Name: Cassano, August Sr.
Date: Nov 2 1944
Source: Cleveland Press, Reel #13
Notes: Cassano, August Sr., husband of Mary (nee Imbragno), father of Rocco, Florence, August Jr., Pvt. Frank, Corp. William, Pvt. Orlando and Genevieve, suddenly, Oct. 20, gas explosion, Memorial high mass Friday, Nov. 3. a 10 a. m. SS Bridget-Anthony Church.
___________________________________________
One of 61 persons in a single burial area in Highland Park Cemetery, marked with a memorial to the St. Clair-Norwood Area Fire Disaster. The plaque on the reverse of the names reads:
"Social progress attuned to industrial achievements for the benefit of the living shall be a memorial to these whose lives were unwittingly sacrificed Oct. 20, 1944."
The tragedy was more commonly known as the East Ohio Gas Explosion, and occurred when storage tanks of liquified natural gas leaked and then ignited, causing an explosion fueled by more than 100 million gallons of natural gas. One square mile of the Slovenian neighborhood on Cleveland's East Side (northeast of E. 55th and St. Clair) was involved, and parts became an instant inferno and the gas leaked into sewers and basements. Because it occurred mid-afternoon, most children were in school, but nearly 200 were taken to hospitals, nearly 700 were left homeless, and the final death toll reached 130. Twenty-one individuals were never identified, and were buried with the 61 in the memorial plot in Highland Park.
For more information, google "East Ohio Gas Explosion 1944."
1906 Feb 22 naturalization Cuyahoga Co cards, probate court Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH
Agostino Cassano
2254 Cherry St
age when naturalized 29, age when recorded 31
1906 Sep 15 marriage Ashtabula Co
Agostino Cassano
to
Maria Imbrogno
1917 WWI Draft Reg
Agostino Cassano, 38
2485 E 30 St. Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880
naturalized
labor, Erie Railroad
nearest relative Mary Cassano
1920 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, Augustine, 40, b. Italy, imm 1896
-, Mary, 30, b. Italy
-, Rocko, 12, b. OH
-, Florence, 8
-, Augustine, 6
-, Frank, 3
-, William, 0
1940 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, August, 57, b. Italy
-, Mary, 49, b. Italy
-, Frank, 22, b. OH
-, William, 20
-, Orlando, 16
-, Genivieve, 14
1942 WWII Draft Cleveland
Agostino G Cassano, 62
2508 East 31st St Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880 San Pietro Inguarano, Cosenza, Italy
will always know: Mrs. Maria Cassano, 2508 E. 31
employer Mr. Walker, East Ohio Gas Co, East 62nd & St. Clair, Cleve.
Date: Nov 2 1944
Source: Cleveland Press, Reel #13
Notes: Cassano, August Sr., husband of Mary (nee Imbragno), father of Rocco, Florence, August Jr., Pvt. Frank, Corp. William, Pvt. Orlando and Genevieve, suddenly, Oct. 20, gas explosion, Memorial high mass Friday, Nov. 3. a 10 a. m. SS Bridget-Anthony Church.
___________________________________________
One of 61 persons in a single burial area in Highland Park Cemetery, marked with a memorial to the St. Clair-Norwood Area Fire Disaster. The plaque on the reverse of the names reads:
"Social progress attuned to industrial achievements for the benefit of the living shall be a memorial to these whose lives were unwittingly sacrificed Oct. 20, 1944."
The tragedy was more commonly known as the East Ohio Gas Explosion, and occurred when storage tanks of liquified natural gas leaked and then ignited, causing an explosion fueled by more than 100 million gallons of natural gas. One square mile of the Slovenian neighborhood on Cleveland's East Side (northeast of E. 55th and St. Clair) was involved, and parts became an instant inferno and the gas leaked into sewers and basements. Because it occurred mid-afternoon, most children were in school, but nearly 200 were taken to hospitals, nearly 700 were left homeless, and the final death toll reached 130. Twenty-one individuals were never identified, and were buried with the 61 in the memorial plot in Highland Park.
For more information, google "East Ohio Gas Explosion 1944."
1906 Feb 22 naturalization Cuyahoga Co cards, probate court Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH
Agostino Cassano
2254 Cherry St
age when naturalized 29, age when recorded 31
1906 Sep 15 marriage Ashtabula Co
Agostino Cassano
to
Maria Imbrogno
1917 WWI Draft Reg
Agostino Cassano, 38
2485 E 30 St. Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880
naturalized
labor, Erie Railroad
nearest relative Mary Cassano
1920 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, Augustine, 40, b. Italy, imm 1896
-, Mary, 30, b. Italy
-, Rocko, 12, b. OH
-, Florence, 8
-, Augustine, 6
-, Frank, 3
-, William, 0
1940 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, August, 57, b. Italy
-, Mary, 49, b. Italy
-, Frank, 22, b. OH
-, William, 20
-, Orlando, 16
-, Genivieve, 14
1942 WWII Draft Cleveland
Agostino G Cassano, 62
2508 East 31st St Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880 San Pietro Inguarano, Cosenza, Italy
will always know: Mrs. Maria Cassano, 2508 E. 31
employer Mr. Walker, East Ohio Gas Co, East 62nd & St. Clair, Cleve.
Name: Cassano, August Sr.
Date: Nov 2 1944
Source: Cleveland Press, Reel #13
Notes: Cassano, August Sr., husband of Mary (nee Imbragno), father of Rocco, Florence, August Jr., Pvt. Frank, Corp. William, Pvt. Orlando and Genevieve, suddenly, Oct. 20, gas explosion, Memorial high mass Friday, Nov. 3. a 10 a. m. SS Bridget-Anthony Church.
___________________________________________
One of 61 persons in a single burial area in Highland Park Cemetery, marked with a memorial to the St. Clair-Norwood Area Fire Disaster. The plaque on the reverse of the names reads:
"Social progress attuned to industrial achievements for the benefit of the living shall be a memorial to these whose lives were unwittingly sacrificed Oct. 20, 1944."
The tragedy was more commonly known as the East Ohio Gas Explosion, and occurred when storage tanks of liquified natural gas leaked and then ignited, causing an explosion fueled by more than 100 million gallons of natural gas. One square mile of the Slovenian neighborhood on Cleveland's East Side (northeast of E. 55th and St. Clair) was involved, and parts became an instant inferno and the gas leaked into sewers and basements. Because it occurred mid-afternoon, most children were in school, but nearly 200 were taken to hospitals, nearly 700 were left homeless, and the final death toll reached 130. Twenty-one individuals were never identified, and were buried with the 61 in the memorial plot in Highland Park.
For more information, google "East Ohio Gas Explosion 1944."
1906 Feb 22 naturalization Cuyahoga Co cards, probate court Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH
Agostino Cassano
2254 Cherry St
age when naturalized 29, age when recorded 31
1906 Sep 15 marriage Ashtabula Co
Agostino Cassano
to
Maria Imbrogno
1917 WWI Draft Reg
Agostino Cassano, 38
2485 E 30 St. Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880
naturalized
labor, Erie Railroad
nearest relative Mary Cassano
1920 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, Augustine, 40, b. Italy, imm 1896
-, Mary, 30, b. Italy
-, Rocko, 12, b. OH
-, Florence, 8
-, Augustine, 6
-, Frank, 3
-, William, 0
1940 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, August, 57, b. Italy
-, Mary, 49, b. Italy
-, Frank, 22, b. OH
-, William, 20
-, Orlando, 16
-, Genivieve, 14
1942 WWII Draft Cleveland
Agostino G Cassano, 62
2508 East 31st St Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880 San Pietro Inguarano, Cosenza, Italy
will always know: Mrs. Maria Cassano, 2508 E. 31
employer Mr. Walker, East Ohio Gas Co, East 62nd & St. Clair, Cleve.
Date: Nov 2 1944
Source: Cleveland Press, Reel #13
Notes: Cassano, August Sr., husband of Mary (nee Imbragno), father of Rocco, Florence, August Jr., Pvt. Frank, Corp. William, Pvt. Orlando and Genevieve, suddenly, Oct. 20, gas explosion, Memorial high mass Friday, Nov. 3. a 10 a. m. SS Bridget-Anthony Church.
___________________________________________
One of 61 persons in a single burial area in Highland Park Cemetery, marked with a memorial to the St. Clair-Norwood Area Fire Disaster. The plaque on the reverse of the names reads:
"Social progress attuned to industrial achievements for the benefit of the living shall be a memorial to these whose lives were unwittingly sacrificed Oct. 20, 1944."
The tragedy was more commonly known as the East Ohio Gas Explosion, and occurred when storage tanks of liquified natural gas leaked and then ignited, causing an explosion fueled by more than 100 million gallons of natural gas. One square mile of the Slovenian neighborhood on Cleveland's East Side (northeast of E. 55th and St. Clair) was involved, and parts became an instant inferno and the gas leaked into sewers and basements. Because it occurred mid-afternoon, most children were in school, but nearly 200 were taken to hospitals, nearly 700 were left homeless, and the final death toll reached 130. Twenty-one individuals were never identified, and were buried with the 61 in the memorial plot in Highland Park.
For more information, google "East Ohio Gas Explosion 1944."
1906 Feb 22 naturalization Cuyahoga Co cards, probate court Jefferson, Ashtabula, OH
Agostino Cassano
2254 Cherry St
age when naturalized 29, age when recorded 31
1906 Sep 15 marriage Ashtabula Co
Agostino Cassano
to
Maria Imbrogno
1917 WWI Draft Reg
Agostino Cassano, 38
2485 E 30 St. Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880
naturalized
labor, Erie Railroad
nearest relative Mary Cassano
1920 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, Augustine, 40, b. Italy, imm 1896
-, Mary, 30, b. Italy
-, Rocko, 12, b. OH
-, Florence, 8
-, Augustine, 6
-, Frank, 3
-, William, 0
1940 Census Cleveland Ward 12
Cassano, August, 57, b. Italy
-, Mary, 49, b. Italy
-, Frank, 22, b. OH
-, William, 20
-, Orlando, 16
-, Genivieve, 14
1942 WWII Draft Cleveland
Agostino G Cassano, 62
2508 East 31st St Cleve
b. 5 Jan 1880 San Pietro Inguarano, Cosenza, Italy
will always know: Mrs. Maria Cassano, 2508 E. 31
employer Mr. Walker, East Ohio Gas Co, East 62nd & St. Clair, Cleve.
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