. In the long passageway between, and in the end next the commissary, where the men 1 started, was where the men met their deaths. The windows in the build ing, except in the two-story part, were too small to get through, except for a small man, and then he had to squeeze out. Coroner Miller, of Cambria county, has visited the scene of the disaster and will Fatal Fire Occurred at Sanitarium Near Markletoo, Somerset County.

Mabkleton, November 22. In a fire of mysterious origin which broke out in the power house of the Markleton sanitarium shortly jefore 1 o'clock yesterday morning the young engineer, his wife and their child lost their lives. The charred and unrecognizable remains were found after the fire had completely wiped out the power house and the adjacent stables. THE DEAD. Michael O'Hara, aged 27 years, a former railroader.

Mrs. Harriet O'Hara, aged 25 years, his wife. Sarah O'Hara, aged 4 years, their daughter. The power house is about 300 yards from the railroad station and about 400 yards from the south wing of the sanitarium. Dr.

J. D. Carr, one of the proprietors of the sanitarium, was the first one to Bee the blaze. Guests, physicians and employes of the place did not learn of the conflagration until they came down to breakfast later in the morning. O'Hara and his wife and child occupied a room on the second floor of the power house as living apartments.

Beneath them, on the second floor, was the section' used for the laundry. The other half of the building, consisting of one room, two stories high, is occupied for the light plant. 1 Carr retired at midnight A little over a half hour later, being unable to sleep, he walked over to the window and looked out. A blaze of great proportions met his gaze. The doctor immediately dressed and ran down to the burning building.

At about the same time a number of employes of the place, who happened to be outside the sanitarium, arrived also. The power house was already doomed conduct an investigation and hold an in quest to ascertain the cause of the fii. all because you forgot to put that bottle of Carmelite Cordial in your satchel? The very first dose gives you the assurance you are going to be cured. Always keep a bottle on hand. Sold everywhere at 35c per bottle.

jy4-tf Stepped Against a Hot Stove. A child of Mrs. George T. Benson, when getting his usual Saturday night bath, stepped back against a hot stove which burned him severely. The child was in great agony and his mother could do nothing to pacify him.

Remembering that she had a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm in the house, she thought she would try it. In lees than half an honr after applying it the child was quiet and asleep, and in less than two weeks was well. Mrs. Benson is a well known resident of Kellar, Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment and especially valuable for burns, cuts, bruises and sprains.

For sale by A. F. Shomberg, corner Twelfth avenue and Twelfth street nov2-m-w-f-lm LOOSE BACK COATS Stylish and fashionable, made of the best kersey to be had all sorts of styles. There is not a store in radius of 200 miles that can give you such good values as these. Black or tan, mostly at $4 98.

$5-98. $8.69. $10.98. f2 98, FINE FURS AT FAIR FIGURES To one and all our display of fine furs tomes as an agreeable surprise because of their extra good quality and extra low prices. Flat pieces of Marten, with long tails, at only $5.39.

Isabella Foxes, according to length, $5.98, $6.98, $7.98, $9,98, $12.98, $14.69, $18.98. Have you seen thosejsets of Muffs and Furs at $30? They are worth $50. MILITARY COATS Tight fitted Back, Brass Buttons, good quality of Kersey, high collar and half cape over shoulders. A full $12.00 value. Choice of Black or Tan at $8.98.

Military, same order as above, 36 inches long, epaulettes and fly capes over shoulders. Black or Tan $15.00 values at flOOS- An entirely new effect, Castor only, velvet inlaid collar, long stole ends, with worked buttonholes. An $18.00 Coat in most stores. Our price is $12. 98.

ZIBILENE COATS Tight fitting back, long continuous cape over shoulders and back. Extra good quality of cloth, all sizes, perfectly made up. A good $10 value at only $7-98. The Dead Number Thirty. LAXA-PINE is guaranteed to cure keep it in the house constantly Years of scientific study by physicians everywhere failed to combine a mild tonic laxative with a cough medicine until LAXA-PINE, the wonderful positive cure, was produced.

All physicians recognize the fact that a laxative is necessary to cure a cold. The congestion must be cleaned out of the system entirely, and LAXA-PINE cleans it out 25 Cents. Ask your druggist for it. Manufactured by The Nctnazont Company, Laboratory, Altoona. Pa.

Johnstown, November 22. Two of the Italians who were burned in the lodging shanty nre at iiiiiy Saturday morning, died at a hospital in this citv to-dav! This brings the total death liat up to thirty. Ten other victims of the disaster at the hospital here are in a serious condi tion, four of whom will die. All of the victims were' Italians and most of them have families in the old country. The scene of the fire was visited to-day by hundreds of people.

The bones and pieces of charred flesh, all that remained of twenty-eight men, Lad been gathered np ana placed in baskets. Thev will be No Dutch Envoy to Belgrade. The Hague, November 21. It is stated that no representative of the Dutch government will be appointed at Belgrade because King Peter, of Servia, has not accredited a new representative of his government to The Hague. KLINE BROS.

Green Trading Stamps. buried to-morrow. Coroner Miller has impannelled a jury and will begin an investigation to-morrow 1 morning..