The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-06-26
TWO WEEKS
Later From California.
Great Fire at San Francisco.
sI0,000000 PROPERTY DESTROYED
From the -4lta California, Nav 4.

From the 4ta California, Nay A.
San Francisco is again in ashes. The smoke
and flames are ascending from several squares
| of our city, as if the god of destruction had
sesecd himself in our midst, and was gorging
himself and all his ministers of devastation
upon the ruins of our doomed city and its peo-
| pie.
! About IL o'clock last night the cry of fire
Stated every one like an earthquake. The fire
had just commenced in a paint shop on the
west side of Portsmouth square, adjoining the
Bryant House, formerly called, but more re-
| Gently the American.
II was but slight blaze when first seen, but
in fEe minutes the whole upper story was full
| of flames. Before the engines could get upon
| the tround and commence playing, the Ameri-
| can On one side, and store occupied by Messrs.
| Rhodes as a furnishing establishment, were in
fiame. The buildings in the vicinity being all
of wdod, and extremely combustible, the fire
! spread up Clay street, back toward Sacramen-
to, AMI down Clay street to Kearny street, with
frs.si ysgidity. 1t sooa lad sall eo.an,.ss.s:,
and the fire department could only work upon
the borders, and endeavor to check its progress.
By anticipating it in this way, they succeeded
on he north side before it reached Du Pont
street; but in every other direction in which it
couli spread, it took its own course
There was but little chance to save much of
the poveables.
Td the South it spread to Bush street, and to
the East passed Jackson street, sweeping every
thing from east of Du Pont street to the wharyes.
! The blocks between Du Pont and Kearney street
and vest of Portsmouth Square as far as Bush
sired, three in number, in ashes.
Bdween Bush and Jackson, Keamy and
Montgomery, five in number, all are burned
down Between Montgomery and SAMSON,
Bus md jackson streets, FIVE in number, all
dowf Besides these thirteen blocks, almost
eve czbuilding of which is destroyed, there are
many others. 1t is impossible even to guess at
the number of buildings or the amount of prop
erty dastroyed. A thousand buildings is with
in tie range of truth. We judge that ten mill
lions Of dollars could not replace the terrible
destruction. Some place il at three times as
high. tits sufficient to say that more than
three Eourths of the business part of the city is
nothing but smouldering cinders.
The principal buildings are the following
Custom House, Union Hotel, Parker House,
Jones Hotel, Adelphi Theatre, Dramatic Muse
um, National Hotel, New Worlds City Hotel,
Delmonico's Merchants Exchange, Ross build
ing, ships Mantle and Gen. Harrison, and every
ncwsp Iper office in the town except the Alta
California. Nearly or quite all the Bankers
are in the list, viz: Burgoyne & CO., Wells &
Co.. and James King of VIM. DclmoHieo.ss
AansSscan Hotel, Revere House, Pacific Mail
Sfezlsfip Company, all are burned Not a
hs5Se was left on Leidersdorff street, and every
thing on both sides of Long wharf, to beyond
White Hall.
Scarcely freproof building in the whole
burnt district has stood the, test. Such as have
are the California Exchange, Ell Dorado, Veran-
dab, and the buildings of Capt. Howard, in
WHICH was the o. S. Assaying Office of Moffat
& Co., ON Montgomery street. The officers OF
the Custom House saved the specie of the office
by casting it into well About S1,000,0OO
was saved in this way A. I. Cost, Naval Off
Ger; Mr. Brown, Appraiser; Mr.. Green, Collec-
tor; and number of others in the Naval De-
partment, had all their private effects destroy
ed. The books and papers of the department
were nearly all saved. The large y 5, Bonded
Warehouse, containing about 1000 tons of mer-
chandizc in bond, was saved,
The banking houses will all resume business
in the course of the week. When Burgoync's $
safe was spencd, 81 500, 900 was taken out, not
| singed or damaged in the least.
The fire swept every fhing down on the cas-
terly side of Kcarny street, Jackson street, ana
all the intervening blocks to Battery street
The chipping in the harbor providenialiy e5ca-
| ped, The only vessels burned were the Mantle
the Apollo, and the Gen Harrison, storc-shiP