Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-09
California 2Trws.
TERRIBLE DEVASTATION.
Five Hundred Buildings Destroyed.
New YORK, August C, 1851.


She brings $50 passengers, 81, 400, 900 in gold
dust, on freight, and $500 900 in the hands
of passengers.
The Empire City also brings The mails
from San Francisco to the 1st July.
GREAT FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The city of San Francisco was v;,.'ed by
another most destructive fire, or the 22d OF
June, which commenced on The north sluc
of Pacific street, near Powell, at about 10 o.
clock in the morning, and spread down racl-
fic street and through 10 Broadway, with
great rapidly and on 10 Stv"'on street. In
the short space of half 20 hour from The mo-
men, of its brcakirs ont, ii had crossed Pa
ciGc street, pad at the same time crossed
Stanton street, spreading rapidly down Broad.
way, Pacific and Jackson streets.
Along Broadway everything is consumed
as far as Kearney street. On Pacific street
the fire consumed everything, in its course,
=, far as Ohio street, including the City Hall
/ City Hospital. On jackson street every
,'ilg was consumed to Montgomery street,
y | a few houses below. On Stockton street
l''t fire extended as far rs Washington, and
lr'n crossed diagonally into Washington
sect, in the rear OF the Baptist Church,
.,rh was fortunately saved, and then ex-
ed down Washington and along Dupont
-'r'.', taking the jackson House in It's coulse,
art The California Restaurant, adjoining.
I"rJ office of the Alta California newspa-
r.: was blown up with Il view 10 arrest the
Ic'gccss of the fire, but without avail, for the
;,';ucs crossing in the rear of the Verandah
II ,n'e, the fire extended down Washington
= HAnsom street, stopping on the south side
,i!rgoyne's new building on Montgomery
g. ct.
81 the west side everything is burned
T. Pacific 10 Washington street, and on
49, east the same; excepting two or three
l.'idings near the corner of Jackson street.
G'!wccn Washington and Clay streets, the
r4Iy building burned was occupied by Cro-
sar & Marley.
From Washington street the FIRE crossed
over 10 the rear Of the El Dorado House and
the new theatre, which las, WAS destroyed.
The flames spread thence to Merchant street,
aud thence crossed into Clay street, on the
,orth side, below the California Exchange,
f'om whence it extended TO the brick build
r'E Oh the north side, occupied 10y Reliant &
wilde, corner Of Montgomery street.
During the progress of tie fire immense
,.Hlnlilies of goods were removed 10 the
r'&a, where they ultimately took fire and
v"rc destroyed
The patients in the City Hospital, to the
=" "ber of ninety, were removed 10 the lot
l. The rear Of the Hospital, and were all
I'd.
IAe priso ncrs in the City Prison were re.
we'd TO the County Jail, and all the book:
The papers in the Recorders and Mar.
;h,.Is Offices, fortunately saved.
The buildings saved Oh the Plaza are, the
E''t Union, the Custom House, the Veran.
ga House, FL Dorado, Union Hotel, the
t,;iornia Exchange, and the wooder
,.~jings between the latter, and the
[ IN.
The Presbyterian church, on Stockton
> "et, was burned 10 the ground.
Charles S. Lyons was burned to death, anc
y'>o Mr., Bach, of the firm of Bach, Burnct
{ 60.
The number Of buildings destroyed, is no
less than five hundrcd and the loss is est
p,ated al three millions of dollars.
A vast amount of lumber and buildin.
materials were destroyed,
The persons burnt out were generally O
the poorer class.
The fire was undoubtedly the work c
ncendiaries, and several arrests have bee
made, but TIE persons under arrest hav
not been proved 10 be Tie parties ACTUAL
guilty.
The greater portion Of the burnt distri,
was occupied by dwelling houses and br
few heavy stocks Of goods and mcrchandi>
were burned.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The fire of last Sunday was more disal
irous TO persons of moderate means tha
perhaps all the fires which have so seriousl
damaged our city. Many have lost the
all Families without moments wamin
had all their furniture and available meal
suddenly taken from them and they turmc
out upon the cold charities of the wor
Almost the entire business portion of Il
city has been mos! ProyidcntialIy pTotectc
from the deyouring element, II was pr
served, however, by the almost superh
man eXerIions Of good and worthy cil
Zens.
1t is source, however, of profound inti
na'lon, mat so many persons refused
assist the sufferers when it was wilhin the
power. large number of cases have con
under our observation, for which, if Il
statements be trpe, and we have i, in pa
from our own personal knowledge, and ,
the most reliable authority, the parties
Rehaying ought to be consigned TO perpetu
iufamy, Some Of the draymen and earn,
ought to have the whips they use on the
horses, used on their own backs until Il