Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-06
A Tenement House in Rochester, P:ss
Burned Early This Morning. t:
FRENDLIER FEELINGS In IfALf.
Another Revolt Of the Natives In
India Reported.
NEW YORK PAINTERS STRIKE.
Casualties Attending the Burning Of . Tens-
ment I'm Rochester. Pa

ment In Rochester, Pa 20
ROCHESTER, Pa. April 6.-The most frightfal
calamity that has ever befAllen this place ,.c.
Cured early this morning. and a result nias
lives were lost Between the Rose buildirS,
corner Brighton and New York streets, and t.,s
railroad crossing were a row Of cheap fraIsS
tenement houses the first floors Of which we,s
occupied Ne business houses. shortly after
midnight IRE was discovered in the lower
building and an alarm wac given. The 10
gradually spread 10 the second and thirs.
houses, and in very few minutes all were ia
names. But few Of the citizens were Tn,
scene until the fire well under head~as.
and efforts were made 90 save property. bla
with poor effect. the buildings being -
highly inhammable material burned rapidly.
In the midst Of the hottest part u the fire "a
Italian girl. about sixteen years of axe. Az
peared Mt the window of one of the burnif
buildings and leaped toward the ground two
of the nremen catching her before she strue.
the ground. Between her sobs she stated ;hss
all her fathers family were in the burning
house, but as the flames now had full coutrc;
of the building il impossible TO save the,t.ss
and seven persons persisted in the Italian farm.
lily. The rooms occupied by the Italians vera
an the center Of the building and when II
found that lives had been lost a careful inquirs
was made regarding the occupants Of the frst
building TO take fire.
Ii was inhabited by a shoemaker named Ed
ward j. keene, with a family consisting OF
wife and three children. None Ct the famil.
could be found for a time, but during the
height Of the excitement Mrs. Eeens-
with two Of her children. arrived
from Plttsburg On train No. 4. ~
was then feared that Mr.. kcene and the elds
est, Walter, boy Of eight years Of age. w.rs
lost Brave men at once went to work amouk
the burning timbers and soon discovered tn
charred remains OF father and son close to-
gether, but burned TO an unacceptable mass.
The corpses, with those Of the Italians tha.
have been recovered, are lying in a stall !,
Hayes livery stable.
Ii is thought that the Italians became 40 con-
fused that they could not fnd the stair way,
which was narrow one. and to reach IL
quired the opening of two doors in the Of
the building. and they were burned 60 death.
The Italians were very intelligent and worked,
in the Rochester tumbler works. The fire,
originated in keene's kitchen. All the house
hold goods together with Edwards tea store.s
Halls millinery store and keene shoe shop are
The building. belonged TO John 5. smith, audi
were not insured. ,
The names Of the victims are; Edward J.,
keene, fifty years old, his Walter, nine,
years; Butteito Clapio, forty-hve years; wife,
Annie, aged thirty-tve; son John, eleven years .
daughter Risa, eight years; Victoria Clapio, a
brother. and Joe Romio. ages unknown.
The nine bodies are 50 badly burned that
they are unrecognizable. There has also been
$500 in gold found among the ruins which be-
longed to the Italians. The Italian girl. tho
only one saved, says $500 is still in the ashes.