, 1875-11-03
Tho Great Fire on tho 26th of
October.
All the Buildings in the Heart Of
The City Destroyed.
Loss Estimated Mt Five Million Dollars.
Insurance, !.lFyen Hundred and
Fifty Thousand.
Scenes In San Francisco..-FcariuI Panic
in the Stock Market.

fon ffane'afo fhr"nse't, f'e!. p,
i.aE1y yesterday nlaFtlns. 4 dispatch I" the
LhF0aifte came thrhing over THO wros. Bringing
tic fatcfnl Intelligence TINT Virginia City "aa lit
Hafisea, TUG pofulasfoa lfantlc Will e1cltemeHt,
Md thu lilo lcAl swecpny uncontrolled uEtr
tin ca-tcrn t!"le Of Aa1ink Dar1lapn. From
1n'tlsh to month tito news Faatet. aud AZ other
a.htateh"d eoh'lfinntofy ot tho tfFHt eean To aF-
ilSe tLo m''snur u excitement Increased, and
ioatlu l'H MY al'hs a"htbomefy tsfeet 10 Laii-
iofhin' "her'a tho st"ck-bFokcrs woF" 1nht bo-
ginning to arriFn. Never rihco tho ANNOUNCE
1n:nt ht tile failure OF tho IauE OF California
las sHel1 aceaU of wild commotion tcon eeou
tile street. 1l,o day bcfore NTH itB r,llnurs
Ut tjullgeil miucs ani damaged workings, had
excited tin htpc}f.,,rchaain, rt,t,!tc md t,us
r,s, o,ux,;,,, r,,,,,, IT, I.s,,,,, .,,
s'"' 'a'ea4h' 'to.1 NV eo'1'n''eA 'c'1
dAo IAie'as'Vef oil tao Heafts ahd hopes oi
At 1.cst tho report was rrouted Al tho
vo1, of non,, wfo.r,, 5..;rou. ~ ,o,r-
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~; '"o H4~'"sAt n''~ 1H's ue'"t.au "ae
Ter Lceanis lnauilet b the a-riynt tf tho details
Of tic co,t1agratiou hccuo of absolute bcg,,,io,-
men, set in. Men stood and pazcl n, cart, nthar
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o.''' 1', n"''e's "'a'' "i'' .ta' oi1.'Nt "4e"1.'
dismal !ooE, chafac:cflas!c Of tHoso "1o!c *hoIe
fortune aud tho worry u a lifotlnle hung tsem-
bliug with tl,o fate Of that ttio CITY fur III, in the
uo,,uto,pe NJ Noxoi1.. rr,,, o,coct, in ~
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Was ono coh''h''ohs t.feseh ol ahsfty varied
ol''y W tue Aoarhe1y put questions of " Nhat Ia
tho latnHt newsi' 4. Tho time for tho opening
ef Tim Stock Hoaras dsnw mar C.,ifcrn,, street
,r,a croy1c1 vii, .,v,r;,r .u,oi,,, .,r.,t;,,t,
"so - !" '".b.'. '"'1s''s
cited customers.
THE ou1q1S AID EXTENT or THE r,nE,
y,n11yt. CRY f),t 20 .-,ho,,. & \ m to.}av n
,;ro ,-,,.o ,,,,. j., 1;t.,a ,,o,.a ~ $1,000 -
tween Ia'l"r mud n:ti'' aud nor tho city, from
Stewart tttec! to II, aad trom Smith to the tauk Of
caI.s suia, alao,t to tho Divide bcyond tho OrAr.
ir a ,rn. M, ,,ot o,o hn,uo .srod rto C.,,,.
.,,,ds,s,, vs .;,.'s ,aG.t,,1. ~ sa ",,
79''"aseu '91s'n'a no!sssus "efAs ana 'hl14, and
OF the ne" stamp mil VI tho California Com
rlns. me- destroyed. The works Of the Z. K G..
taa.: mad tho mill he.onsins to tho California
ami thu cnps,,t,datej rfrt,nin rre aave1 TIM
a.'H 80 -Jn'oiu ttsM's "a" ea'oa 'nu
the orh'r and Consolidated shafts were secured
md saved. All the pslnripa} business portion OF
tho town is gon,. md ycry m,uy Of tbe finest
rosdonces, i sracc half milo by three. .rourths
~ o"thea o'es' aao t"o ','oh "'1o '1'oo aii noaF
R'ce by falling wall. trcule"dous gale was
blowing oil the forenoon, AMI there was not
,nucll that could DO done to stay the progress Of
,ho ,nn1es. Guo steamer md tin E.lsaclt an. ~
- o ".'u .atu 4'AsN ~.
e'''o "eie ouineo' No so''eel ee''ua.e ca.' !et
be made Of tho ltsscs, though they will rrohabls
! seseh u ,oeJ,9e0.
l,t,spnEpR O.. rE,r1r
,re ,,t.c,1v ae.,itrt. am, ln,narc1, ,f mn, A.,
w" "'.c1ls o.'.stase' a"a n"1'oseaa , o. hsa at'
'hso"h out o. e'np'os1neat. 1he "eashe1 tueeat-
| cns sioFu aud ts very cold. and what Ii 10 be
lone With al tie People to-reht It is hard to
e,x rlo ro,ho,ic 1,,aahvta,i,, ,nd En}u.o.
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