Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-04
The VIRGINIA CITY FIRE.

SAN FRANCISCO, October PA
special dispatch to the Call this evening
from Virginia City, says the best bust
ness men estimate the loss at seven
millions five hundred thousand dollars,
one third Of the insurance being in
foreign companies, the rest in local
companies. A large number of women
and children have been to night sent
to Carson, Gold Hill, Reno and Gala
fornia. To-day there is a light wind,
and showery weather is threatening.
Hundreds are in the ruins searching for
articles of value. Safes are being
pulled out of the vaults of the Bank of
california. The vaults are all right
Oniy few papers were lost. Carson
sent a cai load of provisions for $500,
and they are being dealt out at the first
ward school-houses. Reno, Gold Hill
and other towns are sending food and
clothing. There are fully 5000 people
without food, beds, roofs or money.
OF these fully 500 are without neces-
sary clothes. Should s
HARSH WEATHER SOON SET IN
much suffering must ensue. The in
jured mines cannot resume, the en-
ployees say, if, they get the buildings
and machinery, under sixty days.
Rebuilding will be begun all over the
city, and this will give labor to hum
dreds in clearing the ruins, &c. The
people ale in good spirits, and while
terribly afflicted, are as plucky and
brave as can be- Hundreds are too
proud to say they need help, and ladies
go out and find women and children
needing food, but ashamed to beg it
This feeling is falling however, under
the kind offices of the committee,
which is already partly organized.
Some shantes are already being put up
Workmen are busy shutting off broken
water and gas pipes and getting the
worst of the debris out of the streets.
Some streets are utterly impossible
being choked with ruins.
THE FERoCTrY OF TIE FIRE, |
is seen in the twisted and warped iron
work and the heavy walls drawn out OF
shape. Dangerous walls are. thrown
down III the streets, and open lots
present a scene of .indescribable cons
fusion, numbered with broken furniture,
damaged goods and broken machinery.
The machinery of the hosting works is
believed to be badly damaged, but not
utterly ruined, The water in the
Consolidated Virginia has been pumped
off through Gould and Curry and other
mines, but the pumping facilities thus
far are inadequate. bs=,g
Last night the shaft of the Andes
mine was on FIRE and sent up
si~e "A COLUMN OF FLAMES
one hundred and fifty feet high. 1t is
believed it will burn out the shaft and
90 no further, communication being
pretty well cut off below. This mine is
south of the region of the fire, and
caught from flying cinders. Its build
ings are. not burned. Information
about the mines is that all the men go,
out without injury. Some of the burn
ing embers of the Ophir shaft fell down
and sent gases as of burning wood VI
in the Gould and Curry shaft, The
water was lifted up and then dropped
back, forcing the gases back. 1t il
| believed there is no fire in the Ophir al
ALL. Water, however, is kept on''tat
shaft. tsaoi r
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE SUFFERERS.
!. The Pacific Stock Exchange have
started subscription for the Virgins
sufferers, and expect to raise four o
five thousand dollars. A meeting wa
held to night, at which we're presen
l,Senators Sharon and Jones, Mayo
/ Otis, s. Baldwin, James B. 'KeenesisI
| C. Cooke, wv. DaColiman, w. F. Bah
cock and other prominent citizens, AM
5ia.committeer was appointed which vii
meet tomorrow to concoct measures o
[reIief, ]. ''rt .',4 $50 Ha Z
THE INSURANCE. - - ~
I It IS now stated that the insurance o.
The Virginia property has been great
underestiwsted, I and that the tots
i losses ), of the. companies cannot ia
much short Of two millions 1t
feared that one or two local oompanie
may 90 under.
j SAN FRAsc1sco, October 2S.-- Fri
vate dispatches convey the gratifying
information that the mines are all right
i Men have been through from The Goul'
& Curry mine q the Ophir, and Their
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