The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-26
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was lost. By the FIRE at San francisco,
we learn than our old fellow citizen, j.
B. Hart. was again a sufferer.
The Alta California Of the 4th Of Nav
thus nnounce The great couflagration in
that city:
SAN Francisco AGAIN. IN AsHEs!-The
smoke aud fumes are ascending from
several squares of our city. as il The God
of Destruction had seated himself in our
midst. aud was porging himself aud all
his minister's of devastation upon the ru
ms Of our doomed city aud people. A
bout IL O'Clock last night the cry Of 'ire'
startled { very one, like an earthquake
The fire had Just commenced in q paint
shop on the West side Of Portsmouth
square, adjoining the Bryaut House. as
formerly called, but more recently the
American Hotel. Il was but a slight
blaze when first seen. but in FIVE minutes
the whole upper story was full ut flames.
Befure the engines could get upon the
ground aud cumnSence playing. the A.
merican House. vi one side. and a store
occupied bv Messts, Rhodes as a furnish
ing establishment were IN flames. The
buildings IL the vicinity. being all of
wood. aud extremely combustible. the
fire spread up Clay street. hack towards
Sacramento End down Clay lowards
Kearney with frightiI rapidly.
II 0on had full commend, and the fire
department could only work upon the
bOrders aud ehdeayOr To check It's pro
eress by anticipating it. In this they
succeeded IN the north side before il
reached Dupont street. but in every oh.
or direction in which il could spread il
took it's own course. There was liule
chance To save much of the moveables.--
To The south it spread 10 Bush street, aud
to the east part OF Jackson street. sweep
ing from east Of Dupont street to the
wharves. The blocks between Dupont
aud K%earney streets, west Of Ports
mnuth square, as far as Bush street, three
IN number are IN ashes. Between Bush
aud Jackson aud Kesruey and Mont
gomery streets, five in number, ell are
burned dawn, Between Montgomery
aud Sansone, Bush aud Jackson streets,
five in number, all are burned down, Be
sides these thirteen blocks, almost every
building Of which is destroyed, there are
many others.
1t is impossible To even guess at tho
number of buildings or the am unit of
property destroyed. A thousand build.
ings is within the bounds nf Truth, we
judge, and $40. DOC. 900 could not replace
the terrible destruction. Some place it
twice Or three times as high. II is sufic
lent Ia say, that more than lhree.founhs
OF the business partof the city is nothing
but smouldeIing ciDders.
The principal buildings destroyed are
the following, 10 wit: the Custom House,
Uuiou Hotel. Parker House. Jones' Ho.
tel, Adelphi Theatre. Dramatic Museum,
National Hotel. New World, City Hotel,
D~elmonico's, Merchants Exchange, Post
Office Building, the ships Mamie aud
General Harrison. and every Newspaper
Office except the Ali California. Nearly
or quite oil the banks are in the burnt
district. Burgnyne Il Co. Wells & Co.,
jas King Of VIM, Delmonico and A.,
merican Hotels. Revere House, Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, are all con
sumed. Not house was left on Leidas.
dori street, and everything on both sides
OF Long Wharf to beyond Whitehall.
Scarcely u fire proof building in The
whole burnt district has stood The test
Such Os have are I o California Elk
change, El Dorado. Veraudah, and the
buildings of Capt Howard. in which was
the United States assaying Office Of
MofFatt Il Co., on Montgomery street -
Tho officers Of the custom. house saved
thospecie of the office by casting it into a
well. About 81 900 900 we're saved in
this way.
A. j. Cost. naval officer, Mr.. Brown,
appraiser, Mr.. Freen, collector, and a
number Of others in the naval depart.
ment. had all of their private effects de.
stroyed. The books aud papers of the
department we're nearly all saved. The
large United States bonded warehouse.
containing about 1000 tons of merchan
disc, in bond was saved.
PICTURE OF THE FIRE.
Tho editor of the Alta California gives
The following vivid picture Of the conia.
Iron and zinc curlod up like scorched
. ayes, aud sent fnrth their brilliant
ut gIeen, blue aud yellow tinls,
ningling with and modifying the great
ed tongues Of FIRE which flashed upward
rom a thousand burning houses. The
nil sides were lighted as IL the sun were
'bove the eastern mountains, and their
Trees, shrubs, heritage and houses were
as distirguishable in the bright light as i'll
I we're MOOT Darkness hung over a
arge portion of the shipping. where the
broad and heavy ocean Of smoke lay
impenetrable gloom over the bay.
became paralysed. Many re-
moved THAR stock Of goods. or portions
them, four or FIVE times. andthen had
hem over'aken and destroyed by the
hames At last. The streets were crammed
masses of human beiugs aud rushing
teams only giving way hefore the ud
vance of tho elements, as the smoke and
cat aud crashing walls pushed them
back,
Men became mad; some rushed head.
'o"g into the flames. Weeping women
ana praltllng infancy were wandering a
mid ashes aud destruction. Every Tow