Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-11-26
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Another Great Fire..Three Hundred
Building Consumed.

From the California Courier Sept. 20.
We are compelled to send to.ths States, b.
the steamer Isthmus, which leaves to-day
the sad news of another very destructive fir,
in San Francisco, il being the fourth with
in nine months. II broke out, at about o.
clock this morning, in the La Fayette Res
taurant, and was first discovered by Mr.
North, Of the City Police. This time tn,
burned distrect 10 bounded by Washington
Dupont, Pacific, and about half the square
between Kearney and Montgomery sts.-
The property was mostly old and very cheap
buildings, and the business in that part of the
city being chiefly retail one, the loss, per
haps, is not more than one-third of that OF
the June confagratlon. At rough estimate.
we set it down at 100000. Perhaps the
most valuable of any of the property destroy
ed is the office Of the Pacific News
We make the announcement of this great
loss to Winchester, Allen & Co. with feel
ings of the deepest and most heartfelt regret.
Gen. winchester has labored night and day
TO build up this establishment, until it had be-
come second to on. one on the Pacific in val
ue, and in an hour he sees every yestige
swept away. The main office was three
story wooden building, and contained all the
ception of Hoe steam-press, for which he
had erected what was considered substan-
tal two-story fire. proof building in the rear.
The whole of his material was taken from the
wooden building when the fire first broke
out, and placed in the press house. But the
solid sheet Of flame which beat against the
double iron shutters sprung them so much,
that the fire at last got hold ofssome of the
WnOH -yunrk 0f tho infarinr md in
all was lost.
The Picayune building on Jackson-st. was
also burned, but the greatest portion of the
material was saved. The Picdyune will ap-
pear this afternoon. The fire was prevented
from crossing Washing street by the four
story building on the corner of Kearney and
Washington SITS. opposite the FL Dorado, al
though the former building was considerably
injured. The Bella Union and the building
adjoining were burned, as far as the Alta
California, which office being a fire proof
building, was saved. The wooden building
owned by the .4ito, in the rear of this office,
was burned, with small quantity of printing
paper. Below the large brick building on the
corner of Kearney and Washing streets. cal
led the Verandah, ten samll wooden buildings
were burned, and five torn down. On the
squares bounded by Washington. Kearney,
Pacific and Dupont sts there may be some
ten buildings standing, while the square
bounded by Montgomery st. has lost about
half its buildings.
The City Hall was saved by almost super
human exe-tions. The end toward Pacific
st. was completely covered with blankets
and carpeting, and on the piazza, were sta
toned some twenty men who kept the bull
ding wet by throwing water from buckets
against it, and by fgating the fire, whenev.
or it caught the clapboards, with saturated
cot on cloth.
1t is impossible at present to get at indi- |
vdual losses, but we shall endeayor TO gath |
ear az many facts as possible for our paper
tomorrow morning. The fire was extin
yuished after burning about three hours.