The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-29
THE GREAT CONFEDERATION
Further Details of the Disaster.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.
A special dispatch to the call from Vir-
ginia City says the best business men esti-
mate the loss at 100000 A large num-
Der of women and children have been sent
to Carson, Gold Hill, Reno and California
to-day. Light wind and showery weather
threatening. Hundreds are in the ruins
searching for articles of value. Safes are
being pulled out. The vaults of the bank
of California are all right, only few
papers being lost. Carson sent a car load
of provisions for $500, and they are being
dealt out at the first ward school house.
Reno, Gold Hill and other towns are send
ing food and clothing. There are fully B.
600 people without food, beds, roofs or
money. Of these fully 500 are without
necessary clothes. Should harsh weather
soon set In much suffering must ensne
The injured mines cannot, the employees
say, get the buildings and machinery ready
under go days. Rebuilding will go on all
over the city, and this will give labor to
hundreds in clearing the ruins, etc. The
people are in good spirits, and while terri
bly, afflicted, are the pluckiest, bravest lot
ever had TO deal with. Hundreds are too
proud to say that they need help, and ladies
60 out and find women aud children need
ing food, but ashamed to beg it. This
feeling is relaxing however, under the
iind offices of the relief committee which
is already partly organized. Some shantes
are already being put up. Workmen are
busy shutting off the broken water and
gas pipes and getting the worst debris out
of the streets. Some streets are utterly
impossible, being choked with ruins. The
ferocity of the fire is seen In the twisted
and warped iron work and heavy walls
drawn out OF shape. Dangerous walls are
being blown up every few minutes and
others pushed down. The streets and open
lots present scene of indescribable con-
fusion, being numbered with broken furni-
ture, damaged goods and broken machinery
The machinery of the hosting works
burned is believed to be badly damaged, but
not utterly ruined. The water in Consoli-
dated Virginia has been pumped off
through Gould aud Curry mines, but the
pumping facilities are inadequate. Last
night a shaft of the Andes mine was on fire
and sent up a column of flames 100 feet
high and it is believed it will burn out the
shaft and so no further, communication
being pretty well cut off below this mine.
1t took fire from flying cinders. Its build
ings are not burned. Information about
the mines is that all thu men got out with
out injury.
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED MEN THROWN OUT
OF EMPLOYMENT
Another special to the Call from Virginia
City says the Gould 81 Curry mine is full
Of gas from injured mInes Men can't go
down. Work is stopped in the mines.
Thirty feet of the Consolidated Virginia
shaft timbers are burned. John Mackey,
of the firm of Flood & O'Brien, says no ore
will be hoistcd from the damaged mines
before next spring that this throws $500
men out of employment, and that 5000
people will leave here, and all that is now
needed is money to transport them.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
The Pacific stock exchange have started
a suhacr'. 49," for thu V;-ri"," Ti.r e"#a--
ers. They expect to raise $4,000 or So
600. At meeting last night Senators
were appointed a committee which will
meet to-day to concert measures OF relief
1t is now stated that the insurance on
Virginia City property has been greatly
underestlmated, and that the total losses of
can't fall much short of 3d.
900 900. 1t is feared that one or two local
may go under.
New YORK. Oct. 2S.
Laidlow & Co., agents of the bank of
California in this city, announce their
readiness to receive and forward subscrip-
tons in aid of Virginia City, and acknowl-
edge the receipt of l,4O0 yesterday for
this purpose.
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. %.
The worst is over in Virginia City, and
matters are much more cheerful. The
women are doing noble work in allevlat-
ing suffering. A large number of men
are employed in clearing away the ruins,
some firms are going into business
again, and some buildings are
being rebuilt. Insurance adjusters are hard
at work. They state the liabilities at half
a million. There is to be n meeting TO see
about petitloning an extra session of the
legislature TO provide for cases arising
from the destruction of records and NUM-
cipal institutions