Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-08-20

From the New Orleans Picayune of the 9Th.
Arrival Of the Steamer Alabama.
Another Fire i'm San Francisco
Estimated Loss, -, 200, 900.
The Steamship Alabama, Arrived
at this port yesterday, from Chagres,
bringing us California papers to July
LIST. The Alabama left Chagres on
the gath ult. I
1t is with pain that we are COM
PEELED to record the occurrence of
another great fire in San Francisco.
1t took place on the 22d of June.
about 10 o'clock in the morning, and
commenced in a two story wooden
building on the north side of Pacific
street, near Powell street. The Alta
California gives the following account
of the progress of the fire:
Next door to the house where the
fire was first seen was the carpenters
shop of Morris & Reynolds, which
Immediately caught. The fire spread
from this down Pacific street, when
the building at the corner of an alley
near Stockton street was torn down
with the hope a&arresting the flames.
A pile of lumber in the rear of the
house where the fire originally
caught was soon on fire, and in few
minutes the whole block on Broad
way and on Stockton street was in a
blaze. The fire about half past ten
crossed Pacific street, and with the
strong wind blowing, soon commune
Gated to the whole block as far as
Jackson street Houses were torn
down on Jackson and Stockton
streets, but with no avail. The wind
had risen to perfect hurricane, and
as there was no water in that vicinity
there was nothing to be done but
gaze upon the progress of the flames
over a portion of the city built of the
combustible materials. At the time
the fire crossed Stockton street it at
the same time spread down Broad
way, Pacific and Jackson Streets
Along the former it burned on the
! side toward the Plaza as far as Kear-
ny street. On Pacific steeetit burn
ed to Ohio street, taking the City Hall
and the City Hospital in its course.
: On Jackson street it reached to a
few houses below Montgomery street.
The fire burned turiously along
Stockton street, on both sides, nearly
down to Washington street, where by
, the most extraordinary exertions the
frame building on the corner of w ash
; ington and Stockton streets, owned
: by w. d. NJ. Howard, ESQ.,, and oc-
cupied by DR.. Wozencraft, was saved.
Blankets were thrown over the root
which was kept continually wet, and
!, thus the fire was here combatted. Il
! then crossed in a diagonal direc ton
: in the rear of the Baptist Church
! which was also saved, into Washing
: ton street, burning down the hospital
: of DR.. Arthur B. Stout and the ad
- joining buildings. 1t pasaa11
= Washington and alopaG
= On the latter street
: old adobe buildings!
= Washington street
IL Jackson House. The bum
Dupont street between Washington
: and Pacific streets, were all on fire
# and then the whole city seemed agaiI
i threatened with destruction. TIL
! Jackson House and the house ad
i joining were burned, while the Cali
q tornia restaurant, above and adioin
= ing our Office, was blown up. At tn
q time the fire was spreading dow
n Washington street, it was being me
i by the burning of the buildings OF
d kearny street, which being nearl
o all wood burned very readily. TIL
- flames caught below our office in tn
i. wooden buildings between it an tn
n Bella Union, and then 1t was tina
II our office caught, after we had re
% moved from it all it was possible t
. save. The house known as the Lou
, isiana' was torn down, the doors Z
: the Bella Union closed, and the lat
!. ter left to take its chance. At tn
), same time the flames were crossin
2 Dupont street to the light frame bui
If ings in the rear of the old adob,
20 which soon caught and burned.
,a Crossing the rear of the Verandal
= the fire extended down Washingto
& street to Sansome, taking both side
!. of the street as far as Montgomer
q street, stopping on the south side ,
,e Burgoyne's new building. On Mo
az gomery street, the west side is burr
ed entirely from Pacific street ,
Washington, and the east side, wit
es the exception of the buildings of.
a Bideleman, ]. Fried!ander and
IT. WILDER, near the corner of Jacksc
,e street. Between Washington an
ed Clay streets, the only building burne
he was on the west side near the corn
,ts of Merchant street, and occupied
be Messrs Groin & Markley. Fro
se Washington street, the fire crosse
re over in the rear of Ell Dorado to Il
81 new theater, which was soon enve
M oped in flames, and..to the building
in its rear, soon communicating in
Merchant, and from there crossir
lin into Clay street, on the north side, b
nt low the California Exchange. IT
in building on Clay street,next to Il
an exchange, was torn down, and Il
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