Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-10-29

still showing and sleeting.
ELKo. Oct. 2s-Been showing all
night.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 2s.-Been raining
and looks like more. Cloudy.
SAN Francisco. Oct. 27.-The Pacific
Stock Exchange has started subscrip-
ton for the Virginia sufferers; they ex-
pect to raise four or five thousand dollars.
There was a meeting tonight at the
Palace Hotel, among those present were
Senators Sharon and Jones, Mayor Otis,
E. j. Baldwin. Jas. R. Keene. J. c.
Flood, W. T, Coleman, W. F. Babcock
and other prominent citizens. A COM
mittee was appointed which will meet to-
morrow morning to concert measures for
| relief. 1t is now stated that the insurance
on Virginia property has been greatly
underestimate and that the total losses
of companies cannot fall short of two
millions. 1t is feared that one or two
local companies may go under.
San FRANCISCO, Oct. PA special to
the Call from Virginia this evening says
the Gould d Curry mino is full of gas
from the injured mines. The men can't
go down. work is stopped in the mine.
Thirty feet of the Consolidated Virginia
shaft timbers are burned. Mr.. Mackey,
of the firm Of Flood e. O'Brien, says no
ore will be hoisted from the damaged
mines before next Spring; this throws
twenty five hundred men out of employ
ment; that five thousand people will
leave here, and all that is needed is
money to transport them.
San Francisco, Oct. 27.--No organized
movement has yet been made in this city
for the relief of Virginia. People are
ready and willing to contribute literally,
but Mayor Otis is confined to bed by i'll
ness, and no one has yet came forward
to head the movement. With the excep.
ton of six thousand dollars subscribed
yesterday by the big Stock Board, moth.
ing has been done. Sacramento, Santa
Cruz and Los Angeles have forwarded
money and supplies to some extent, and
there will probably be a pretty general
movement through the State. The Cali
fornia Theatre will give a benefit for the
sufferers Saturday evening. The morn
ing papers will urge the forming of Or
CARNATIONS, and no doubt something
will be done tomorrow.
Dispatches have been received to-day
giving further details of the Virginia con.
fagration and confirm the previous re-
ports as to the extent of the calamity
The scene during the progress of the fire
is beyond description. The wind blew
: gale driving cinders and flames far in
} advance of the burning buildings, render
ing all attempts to check the progress o.
the fire futile. Giant powder was freel,
used to blow up the buildings, and fire.
, quent heavy explosions shook the earth
The roof of the Catholic Church wa
blown hundred feet into the air, leav
ing the bare walls standing. BySo'clocl
q. IN. the excitement was at its hight
The streets were filled with people; team
sters struggling through; the fire fightin
at prese ntabe points; women shriekin
theiG cries of despair; curses q
engaged men; the roar of tn
flames; dull reports of explosion
/! as building after building took fire;
heavy thud and the crash of fallin
}, walls, the snap OF bursting iron-bars an
doors, the howl of the gale, all went
make up scene of indiscribable horro
By 10 a. IN. the Consolidated Virgin
hosting works building and mill wei
wrapped in flames and soon fell. tt
u new California steam mill then fell
- prey to the fire which swept to within
d few rods Of the G. & G. hosting worl
Il when the veering OF the wind turned Il
70 flames and carried them to the Oph
works, which soon fell. In the shaft Il
u timber caught fire, but was extinguisht
= without doing much harm. By II q. 4
: the flames had spent their fury, viii
u died away, leaving bed of smoulderil
v ruins three.quarters of mile long al
IS half mile wide.
D. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28.-The pre-
II dispatches published this morning 8,
p the very latest from the mines is th
the smoke from the Ophir is due entil
u ly to the first few timbers which we
10 burned. The men at the Ophir belle
" there is no fire below. The machine
VI is to be covered in and much of it is 90
III for use again. As soon as the timbe
~ can be had retimbering will commend
The Consolidated Virginia. which. Ii
"a. the Ophir, was bulkheaded by fill
Vi cars, is believed to be safe. Smoke Il
"' bulkhead but the foreman says it cal
from the Ophir and that there c
o. not possibly be any fire below. This
10y deemed strange my many as there is
ho connection between these mines exc,
al at point considerably below the 1O'
No foot level, and as strong coal-like {
81" comes from the Curry, it creates fea
~. The Gas can not 60 into the Savage
W the connecting level is bulkhead. FIR
"e information received this morning fr
ny. private sources it seems evident that
'w- exact condition of the mines is yet /,
'nu known. The presence Of gas and smC
'ra- excites considerable suspicion that 80
III serious damage has been sustained
ler' the workings. In the open session
''d' morning a feeling OF uncertainty '
manifested and Ophir and bona
stocks vibrated at figures off from ,
AZ terday's quotations.