The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-07
The Fourth Terrible Conflagration.
AN FRANCISCO AGAIN IN AsHEs-sEvERAL SQUARES
CONSUMED.

SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN IN AsHEs-sEvERAL SQUARES
CONSUMED.
From the Alta Californian, Sept IS
IL II most painful duty to record for the fourth
time within the short space Of niue months, an as-
the heart ache TO witness Again has the devouriny
elems riot in midst licking up with the
hin os bury Jog 10 ashes the rewards Of long toll and
enterprise, crushing cut hope from the hsarts OF
ana shocking the sensibiities Of all with It's awialy
SUDDEN and devastating fury.
Our paper tad but Just gone TO press and n portion
Of it worked of, when the startling cry OF Fire,
fire. alarmed the wakcful aud arou ed the sleeping
with n tudGcnn.ts and terror that an carthq make
could have produced Perhaps In other place
IN the WI world san that fearful cry arouse at once
such general asr and thsos every 10 5ivdual Of tbs
community Into such sudden and overwhelming ex-
cit mtbt. So many wbirlEinis OF destruction have
swept this devoted city 81 such short Intervals
with ,ucb fearful strides that the whole muuity
excitabls IL they stood tbs brink Of crater
The alarm was given At about four O'Clock aud in
few seconds the streets fall OF people and the
engines Of the Gre companies we're In full rua for tho
tt.Le. The fire occurred in the PHILADELPHIA House,
the north side Of Jackson street three doors from
the Washington Market SO rapidly did the flame
spread that all Efforts TO arrett IL seemed for loag
while. totally vain. At hrst IL perfectly calm,
but the Wind Increased ~ rapidly the danes whrl
the black Of smoke thu lard sheets of fire
and im quantities Of flaming cnders aloft aud
IN ali Directions The conasgration spread on every
ride. Most Of the buildings In the vicinity 81
vr, ugbt iran work aud orering and exceedingly
oombustibls Several buildings on Jackson street
torn down in on; hut the progress OF tae
fsnss vas 20 rhpid that ;his aTslled nothing.
streets do.p, which together, With the ski
ana energy displaJed by those Who battie1 for the
Court Housc, had the esst TO that building al
though It vas very nueh soorcbsd, aud the blankets
and carpets that covered its ron burned oiu
d,rs The Only house saved Of the entire tquare,
bounded by Jackson, Kearny Pasinc AMI Dupont
ttr-ets was on the north 0est corner. the Polka"
Cros,ing jackson street Il swept every thug up to
portmouth tqusre and te Kearny street Leaving only
bstseep the latter aud Dupont. the .7ha California
once, the California lafayette and Excee mt rsstau
rants ana tuo dwelling houses Besides the Excel.
IL ds on tta Of nd
Dupont, only four buildings on Dupont were saved
bet~,sn Warrington and Pacidc streets The back
wooden buildings beor ging TO this Office we're laid Ia
atbss The rendezvous and Bella Union tog ether with
s the other buildings extending 20 the walls Of
ONCE, were burned TO the earth But thanks be 90
bick wais end to God got through the ordeal With
the lost above mentioned Had the .aYr building beun
Of vOod every house bet wesn n and Dupont etreet
End rsihsP, many beyond, mus, have gone by tho
From the Washington Market the FIRE crossed Rear.
ney street and the Poclfc Ne,cs buding was in
nsmss. Alas alas when last evening we psnnei
few lines IN pleasantly elludDg to ths low condition
grade Of the which had partially hidden his Of
nee little thought What entire destruction awaited
him The Nsrs lost ev,rJthing- buildn gs, presses,
materials Of all kinds paper and even their book.
not saved All were put nto the rear brick build
ins which yes supposed Ore proof but that with is
with thepxcepton Of the yerandsh, corner Of wssh-
ineton and krsruy and an unfinished building corner
Of kearny and Pacific the whole row on the east side
OF kesrpy between Washington and Pacific streets,
was destroyed On Weshingten below the Verardsh,
1Cur more bOhoings we're burned, Nntn the ure vas
stayed By pulling down n wooden house. The Nersn-
dah was saved slmo,t miraoulousy. Nearly all its
windows were on Ere apd the flame seemed to cling
and twist around 10 With Irresistible violence Its in
terror was much damaged Nothing but its thick
brick walls saved IL from entire destruction The Par
ker lIcuse not yet quite covered in thought to
be I'm nssoh thngcr but good management. together
with ~. brick stories Of the III Dorado which
stood t--w IL and the famcs saved &C. and with IT,
probs bly, the entire square In which IL located
The entire loss cannot be stated with degree OF
certainty II IL far Less In proportion 20 the
burned than any Of the previous fires that have
swept ever MS. The buildings were, many Of them. Of
story and smsll. Perhaps about one hundred and
twenty i've we're destroyed The total loss has been
estimated at cunts varying from t~o hundred and
hy n ousandtoa million Of doars IL is our opinion
that three hundred thousand dollars would cover the
whole loss THIS estimate IL based upon the fast that
90 many Of the buildings we're mere shsnies and aiso
from the particular estimates OF the rnerers them.
telv,s. That the original cost very much more
than they could justy be estimated at yesterday every
one knows.
We feel ourselves under debt Of obligations which
can never be repaid NOR forgotten to the rury HAD