Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29
PACIFIC COAST MYTHOLOGY
TIE OREGON FIFcIInN.

SAN Francisco. Oct. 26.-Advie7s ina.
Portland. Oregon, say the election for .4r
gresham brought out very light vote lI-
Lane, democrat,is probably elected by IT,.
majority.
Virginia CITY NEARLY DESTROYED 81 TIAE
\ terribly destructive fire visited Virsir..
Clty, New, last night. All the civ mr..
OF Smith street Is destroyed. The blrnt-,-
ton includes the principal business p.rt
the place. Temporary telegraph oifc.. are
being provided.
TIE BURNING OF VIRGINIA CITY SONS FAs
TICULARs
The fire broke out about DAYLIGHT 20
| dwelling IN the southwestern limits Off
business and thickly settled portion Of a..
city. Ii spread rapidly, extending es-r
"ard towards the ravine, in which are So
| uated the works and mills and sever,
prominent mines, and reaching as tar a.
street northward, the flames crossed Uni,g
ana sutton streets, covering space Of about
Ten blocks, Comprising almost every drc.--
building III The town. rs the fire work..
up L sect, the Offices of the Territorial Ia
terprise and Chronicle were DESTROYED
tiper O Ia house was next in tlmes. an
II became sident that the railroad ds,,-
anu hoist works OF the COnsohll,ei
virginia were IN danger. The water snn-
ply was inadequate and the engines OF Ind.
use. 50 recourse was had to blown, l.
buildings. 1t was too late, however. sri
IN lew minutes tie depot aud boi-t-a
WORKS were IN flames. The latter were r.
Gently erected at an expense of several bao
uIeq thousand dollars and were The fns--
OF the COms:0ek lode. CONTINUING 10 ID,
north and east the partially completeI mil
OF the California mine aud the Clns1liIs-,-
Virginia NH were soon in dimes. wh.-l
spread stall further north 10 the Opl.-
h1istias works, destroying them. t-..
when Is ABOUT the limit OF the dcs.ructir-
IN that direction, the FIRE dyloy al-
want OF fuel. From Taylor stree p.-
which the fire oiig mated. it spread -.s..
ward against the wind, destr.v,ns o..
branch 0ihee OF the Bank nf CN4.rt
Neiis. Fargo Cos. tcp-.~- ..~.-
and everything else in IL line h
snort. nearly the entire blsine.. psrtis.
oil the town Is in ashe-- hotels. .Aurr,c-.
county buildings. newspaper telegraph an
express oihces, all sN 'pt away. over Ten
thousand persons are made homelrs. H.
inu Is piercing and much suffering Is al-
ueipat5d before temporary shelter ear
prepared. Ii is impossible. AZ present
conjecture the amount OF los, Tie ja.ftn.
ton OK the mills and hosting works sb-.,
referred to, will probably entail a los,ois
Ia liIioh 0l dollars wlthia the raJiu, nla
lew hundred feet. Fortunately ina ,btft.
Of b)th Ophir AMI tho ClasoIi IateI "
sinia were bulk headed, and the IRE va.
Kept out Of the mines. The los on Lu,l
lngs and merchandise IN the cit, must BE-
very great, although covered t. q, srsatcy-
ent by insurance. Ii IS not known 10 sh.r
'1tent the mills and hosting work- wsfs
insured except IN the case Of the O,lir.
' 'nete tn, tue loss - placed AZ $50 200 o.
MS city the news created the greatest ey
itenent, owing to the contradictor,
'ature OF dispatches received S..,.-
: once ielt the effect of the dis.s.e-
,phir stock sold a. low as 3st AMI t5s
Unsolicited Nirgi aiI Dropped T. 30. L.t
nbstquently rallied. Il was at. fr.t s,s-
1sed the disaster would entai! q sl.,,,o,F5
| all work on the Bonanzl mins,,,i M,
he reported breaking in Of the water Uoald
oou the mines. and general panic ami
epression ensued. lt was, however, soon
>certained that the Gould and Curry works
e'e all Fight. es were also the work OF
lie Savage. This vas Considered \ ~ r.
he position as far as ths stock market was 4
'ncerned, as the Bonanza can and viii he
orked through the Gould and Cu-rv shafts
bile the works Of the Consolidl.c. Virg.n.a
'e being rebuilt and the Suvara An G,rlI
40 Curry pumps are available Go free .al
me from wat5s. IL also tran>pirei t.ai
70 noE hosting works on the consolidated
lrs.nia and California mines, lnosn as
and Z works, were unAasasd Inquiry
ieIts the hct tha. insurance companits,
ou2h nanS at them suffer heavily, will
me up manfully and pay all demands. A
rye portion of the insurance. is in foreign
npanies who are well able to hear tho
'ses The local companies Claim that
me of them will 90 undar
The general impression now is, that while
emigration Is PROFESSIONALLY u serious
'as,er' It's effects on the financial interests
California will be bat limited and tenn
rary. On the streets after wards stocKs
LIED and the feeling in business circles IS e
estly improved.