The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-07

SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN IN AsHEs-sEvERAL SQUARES
CONSUMED.
From the Alta Californian, Sept Is
II mot psinful euty TO record for the fourth
time within the short space of niue months, az
the heart ache TO witness Again has the dsvouring
elems IA riot In midst licking up with the
tongues Of demons houses and homes aud goods OF all
kr hurry ipR IA ashes the rewards Of long toll and
enterprise crushing aut hope from the hars OF
ana sh,ckirg the ssn,ibties Of all with It's awaly
sudo, n aud devastating fury. .
Our paper Tad but Just gone 20 press ani a portion
Of " worked Oft, when the startling cry OF Fire,
FIRE, alarmed the vakeful aud aroHva thn sleeping
with a kudGebn.ts and terror that an earth inks
could not have produced Perhaps In no other place
IL the world that fearful cry srou's at
such general aar and thsov every in jvdual Of tbs
community ito such sudden and oyer~h elming
cit m,Dt SO many wlirl Eints Of destruction nave
with ,uch fearful strides that the whole community
excabls as " they stood ON tbs brink of crater
The alarm was given at stout four o'clock aud In
few seconds the streets full OF psopls aud the
rginss Of the Ere companies we're In full for tho
tt.ne. The Ere occurred in the Philadelphia House,
the north side Of Jackson street three doors from
the Washington Market SO rapidly dii the flame
spread that all efforts TO hrrstt ~ seemed for long
While totally vAiu. At arst IL was perfectly calm,
but the wind Increased Es rapidly "a the danes whis
IN, black masses Of smoke thu lard sheets Of IRE
aud I'm msnss quantities Of flaming cinders aoft snd
In all directions The conHsgTation spread on every
eide Most Of the buildings In the viciuity Wers Il
very ugtt ifaEe.work aud covering, and exceedingly
oomtustibls Several buildings on Jackson street
torn down In iOn hut the progress OF the
fsnse vas 20 fhpid that Ibis aFsled nothing.
Tho 'Climsx." en- the corner Of kesrny aEl Pa,iG,
streets vas torn dovn which together, With the skiu
ana energy displsyed by those Who bauiel for the
Court House had the esst 60 that building, al
though It vas very nush ,corchsd, aud the blankets
and carpets that corered It's front burned to oiu
d,ra The only house saved Of the entire square.
bounded BY jackson, Kearny Psciac and D1pont
streets the north Jest cOrn-r the Polka
CrossinE jackson street it swept every thug up 10
rortmouth Equsre and to Koarny street Leaving only
between the latter aud Dupont the .7fa Cailf-nfs
once. the California Lafayette and Excellent restau-
rahts snd tvo droling houses Besides the Excel.
lent wlich stands on the corner of Washington and
Dupont, only four bulldogs on Dupont were saved
betstsn Washington and Pacidc strests The back
wooden buildings beor gng TO this Office we're laid Ia
asbss The Repdezvou, aud Bella MON together with
ell the other buildings extending TO the walls Of
once, were burned to the earth But thanks be 90
bck waits end to God got through the ordeal with
the lo.t tboye ntionei Had the .sfr building boon
OF wood every house between n and Dupont etreet,
and Isibsp, many beyond, mus, have gone BY tho
From the Washington Market, the Ere crossed Rear.
ney stfeet and soon the Pocc News building In
fsmsf. Alas, alas when last evening We psnnei q
few lines IN pleasantly sudipg TO the Loo condition
CT our respected contemporary By Of the high
grade Of the street which had partially hidden his Of
nee little thought vhst entire destruction awaited
him. The NtUs lost every thing buildings, presses,
materials Of all hinds. paper and even their books
ing, which YES supposed IRE proof but that with its
entir contents was destroyed.
With theexception Of the Nerandsh. corner Of wash
ipeton and Rrsrpy. and an unfinished building
Of Kearpy and Pacific the whole row on the east eide
OF Kpsrpy. between Washington and Psciac streets,
four more buildings were burned, when the Gre vas
stayed by pulling down a wooden house. The Nersn-
dah was saved slmo,t miraculously. Nearly all its
win dove were on lre ard the flame seemed to cling
and twist around II With irresistible violence It's in
terror much dame ged Nothing but its thick
brick walls saved Il from entire destruction The Par
ker Icuse not yet quite covered In was thought to
Be In I.soh t4egcr but good management. together
with ~. brick stories Of the ~ Dorado which
stood t-w IL and the flames saved Il: aud with It,
probably the entire square in which Is loo ited
The entire loss cannot be stated with degree OF
certainty IL r. far less In proportion 20 the rpsce
burned over than any Of the previous res that have
swept us. The buildings were, many Of then. Of
story and smsll. Perhaps about one hundred aud
twenty Ave destroyed The total loss has been
estimated ct smounts varying from two hundred and
ty thoussndtoa million Of doays II is our opinion
that three hundred thousand dollars would cover the
whole loss Tbis estimate IL based upon the fact that
90 many OF the buildings were mere shsnies and aiso
from the particular estimates OF the rnfersrs thsm.
telvss. That the original cost very much more
than they could Justly be estimated at yesterday every
kntws.
We feel ourselves under debt Of obligations vhch
can never be repaid NOR forgotten to the rSry Mad