The New York herald., 1875-10-27
ESTIMATED LOSS EIGHT MILLIONS.
San FRANcrsco. Cal.. oct. %. Is

SAN Francisco, Cal, Oct %. 1875.
special to the California Aha says:-Thc ophir
Works are totally destroyed All the principal business
portion of tho town is gone, and very many OF the
finest residences A space half mile by three quarters
is burned Two were killed this after
noon by falling wall There tremcn-
dous gale blowing all tho forenoon, and
engine burned. The estimated loss will probably
reach $sooooOo Hundreds OF people utterly des-
titute and hundreds of have been thrown out OF
employment The Catholic, Presbyterian and Epsco-
school houses thrown open for the sufferers. The
city authorities and citizens doing all they can but
the ruin is fearful. The city looks though had
been blasted by both fire and earthquake.
The most CHASTITY sight in tho city is the tremendous
machinery OF the mills and hosting works, standing
out like spcctres in the smoke There many sick
in the city, and many touching sights witnessed.
Among the of re the from the heights this
morning was most terrible; hotels, churches mills,
hosting works, newspaper Offices Opera House, busi-
a sea of fire. The wind blew gale and sometimes in
whirlwind Explosion followed explosion in rapid
succession.
THE EFFECT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco is seriously injured by the Virginia
fire. The Stock Board this forenoon panicky.
heavy decline was manifest along the whole list
The following the comparative prices OF the prn
cipal stocks yesterday and today
Consolidated Virginia. 800 22o
California. -. .......-................ 63h Do
Gould Curry. y.............-.......-.. 20 IA
At noon it was reported that the fire turned south
ward, running up the hill
The Wells-Fargo building reported burned is SAFE and
at this moment telegram says the flames are under
troll The Enterprise Office is consumed also the Catho-
lie church street; the Gould Il Curry shaft,
which so much depended for the Immediate working of
that and other mnes reported safc No estimate
be formed of the loss, but it amounts to
millions property actually destroyed and in rctard
ing the working Of tho mines. With all that wealth
can command, it will be many months before the
Bonanzas put in the working order that they
in yesterday. A stream of water Durst in upon the
Virginia Consolidated yesterday the 15oo level and
to-day there rro $50 feet of water in the mine Now with
all the pumping machinery destroyed there be no
estimate OF the damage done by the that great
mine
Many buildings blown up, but the east
and north nothing stopped checked the flames until
there was nothing to feed upon 1t looks as
though people generally bankrupt and it will take
a long timo for the city to recover from
the disaster. The only portion of the city saved
is that from Wells Fargo Co. s. which includes the
works of the Gould Curry, Savage, Halo & Nor
and Cholar but these just working
with few men, account OF the mines. There
4,000.or 5000 destitute people who have to find
homes for tho winter outside of Virginia City, for what
this morning Virginia City is but ruin.
In single sentence, in the midst of a calamity
fearful that the strongest minds yet realize
its dreadful magnitude