Washington telegraph., 1850-08-14
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROS
CALIFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OF THE EA1rox

$30O0,000 Destroyed ""8
The steamship Falcon, Capt. pt.,Ua,s,..
arrived at New ,Otieaus s25th .t,lv ue' cue
Chagres, 'vra 'Havane. She lefr Chas'aai
on the 18th and Havaua' on the 2ls sses &c
brings news from San f'ranciseo,,, e
10Th June, and from Panama to The cue Cue
uIimo. ""
The most important item in her ,,,o,c
gence is an account of another des,sa
tive fire at San Francisco. which
sumed 300 buildings and DESTROYED '
perty to-the amount of more that sahnO mo-
900. ~''oOV'
This is the third great fire in tbs, !
voted city within six months. Itis n,n.,
more destructive than either of IN. ~.
which preceded it, 0
-Lhe fire originated in The Sacramo.-
bakery, small! wooden buildino in ~
rear of the Merchants Hotel. and na
caused by "a defect in the .cbimpov
was first discovered about s o'cloct az
its progress was not arrested ,,nt;I haIS
past eleven. '''
The following estimate, of the indiv;
uaiiosses, may be considered as nearl,
accurate asn'is possible 10 determine.
Meii"e' Howard Dc Co, extensiv.oo oo,,
mission merchants, and large owners :,
real estate, 100000.
Finley, johnson & Co., comm;ss;o.
merchants, $4,000.
). l.. Folsom. agent for Leidsorh. Sion.
Ooo 0-OO'
Osborn & Brannan. dealers in Chin.
goods, $4,000. Mr.. Samuel Brann.n
o! this firm, also lost $4,000 of his ;n'
pividualiproper;y, principally in BUILDINGS
Cooke, Baker & Co.. commission mo,
'chouts, $4,000,
Macondary q Co., commission me,.
chants, $4,000.
5. IL. Williams -& Co, commission
merchants and iarge importers of Chius
goods, S50l000.
Rambach & Co, importers. are gesers
to the amount Of SrUO,UOG.
Here follows a IonglIfs; of the Of
sufferers whose Individual losses are esti.
mated at 50 900, So 900, $4,000, $50 OO0
and as high as S50.000l
Besides the above, number of in.
dividu whose losses, amounting to less
than thousand dollars, are not enume.
rated.
The bankers. James King, of William
Wells & Co., and B Davidson, saved all
their treasures, hooks, &c. In passing
along Montgomery street, early in the
afternoon, we saw Mr.. Kings sign OH
building opposite to where he occupied
i'll the morning. He was transacting
business as if nothing had occurred; having
been burned out three times, he has got
used to it,
The building occupied by ADAMS &
Co. express was saved principally thro'
the instrumentality of a force pump which
was kept in operation. Wet blankets
were placed upon the roof, and were OF
materal aid IN saving the building from
destruction.
ln neticing the powers and influences
which operated in stopping the progress
OF the hre, we must particularly allude
10 the 'artesian well connected with
Darts Pacific baths, in Montgomery
street. To this and the extraordinary ex-
ertions of large number of active CHI.
zens must be attributed the allaying of
the progress Of the FIRE to the north of
Clay street
The Journal of Commerce office is in
ruins. and the proprietors, Messrs Bart
let ~ Robh. are severe Sufferers thereby.
They were, also, burned out by the fire
last month. Within very short time,
.hey have dispatched materials 10 Stock.
ton, TO establish a news paper in that CT.
~. lhey have also an office in San
jose, and with these aids they will be
enabled TO resume the publication OF
LneIr paper i'll a few days
HE building III which DR.. RobnsoR
Intended TO locate his Dramatic Museum,
was entirely destroyed. Also the Olymp-
lc theatre. The burning of the latter
Building did not involve much loss.
The brick building fronting Central
Wharf was considered by The proprietor,
Mr.. ID. Gibbs, as fire proof; and conse-
quently, nothing was removed from the
store Ii was. however entirely destroy
ed, together with the contents, excer,ing
The safe, which We understand contained
$25, OO0 in gold dust.
Preparations for rebuilding were going
OH yesterday, aud already the frames OF
half dozen houses have beer erected.
so tar as we can ascertain, no accident
beiel any OF the thousands of individuals
who gathered around the scene of the
| conhsgrallon. There were some rumors
of such accidents, but they could be
traced TO no reliable source.
During the raging of the 6ie, the wind
blew harder than We have ever known
! II TO do in the afternoon. This was par
ticuIarly noticed i'll The harbor, aud sew
eral vessels broke from their moorings.
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