Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-28
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EARTHQUAKE IN TENNESSEE.
MEMPHIS SHIKEN CP.
MOODY AND SANKEY.
BROOKLYN UNDER CONVICTION.
THE VIRGINIA CITY FIRE.
BEllI IoSStS lND GREAT SUFFERING.
MINING STOPPED UNTIL SPRING.
THE VIRGINIA CITY FIRE.
HElvY IOSSIs lyD GREAT SUFFERING.
MINING STOPPED UNTIL SPRING.
THE VIRGINIA CITY FIRE.
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SAN FRANCIsCo. October a spa~,al
dispatch 10 the ca This evening from vir-
ginia City saws. The best business men eSti-
mate the loss al - 5sa 0Or, one irl OF The ia
suiSnce being IN foreign companies, the rest
in local companies. \ large number OF wo-
men aud children have heen sent 20 Carson
Cold Hin, Reno and California. To-day there
~ light wind, and sbowery weather il
threatening Hundreds Of people are In the
ruins Searct ing for articles OF value. Safes
are being pulled ont 81 The vaults OF IN,
bsnk q California all right, and only a few
papers lost.
room FoR THE SUFFERERS.
carson sent n LOAD OF provisions for Z. 500 neo-
pie, and they are being dealt out at the hrst
WARD school house. Reno, Gold Hiu AMI
other towns are sending food aud clothing
There are fuiiy $500 people without fool,
beds, roofs on money. of these fully sa0 are
without necessary clothes. Should harsh
weather soon set in much suffering must en-
sue. The injured mines cannot, the en-
ployeeS say. get buildings aud machinery
under sixty days. Rebuilding will 20 on al
over The city and this will give labor 90 hun
dredS IN clearing the ruins, and the people
are in good spirits; and while terribly az
htcted, are as plucky and brave a. can be-
Hundreds are too proud 20 say they need
help, and ladies' go out and find wo men aud
children needing food but ashsm 20 beg IL
This feeling IL relaxing, however. under the
kind officers of the relief committee which
Is already partly organized.
REBUILDING.
Some shantieS are already being put up.
Workmen are busy shutting of broken water
anu gas pipes, aud getting the worst debris
out Of the streets. Some streets are utterly
impassable-choked with ruins.
THE FEROCITG OF THE FIRE
is seen IN the twisted and warped iron work
aud heavy walls drawn out OF shape. Dan
gerous walls are being thrown down. The
streets and open 10 present a scene of indie
scribable confusion. numbered with broken
furniture, damaged goods and broken ma
chinery. The machinery oC the hosting
works IL believed 10 be bsily damaged, but
not utterly ruined. Tue water IN the Con-
Solidated Virginia has been pumped OF
through Gould a Curry aud other mines hut
pumping facilities thus far are inaaeQuate.
Last night the shaft OF the Andes mine was
on fire and sent up
A COLUMN OF FLAMES 80 FEET HIGH.
~ is believed II will burn out the shaft and
90 no further, communication being pretty
well cut OF below. This mine is south OF The
IRE, and caught from flying ciDders. Its
buildings are not burned. Information about
the mines Is that all the men got out without
Injury. Some OF the burning timbers OF the
ophir SHAFT fell down and sent gaSses as AZ
burning wood up In the Gould & Curry shaft.
The water was lifted up and then dropped
back, forcing gases back. IL H. believed there
Is no IRE IN the o2hir at ALL water, however,
RELIEF PROM CALIFORNIA
The Pacific Stock Exchange have started
asubscriptiop for the Virginia sufferers, and
expect 10 raise $1,000 or 5000. A meeting
was held tonight, at which were present
Senators Sharon and Jones, Mayor Otis, r..
J. Baldwin, James X. keene, j. q. Flood, W.
7. Coleman, W. r. Babcock, and other promi-
Dent citizens. and a committee appointed,
which Will meet tomorrow "A. m. 10 concert
meas ures OF relief. IL is now stated that the
insurance on Virginia property has been
greatly under estimated. and that the total
losses OF companies cannot fall mucn short
OF ~ 010.H0. IL IL feared that one or two
local companies may 20 under.
MINING STOPPED TILL NENT SPRING.
A late Call special says:-The Gould and
Curry mine is full OF gas from the Injured
mines; men cannot 20 down; the work il
aaf lf
Soliuated Virginia shaft tmbers burned:
Mackay, of The firm Of r lood a O'Brien.
says 40 ore viii be hoist from the damaged
mines before next spring; that this throws
5000 miners out Of employment; that 5.oo0
people will leave herer. and all that i now
needed is MONEY TO transport them.