Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-10
NEWS FROM EUROPE TO-DAY.



r~kNrf-slx PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH AND
OTHERS SERIOUSLY ISJrKEp
Pt1TsRrRG, Pa, December ia-Horrors I'm pitts
Last evening terrible exnoson orrc rca o 3oea ,s
keystnne Rolling Mills, lsth ward but this morn
a,ag Solnes another, which exceeds I'm horror In
al. .hIIS Nhlch has occurred IN this vicinity since
the terrible destruction OF lfe caused hy the col
son at 18th str2ethetweene and o'cl'k this morn
ing Aframe clearinghouse, located on the line
OF the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad soma
seven miles below the city. was set ON r,a by fbe
sHpioslon OF lamp, and OF nifty persons known 90
w steeplhg, only "a escaped alive. All were moro
or less burned. SO rapid was the progress OF the
names, some were literally roasted 10 death with
out the possibility of an effort being made to
rescue them. The building In which the fire 90,
CURED was located about seven miles from this
city, at place called Cut Rock. and was owned
oy Martih joyce, contractor. but WAS under
management OF a Mr.. kown, as boarding house.
Keeper IL was about 30 feet wide ana so
Ieet long, ana constructed OF sixteen feet boards
placed on end. Ii had a board roof with yery
steep pitch, and a loft formed by sloping roof
was the place In which the laborrs were huddled
ior the night In the lower story was the dining
room and at one end or the building was the
Kitchen The stairs leading 10 the lot were lit
tie better than ladder aud were located lust at
the side OF the door leading from the dininS-room
70 the Kitchen In the loft hunks were arranged
oul the only light which penetrated were two
OPENINGS wlthopt glass, and which were closed at
night with sliding doors so as 10 keen on, the chill
night air. In this dark loft some az mon were
Sup SuPnesed 70 nave slept last night at least that
came
THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
was the upsetting and explosion OF Kerosene oil
lamp. The story, as told by an eyewitness OF the
flre. was substantially as follows: Between two
and three O'Clock this morning Mr. Kown, the
poardlng-houSe keeper. arose and kindled q fire In
The Kitchen stove. He left a lighted lamp on a
table near the door leading to the dinlng-room,
and went TO arouse his wife and servant girls
While he was gone the explosion occurred. and In
an instant tie dining-room WAS filed with riames
Mr hown succeeded in escaping with his wife and
girls. OUT could not do InSre than call upOn those
up stairs 10 escape for their lives. In another
moment the fiameS had enVelnped the stairway.
Ghereby cutting on ail means OF escape Tor the
doomed men above, except through small openings
at either end; from those the sidiug doors had 10
be removed. The loft was filled with straw and
the conbuStible material used in bedding, and t
was only those who were nearest the openings who
condltlon could be seen struggling In the st.finy
smoke Twenty-three OF the occupant of the lof
sucseeded IN squeezing through openinys,som with
Their underciothes on fire The others rushed fran-
Gcafiy about the room until the smoke sufocstsad
them, and their voices were Stfed In death. The
SURVIVORS groaned and wr1thed in pain and shv-
cred IN the frosty air of the early morntaE as they
were borne of. As soon as possible word was sent
TO other boarding houses along the line OF the
WORK, and physicians were summoned from the
neighborhood and city. Special engines were sent
down the Pittsburg and Lake Erie road, but mean-
Nhlle the Sh1Nering victims were provided with
such clothing as could be obtained. The
depot on the south side, ami thence
removed TO West Penn Hospital, while those who
Were less seriously burned were removed u the
nolel ot Martin joyce, on PennSylyan avenue.
sICkENING SCENES
The scenes this morning at the site Of the III
fated building We're of a sickenlng character In
a heap In one corner of the ruins were the charred
remains OF six nen who had evidently sticculnbad
70 the fiery element while endcavoriug 10 escape
through an opening in the roof. Among these was
the body OF Patrick Foley, one OF the foremen.