The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-13

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In addition to he above theirs probably 1900 p~-
sons whose loses not asoer,aned, many Of sh.sa
amount to from $500 10 $40 600
INCIDENTS OF THK stcR AMRNro PrRa
We take the following interesting details OF the
terrible csphsgration in Sacramento from taa
Ursrn -
The safo Of Forshee & Reynolds was discovered
yesterday morning and opened. ETerythiog in il
was In complete state of preservation. Also the
safes Of Reed 4 Co, Rhodes x McNulty, Miiis & Z
Co, ard that of the post office
As before stated, the Gre originated in the fcams
building Of Madame Lanos' dry goods and fancy
store.
A bar keeper was burned to death. We have not
heard his mas whore he kept
James Dennis, Stockton stage driver, is supposed
to have perihcd ut the Indian Queen.
MessIs Hitler s Andrew suss aimed serious los1
of ewelry by the bursting open OF their safe whhs
6eirg removed.
A man named Lyon was killed by the falling in Of
the walls of Reynolds & Go . brick block.
man named Wood worth was burned to death in
the Dawson House. on Four street. =
A rumor is current that siok lady was consumed
ut the Crescent City Hotel.
A gambler, named Dart, had rencontre with
pistols front OF the ruins Of the Ell Dorado yestsr
day morning, and shot man named Hanoy dead.
stage driver, passing with his coach along tue
leyee yesterday, WAS seized with some thing as IA
apoplectic Il !. fell from his bex and run by
the coach The injuries sustained by him were So
r,us, probably mortal
william was shot dead on Ninth street, on Tues
Day evening, in the attempt to nre building. Wo
did not learn his name
The bones Of hospital patient were found
amongst its ruins iisshy mass was also diso2v-
cred, supposed TO be the body of a second victim.
The election returns Of all the presnoss were for.
tunatey saved.
The printing Office Of the State Josama, WIS a.
trely destroyed.
A portion Of the UniOw office Was saved b. the
use Of great exertions
Frequent inquiries are made for missing persona.
which leads TO tho beliefthat tho loss Of hannah life
is much greater than reported.
The engine companies rendered inopesstive
from scarcity of water, and The astounding velocity
with which the flames pursned them-driv,ng them
back whole blocks NJ . tins, aud indeed from one
street to another before they could make tho nesos
ssry sttachm ,nts with their hoee.
With two OF three exceptions, every splendid obi
fee in the city has gone by the board The only
tho Oriental Hotel, on the north side of street.
street now presents the only line Of housss--os-
casionally interrupted by ruins extending fro the
river to the plaza above Ninth street
Twelve millions Of dollars is by no means az
sggerated estimate Of the loss sustained in proper
~ by this fire.
The levee. on Front street, presents q spsalar
spectacle of promiscuously piled merchandise,
househsld effects, ana melancholy looking people,
crouched among their goods, or searching for lost
articles Of property.
high WIND prevailed throughout the city the
whole Of yesterday, cold and dissgreeable, raising
clouds Of fine dust, and positively binding people
by its effects Nothing so dsagresasle has evsc
been witnessed iI the city before.
The Union says street has grown more thaa ever
in importance Escaping it did almost entirely
from the ruinous effects of the confederation thoa-
sands of persons tarong it dsily-vehicles Of al
kinds are constantly passing backwards and for
wards, bearing the rescued household effects :, dH
ferent points OF destinstion-and the Chinese, par
ticusrly, have converted il into their X street,
where the entire portion Of that population resort.
Above Fifth they opening up places Of business
and appear to have imoibed large degrea Of that
American feeling which knows no stop under adj
| veTse circumstances
The new court house presents an snomally Of ia
\ hebisnts. Mrs Howard has opened = hr'sl ID the
large court TocH the different jury roo ms contain
private families the irsS floor front the post Of
fee is kept; ard the county officers are scattered
alorg in such rooms they could preserve in the
general rush foe quarters.
J is in advance OF all other streets in hs- build
been located here Of course the capital invested
wos greSer, aad calls for a corresponding ACTIVITY
Of Improvement Whole squares Of temporary
frame buildings already present themselves % the
view OF fmsy construction. to be sure, bat Of
such character IS TO serve immediate purposes
Dir. w Merritt has soup table for sufferers by
the fire. in operation second street bet vesR
and X. The destitute who call arc bounifaily
SUPPLIED, !, "a. e -. p,.,, ,o,.;,, s,..
across lis entire breadth, built up with temp ,ra
houses, in some of which goods are expos d fec
sale Tee interior of The Plaza also contains some
few tents
I horseran was employed by the Relief Commit
tee yesterday to proclaim through the publ, reefs
the place of their depot and the fact that al per
sons in want could DO supplied with blankets and
provisions BY calling upon them as the receiving
The chnking Of tools in the hands of busy work.
men are heard every where Babel could not have
produced more animated than presents tself
wherever cGe goes throughout the burnt portion Of
the city.
The sum Of Sc 922 was COLLECTS ed in San Francisco,
for the benefit u the sufferers by the fire in Saera-
mento.
Within nine days after the oonfagrasion, TIVE
hundred buildings had BEEN erected street, and
one hundred and fifty on street, some Of them
built Of brick.
With painful emotions vo hear of the death Of
Ms Dr. John Morse LADY Of the late editor Of
from Der chamber, in which period of continent
had just commenced to Of the Sacramento boats,
curing hem0rbiDg of the terrible conhagratjon, and
on Thursday night died from the effec: Of oxsits-
ment and suffering. while on the passage of ths
beat TO San Fraucisco This Is most melancholy
aiictiop DR. Morse has lost nearly the whole of g
fortune by the fire.
On the morning after the fire dougbnuts were SELL
irg at dollar each, coffee fifty cents cup Thou
sands were wandering around, knowing Of no shsiter
for the night. and the amount Of suffering in
conceivable.
Another Great Fire in San Francisco.
From the Caifofnis Whig. Nov 10
Last evening" st half past eight O. clock eit-
Zens were alarmed by the dreadful cry % fire,
wnish proved to be too well founded. for in less
than eve minutes tho whole city was illumsd BY
roc luiid glare of the flames.
There ia much copts ADDICTION rs TO where thu Gre