Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-27
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For Los Angeles.
CALIENTE, Oct. 28.-The following
passengers for Los Angeles left on
he Telegraph Stage Line to-day:
M Lindsey, G. A Gray, l. Smith, T A
Smith and fomily of thee.
san Frnneisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 26th. Cal
ifornia street was thrown into state
of great excitement this morning by
kilograms reporting serious confla-
grafton in Virginia City. There was
some talk of suspending the sessions
of the Boards while the fire was in
progress, but at private meeting of
the members 1t was resolved to go
ahead. The market, of course, natu-
rally opened very weak, with more
sellers than buyers, and before the
closing of the morning hour some
thing akin to q panic in values was
manifested. At the Pacific stock ex-
change there was considerable COM
motion. The sudden depression it
was feared would uncover margins
and force the sacrifice of stock
to make good the contracts.
| The idea of q suspension of business
for any length of time was not enter
tanned. This Board and the San
Francisco Stock and Exchange Board
are not on friendly business terms with
each other; hence negotiations to sus-
pend operations are out of the ques-
ton. The Pacific members think they
carried the San Francisco Exchange
brokers over the panic and received no
thanks for it, and therefore they can
not consent to accept the burden
again.
Great Fire at Virginia.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26th.-At 3:15
this morning fire broke out in Vir-
ginia City, on B street, between Union
and Taylor, burning continually until
after one o'clock this afternoon. All
north of Wells, Fargo & Co. and the
Tahoe House building, and east Of B
street is burned down, including the
International Hotel Gillig & Co.'s
hardware building, the Post-office, the
Virginia Enterprise building, Piper's
Opera House, the Railroad Depot, the
Consolidated Virginia hosting works
and mill, the Ophir hoisting works,
and the Bank of California building,
leaving only some isolated dwellings
east and north of the burned district.
The Gould & Curry shaft is safe. Sew
eral men are reported killed. Both
the Atlantic and Pacific and the Wes-
tern Union offices are burned down.
Temporary offices are fitted up on dry
goods boxes north of town. The wa
ter gave out and the fire companies
were used up. Some buildings had to
be blown up to stop the progress of the
flames.
VIRGINIA CITY, October 26th.-At
about 6 A. NJ. to-day a fire broke out
in little house on A street, between
Taylor and Main streets. The city
from Stewart street to H, and from
South of the Bank of California al
most to the divide beyond the Orhir,
is q ruin-not one house saved. The
Consolidated Virginia holsting works
and mill, and also the new stamp mill
of the California company, ore de-
stroyed. The works at the California
and Consolidated shaft, and the mills
belonging to them, are saved. The
Ophir works are totally destroyed. 1t
is believed the Ophir and Consoli-
dated shafts were secured and saved.
All the principal business portion of
the town is gone, and very many of
the finest residences. A space half
mile by three-fourths is burned over.
Two men were killed an hour since by
falling wall. A tremendous gale
was blowing all the forenoon, and
there was not much that could be done
except keep out of the way of the
flames. One steamer and the Babcock
engine were burned. No estimate can
be made of the losses; probably they
will reach eight millions Of dollars.
Hundreds of people are utterly des-
titute, and hundreds of men thrown
out of employment. The weather
threatens q storm and is very cold, ,and
what is to be done with all the people
tonight it is hard to say.
The Catholic, Presbyterian and Epis-
copalian churches are destroyed, but
the other churches and school houses
are thrown open for the sufferers. The
railroad depot was burned early in the
morning. The railroad tunnel on E
street is burned out, but trains can
come to the old depot. The city au-
thorities and citizens are doing all
they can, but the ruin is fearful. The
city looks as though it had been blast
ed by both fire and earthquake. The
most ghostly sight in the city is the
tremendous machinery of the mills
and hosting works, standing out like
spectres in the smoke, every great arm
stopped, every mighty wheel still.
There are many sick in the city, and
many touching sights were witnessed
amid the storm of fire this morning.
A babe born yesterday, with its help