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MANY HOMELESS AT ROCHKSTEIt, N-.t. [&i tELEoiIAtH—SIIESS ABSOCUTION— COPtRian*.) New York, April 14. Tiro fifes have oceurrcd in Rochester, a tmrn , of 160,000 inhabitants, New York State. Sc6res of coetly buildings, including ohurohes, have been cohsumed, the damago done being estimated at a million dollars (£200,000). Hundreds of persons are homeless. Tho militia has been called Out to prevent looting. [The religions builtlllijra of Knoliestor include ft Rornan Catholit Catliedral and ft Baptist tlieoloßlcal seminary, containing a very valuable library. .The town is a centre of floiitmlllini! and bf clothing and other manufactures.]
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 5
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96SWEPT BY PIRE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 5
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