Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1851-06-25

Arrival Of the 1Geunner Cresce1lt
City.
Sss Fyaacisco in As1es-FsU Parties
lars Of the Calamiiy!!
New YoRx, June ~.

New York, June 10.
The Crescent City. with San Francisco
discs 10 the 18th Of May. has just arrived.
She does not bring the mail The Chero-
kee had not arrived at Chagres. The
Crescent City brings $50 passengers, and
OF 900 in gold dust.
San Francisco is again in ashes. and
smoke and flames are ascending from
several squares Of our city. as IT the God
Of destruction had seated himself in our
midst.
The fire commenced in paint shop on
the west side Of Portsmouth street, adJoin-
ing the Bryant House. II was but slight
blaze when first seen, but before the en-.
gines could reach the ground. the hotel
and stores adjoining were in flames.
The buildings in the vicinity being all
OF wood, and very dry, the fire spread up
Clsy stree, to kearney with frightful ra-
pidity. II soon had entire command, and
the fremen could only work upon the
borders to check the progress; but in this
way they succeeded on the north side be-
fore il reached Dupont street; but in every
other direction in which it could spread IT
took its onward course, with but little
chacce to save anything from the flames.
South il spread to Bush street. and east
10 Jackson street; everything east OF Du-
.ont street.. 10 tho wharf was Destroyed
The blocks between Kesrney and Dupont
street, west oil Portsmouth sI2cre three
in number. are in ashes. The blocks DC
tween Bush and Jackson, kearney and
Montgomery. five in number, are all burn
cd. Five blocks between Montgomery
and Samson street are also burned.
These thirteen blocks, with almost eve
~ building in the neighborhood. are all
destroyed. II is impossible to guess at
the number Of buildings or amount Of
property destroyed. One thousand bull
llings is in the range Of truth. and we
Judge ten million Of dollars could not re-
pair the damage-somc place il a, three
times as high as that amount. The prin-
ciosl buildings are the Custom House,
Union Hotel. Parker House, AdeIphia
Theatre, Dramatic Museum. National.
Now World and City Hotel. shops and
every newspaper office in town, except
the Alta Californian.
Nearly ell the bankers nre in the list
Burcoyne Il Co., Wells e. Co. and James
King. Everything on both sides Of Long
Wharf to the Battery and Whitehall are
UeStIOycu CCatCCIy u PIoCt
ing in the whole burnt district stood the
Eldorado. Verandai,. and the IT, s. AS
saying office. The officers OF the Custom
House saved the specie Of the office by
casting it in a well. About a million Of
dollars was saved in this way. Mr.. Green,
collector. and number OF others in the
naval department had all their private Of
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saved.
The U. s. large bonded warehouse.
1000 tons Of merchandise,
was saved. The banking house Of Bur.
goyne & Co., is safe; one million five
hundred thousand dollars we're taken out
not singcd or damaged.
The ships Venitia. Apollo and General
a \ III n sss SsfS oss
B25O,OOO. Adams g. Co.. saved their
books. The deposits Of Wells & Co. are
Iafe.
Measures have been taken to supply
he city with water from lake three miles ,
distant.
The rebuilding has already common ,
ced. ,
The list Of sufferers amounts to 700
isms and individuals. among the heaviest
4 which are J. Il. Beddleman. $50. 900;
Leminis, Field. Bache & Co, 8 I so 900;
Iarkey, Bros. $4,000; Kelly. Smith & "
Reilly, &125.OOO; Openhumor, kerch & Il
Co., SI3O,OOO; Moore, kiekner s. Co. p
II 600; Deboon. Vigneaux & Grisar, 81
1897, 900; Mickal & Co, S2OO,OOO; Dale. II
lus,in & Co.. $ 50 900. and Middleton & p
.eboox, 925O.OOO.
Six men were burned to death in one
and many others severely burn
d, and otherwise injured. Among them c.
'ss Gen. J. Nelson.
mother fire as StOcktOn--sOSS :,
about three Millions Of DOllnrs-- :,
the City in Ashes.
Another disastrous fire has TAX en- place
Stockton, which has left this tlourisSiEg $,
ty in comparative ruins. 3
The Merchants Hotel was fired by an G.
and spread with great rapdity
scr the most valuable part Of the city. f
The following are among the principal W
Robinson. 1853 900; Webb .,
!, Hancock. $4,000 0; Baker Il Hickman. b,
$4,000; C.. J. Brown. 10000; Heath &
emond. $4,000; Calvin. Paigne 4 Co. h,
30 900; Paige & Webster. s 80 900: =,
XCO0Og0 V%C.OOO, DdSISs VI DIChuuSOu W
ouse, S26 200; J. Cowen, $50, 900, with
large number Of mercantile houses avera- u
ny in loss from 90 to $4,000. "a
The total loss cannot be less than S.
No, 900.
John M'Calla. son Of Gen. M'Calla, ~
cd at San francisco. on the 9th Of May. d
81 &c
San Francisco Market.
The market is quiet--unsettled since ~
e fire.
The quantity Of breadstuffs was not SO $"
rye in proportion, as some other arti- be
IS. wi
Flour has an upward tendency. :,
Immense quantities Of boots and shoes
re destroyed. and the demand for them
likely to be good. ua
Bricks were in active demand. at from
70 to 800 per thousand. F..
Coffee had improved.
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