Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-06-26
From New York.
ADDITIONAL NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA BY
CRESCENT CITY.

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CRESCENT CITY.
New YoRK, June 10.
Smoke and flames ascending from several squares
Of our city, if the God Of destruction had served him
self in midst, and was gorgng himself and all his
ministers Of destruction upon the ruins OF doomed
city and its people.
About eleven o'clock last night the cry of FIRE start
led every like earthquake The fire had Just CON-
menced in paint shop the side Of Portsmouth
sQuare adjoining the Bryant House. formerly called but
more recently the American. 1t was but slight blaze
when first seen, but in few minutes the whole upper
story in flames. Before the engines could getupon
the ground the American, side and store,
eupied by the Messrs Rhodes furnishing establish
meat, were in flames The buildings in the vicinity
being all wood and very combustibe, the hre spread
with wonderful rapidly up Clay TO Kearney street. and
Ksarney had full command and the fire department
could only work upon the borders and endeavor check
progress by anticipating il in this way They
ceeded on the side before reached Dupont
bat in every other direction in which could spread
took its course, with but little chance much
from it, To the south spread to Bush street and to the
east part OF Jackson Every thing Of Dupont
70 the wharf was destoyed
Tho blocks between Dupont and Kearney St, of
Portsmouth square and far Bush three in number
are in ashes. Between, Bush, Jackson, Kearney and
Montgomery, five blocks, all burned. Between Mont
gomery and SAMSON and Jackson Streets five in number
are down Besides these thirteen blocks almost every
building in the neghborhood was destroyed. There
many others, but it is impossible guess the
number Of building, the amount Of property destroyed
One thousand bindings is within the range of truth.
TEN MILLIONS Of dollars could not rebuild the place
sgaiA-
Tbree-lourths Of the business part of the city is de-
stroyed The principal buildings the Casom House,
Union Hotel Parker House, Jones' Hotel, Adephi The
ater, Dramatic Museum. National, New World, City
Hotel, Delmonico, Merchants Exchange, and others
Ships Mantle and General Harrison and every newspa-
per Office in the city except the Alta Californian
Nearly all the Bankers the list Burgoyne &
Co., Wells & Co.. James King, T. Williams, Revere
House, Pacific Mail Steamship Company, all burned
Not house left in Dersdress street and every thing
both sides Of Long Wharf, and White Hail. scarcely
hreProof building in the whole burnt district stood the
test; such did the Edorado, Exchange Verandal
and buildings Of Captain Howard in which was the
s. Assayng Office Of Mofett & Co. The officers of the
Custom House saved the specie of the Office by casting
IL into well. About million dollars saved in thi
way. Mr.. Green Collector, and a number Of other il
naval departments lad all their private offices destroyed
Books and papers nearly all saved. The large U.
Bonded Warehouse containing about two thousand ton
Of merchandise saved. The banking house Of Buraovn
safe; one million five hundred Thousand dollars taken
not singed damaged. Fire swept every thing dow
Eastern side of Kearney street. jackson street,
all intervening blocks to Butler street.
Shipping in the harbor escaped: except the Mantle
Apollo and Gen. Harrison, and ore-ship Montgomery
Pine, Samson, Commercial, and Clay streets nearl
destroyed. The Sacramento Hotel was blown up. How
ard Greenows buildings, containing many vsluabl
law hbrariss Jonsss Hotel, the vallisa Bank, Dodg