The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-23

- vi AAOAM OALAlOEulue
ArriUal of the Crescent Citv-San Fran
CISCO .. IN Aseesi Full Particulars ofths
:. New York, June 10.
The Crescent City, with San Francisco
dates TO The 18th Of May. has lust arrived.
She does not bring the mail. The Cherokee
had not arrived al Chsgres. The Crescent
City brings $40 passengers and $4,000 in
gold dust.
Sen Francisco is againin ashes, and smoke
and flames are ascending from several
squares of our city, as If the God of Destruc-
tion had seated himself in our midst. The
fire commenced ia paint shop on the west
side OF Portsmouth street, adjoining the
Bryant House, 1t was but slight blaze
when fist seen, but before the engines could
reach the ground the hotel and stores ad-
joining were in flames. The buildings in
the vicinity being all wood, and very dry,
the fle spread up, Clay street to Kearney
with frightful rapidity. 1t soon had entire
command, and the firemcn could only work
upon the borders to check its progress. By
anticipating itin this way succeeded on the
north side, before it reached Dupont street:
but in every other direction in which Il
could spread il took its onward course, with
but little chance to save anything from the
| flames.
South it spread to Bush street everything
east Of Dupont street. to the wharf, was de.
stroyed The blocks between Kearney and
Dupont street, west of Portsmouth square,
three in number, are in ashes. The blocks
between. Bush and Jackson, Kearney and
Montgomery, five innumber, are all burned.
Five blocks betweenMontgomery and Sam
son streets are also burned
These thirteen blocks, with almost eyery
building in the neighbornood, ere all DESTROY
ed. It is impossible to guess at the number
OF buildings or amount Of property destroy
ed. One thousand buildings is within the
rante of truth, and we judge ten millions Of
dollars could not repair the damsge-some
place it three times as high as that amount.
The principal buildings are. the Custom
House, Union Hotel, Parker House, Adel-
phi Theatre, Dramatic Museum, National,
New World and City Hotel, shops and every
newspaper office in town, except the Alta
Californian.
Nearly all the bankers are in the list
Burgoyne & Co, Wells & Co., and James
King. Everything on both sides of Long
Wharf to the Battery and White hall is de-
stroyed. Scarcely re-proof building in
the whole burn: district stood the test. Such
as have, are the Exchange, El Dorado, We
andah. and the United States Assaying office.
The offices Of the Custom house saved the
specie of tie office by casting it in well.
About million of dollars were saved in
this way. MIR. Green, Collector, and mum.
ber OF others in the Naval Departmet, had
all their private Offices destroyed. Books
and papers all saved.
The US. large bonded warehouse, con-
tanning 1900 tons ofme rchandize WAS saved.
The banking house Of Burgoyne & Co. is
safe; one million five hundred thouss nd
dollars were taken out not singed or dam
aged.
The ships Venitia, Apollo and General
Harrison are destroyed. The Sacram mento
Hotel was blown up. The drstru, ton of
the Union Hotel included loss Of 100000
dollars. Adams & Co., saved their books.
The deposits of Wells & Co. are safe.
Measures have ueen taken to supply lhe
city with water from a lake three miles dis
tant.
-, The rebuilding had already CONNIE nccd.-
The list of sufferers amount to 700 firms
and individuals, among the heaviest ofwhirh
are J. B. 5eddleman, $50 900; Simonds,
Field, Bache & Co., $l50,000; .Starkey &
Bros, $l50,0O0; Kelly, Smith & Reilly,
Sl2o, 200; 0pinbeimer, Heirch & Co., $780,
OOO; Dehoon, Wgneaux & Grisar, $l37, 900;
Mlckal & Co., 100000; Dale, Austin &
60, Sl5O, 900; Moore. Hickner & Co., 90 :
200; and Middleton & Lelove, 10000. -
Six men were burned to deathin one build
ing, and msny Others severely burned and
otherwise injured. Among them was Gen.
J.. Wilson.