The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-29
FRIDAY. OCTOBER %, 1875.

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DISPATCHES received yesterday give
fpsthsr-detsils OF the Virginia con
f~syralion, which eonfrm the previ-
Gus reports, rs 70 The extent Of The
calamity. The scene during the pro-
gress Of the fire is beyond descrip
tionGzThe wind blew . perfect gale,
driving the ciuders and flames far in
adxance of. the burning buildings.
r~kntierfttaI All al attempts To chrek IL
ptrdetess mime. Giant powder was
freely used To blow up the building,
and frequent heavy explosions shook
the earth. The roof Of the Catholic
Church was blown a hundred feet
into the hfr,- leaving the bare walls
standing. 2By eight O'Clock in the
forenoon the excitement was at it,
heighth. The streets were filled with
people teamsters struggling through
tlte3 frP fighting al 'difitrehi
points; women shrieking their cries
OF despair; curses Of cnraged men
roar of the flames; dull reports of
explosions, as building after building
took4hre ;the heavy tlrud and crash
9fklie hnings walls; the snap Of the
Bursting honNbars and doors, md the
howl Of the gale, all went 10 make
up the scene Of indescrihable horror.
BY ten o'clock the Consolidated Vir-
ginia3hoiStipg- works building aud
hin, were Wrapped IN f%ianicS, aud
soon fv.I, The new CALIFORNIA stamp
mill next fell II prey To the fire, which
swppt tuf within a Few rods of the
Gould & Curry hoistiug works, when
the veering of the wind turned the
hames'anh tatried them 10 the Ophir
WaFkSXwbich soon fell in. The shaft
timhers caughtNfire, hut were eXtin-
gui,hed without doing much damage.
By eleven O'clock The flames had
sRent. their. fury, the wind died away.
IeaSing q bed of s~mouldrring ruins,
tksf4qIfarte1s2 ofa mile long aud
half a mile vide.
Mr.. Flood, at the firm of Flood &
O'Brism states that the work Of re-
pairing the damages to the works
and mills of the Consolidated Nir-
ginia aud Emifbrnia companies, will
be pushed to'cUnrpletiou with the ut
most dispatch; that the Could &
Curry shaft aud works would he of
nouse lo Them and that the produc-
ton must cease ill the old works are
7epaired ur new ones obtained. lie
was dfsfncimed toexpress his opinion
as to the length Of time it would take
to get in working order again, hut
intgna tedt that II would hespmething
over sixty days, saying it would be-
foolish To hold out hopes of Il too
early resumption Flood stated that
ah1fiG hi,p bep received from, the
Lady Washington company, of their
new hosting works, just completed,
at the Union foundry. These works
which are q, duplicate, in many re-
spects, ,d16se destroyed, would he
purchased if they could be made
available. All that he could say
with definiteneSs, aoOu the whole
matter, was, that the most feasible
plan or proceeding that suggested
itself would he pursued, whether OF
buying the new works or repairing
the old /; he did not know To what
eStent the old works were injured,
hut itcould be assumed with GER
tainty that the bed plates and some
machinery, are sound and uninjured,
but even il the least s%upposable dam
z were done, il would be folly to
expect that the necessary repairs
could be made within thirty days or
eyenyay considerable longer period.
The Consolidated Virginia mills will
be repaired Chs s6Bn as possible.
The difficulty about ore production
does not lie in the failure of the mill
ing fscifities, ior until The new estao-
hshaienf areLereeted, RECOURSE can be
had to the Brunswick d Morgan
mills, which are equal in capacity to
the ones burned, besides there are
several other smaller mills which
cqpiG b.. called into Fequisitipp-
As regards the Ophir mine and
works. aispselkss 4 Jst received show