Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-06-26

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SAN FRANCiscO IN AsHEsl
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE CALAMITY.
fa~ New YoRK, June 49,. !
The 0rescem Chy, with San Francisco
dates 10 the 18th Of May, has just arrived
She does moi bring the mail. The Chero-
kee had no, arrived d, Clisgres. The Gre.
scent City brings stO passengers and ST.
600 in gold dust. fE8fn Y0u9 II
San Francisco is again in ashes, and
smoke and flames are ascending from seve-
raj squares Of our city, as ifthe God Of Des-
lruction had seated himself in our midst
The fire commenced in paint shop on the
west side Of Portsmouth street, adjoining the
Bryan. House. !, was but a slight blaze
seen, but before The engines could reach The
hotel and stores adjoining were in flames
The buildings in the vicinity being all wood,
and very dry, the fire spread up Clay street
10 Kearney with frighIlul rapidly. It soon
had entire command, and the fireman could
only work upon The borders TO check lis
progress. By anticipating i. in this way
They succeeded on the north side, before IL,
reached Dupont street, bul in every other di.
Irection il which / could spread, il look lis
onward course, with but little chance 10 save
anything from the famss.7 a s5es, 1Si.s5
South il spread to Bush street, and east 10
Jackson suee everything east ol Dupont
street, 70 the wharf, was destroyed. 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 in
number, are all burned. Five blocks be.
tween Montgomery and Sampson Stree. are
all burned. ,al. saa u5l 1eHq 3r
! These thirteen blocks, with almost every
building in the neighborhood, are all des-
troyed. II is impossible 10 guess al the
lumber or amount Of properly deslroyed.-
One thousand buildings is within the range
OF frulh,and we judge ten millions Of dollars
could not repair the damage-some place
il three lines as high as that amount. The
principal buildings are The Custom House,
Union Hotel. Parker House, Adephi The.
atre, Dramatic Museum, National, New
World and City Hotel, shops and every
newspaper Office in town, excep, the Alta
Californian. Ea
Nearly all the bankers are in the list :
Burgoyne q Co., and James King Every
thing ON both sides of Long Wharf TO !he
Battery and Whitehall is destroyed. Scarce
ya fire proof building in the whole burn,
district stood the test. Such as have, are
the Exchange, Eldorado, Verandah, and
The United States Assaying Office. The
officers of the Custom house saved the specie
Of the Office by casting it in well. About
a million Of dollars were saved in This, Mr..
Green, Collector, and number Of others
in the Naval Department, had all their
private Offices destroyed. Books and papers
all saved. aaJal eied "gsaa
The U. s. large bonded warehouse, con.
tanning 1000 tons of merchlndize was
saved. The banking house of Burgoyne &
Co is saraj one million five hundred thou
sand dol.ars were taken Out not singed or
damaged. ,aa yea n....a .a.
The ships Venitia, Apollo and GeaeraI
Harrison are destroyed. The Sacramento
llotelwas blown up. The destruction of the
Union Hole, included a loss OF $3.50, ,OOO.-
Adams & Co. saved their books. The de.
posits of Wells & Co. are safe.
Measures have been taken to supply The
cly with water from a lake three miles dis.
ianI. ,.-s-. 81
The rebuilding had already commenced.
The list Of sufferers amount 10 700 firms and
! Individuals, among the heaviest of which
are ]. B. Beddleman, $4,000; Simonds,
Fields. Bnche & Reilly, $l25,OOO; Open.
helmeimer, Heirch & Co., $l30,O0O; De-
boon, Vigneaux & Grisar, $l37 900; Mickal
&Co., 100000; Dale, Austin & Co., Sl37 ;.
900, Mickal g. Co., 100000; Dale, Aus,
J Tin d Co., $15O,OoO; Moore, Hickner 8.
: Co., $4,000, and Middleton & Lelove,
$95O,oOO. Six men were burned to death
in one building, and many Others severely
burned and otherwise injured. Among