, 1875-10-27
Virginia City, New, Visited by
q Destructive Conaa-
grafton.
Nearly tho Whole Of tho Most V1lu-
able Portion OF Tho City
Laid In Ruins.
Hotels, Churches, Banks, Newspa-
per and Express Offices
All Destroyed.
Tile Quartz-Mills Of Several Of The Miu-
ing Companies Burned to
Lie Ground.
Ten Thousand Persons Rem
dered Homeless by the
Calamity.
The Business Portion Of Austin, mlss.'
The Business Portion Of Austin, Miss,
Burned on Monday Night.

VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.

gAs FRAYc1sco, Cal, Oct. ga aroat fire ie
now raging in Virginia Ctv. New. It brake oui
carly this morning. St1 or seven blocks have
already been DESTROYED. The otI,oe Of the We t.
e1n Union TeloRraul, and the railroad iepot haye
been burned.
L4TEn.
SAN FRANc1sco, CAL. Oct. 2C.-Owiue to the
destruction OF tho telegraph Office and tho prasH
OF private dispatches over tho fines It has beon
difficult to Obtain any CONNECTED information
concerning tho Virginia fro. The following,
however, 10 undoubtedly correct as far as 1t
goes:
1he hro broke ont about daylight in dwelling
on Street, near IayIor, point ut about tie
SOUTHWESTERN limit OF the buBneBs and thtcAls-
setuea portion Of tile city. It snresd
laP'dly, extending eastward towards tho rarine
~ WHICH are situated the work6 and mills
OF seSe'Al prominent ntues. Rencllipg o. far
an s'ecos horth"ara, tile flames crossed Union
aua sutton stfcets, covering apace Of nbout
ten olocss' comprising in tho words Of ono d.s-
PA''a' a'"ost
EVERY DECENT nu1LD1So IN TOWN.
as tue lfo worked mp u atreot, tho Offices Of the
Territorial Enterprise and Chronicle were do
| Htfofed. I'perh upora"llouao vas next In
lanes, and It became evident that the rarond-
depot and hoistfng.works Of tho Consolidated
slfgin'a "ero I'll danger. Tue wnter-supply was
'hade4aate' and tho engines Of litsIo usa.a.: Re-
COURSE "as had to blowing up buildings. It was
100 !aee, howeYor, and III fow mtputes tho de-
poi at'd hosslng works woro on fro. Tho latter
were recently completed at al, expense OF sav-
e5al hundred tAonsand dollars, and ware tho
nnest Oh tho Constock Lode.
Continuing to tho uorth aud cast, tho partially
completed mill OF tho Csllforula mihc mud the
cooso!dated Firg'nla mill were BOON In flames.
WHICH spsead still further north to tue Ophir
Aoishog "orxs' destroying them also, whicn Is
about tho limit Of destruction iu that direction,
tue tire dying ont for want Of fuel. From Tay-
lor street, near which the tiro orieinsted, it
SPREAD nouTuwAnD AGAINST TIE WIND
destroying tho branch Bank Of California and
We'ls-fargos espresa Office, a1d everything eso
ID it's line. At this point tho Gould L. Curry
"orke were in imminent danger, but were for
tunately saved. In short, nearly tue entire
buslpoas portion OF lilo to.n is In nsles.
uotcls churches, county buildings. newsuanor
telegraph. and exprcss oillccs arc all enept auay
Over 1G000 porsons arc lomelcss. Tho wind IL
picEcing, and much suffering IL Anticipated be-.
fore temporary aheltor CAL he prepared, Its
impossible at proscpt to cou,rctnre
7ur .vornr 80 -,,., ,o,,
,r.u s.,..,,a,,a. ~ ...u..,,. An1 Ao'9'
1919. @AA ee'psIHe HoAh1
above referred to Mill probably entail loss OF
81,00O, QUO within rndiuH Of few buudred
feet. Eortunataly tho al,af fta ~ both TIN nnh,.
and conuol,d,,ad r,ro;,,,. -v.r, t,,I ~.
Tue lire was Kept out Of tue u'inoa. Tho 0phir
mea say that possibly tlelr foss may be less
than nt tIrst supposed. AZ tho building vaa ~
light fsame, and might burn .i,bnnt. d.
atroy1ou I'm D,uc,inery ,rba ,ass IUa ~ ,"i, uo-
e'oSi"s NV u'aemne'y. 1ao 1888 Of buildings
INA naelcAahdlse IN The CITY must bo very
great, although covered to \ great extent BY Iu-
surance 1t IL no, kuoyn to what extent tia
IT, 49,. -. ~. t,e,Is oA'sP" -.
'ao s"ao ~ ~ 'ae op"t. "nete 'uo ioS8 ls placeu
~ *!oo,uGD to S20o,ooo; Insured for 4G0,Uu0 in
this city.
THE NEWS
creatcd tba vraatcst nxct.mont ou,,, =, IL.
cont,,d,ct,rs ,,st,,rs =, na.,,a. .k >,,. =" ."o
s.''".s rD.,. A@Ae " p'''a'a olspAtchea fe-
coiFoa' eah'osnla street was full OF wild
Fumo1s, aud tho telegraph and newspaper
otlices wore bestoged with people au1iously ness-
fnu ipte,l,oenco. An MINT havo hson axnaa,o5
s,,,ovs -, nnsa @' @'''hD "@'e 'es" sAPee'"o'
S@s y. eee .....
FELT TUE EFtEcT or fnE plsAsTEn,
aud 1lon the Board opened by call Of OphIr
theto was Tremendous rust. tic stock ,elIIno |
~ H., .out- C.,, 49, e'osA so"'o8
sif I'M r",1 'ifsn'a afoppea 10
~. ~ Ssry gloomy. a afst i xss IS sappossd ssi
..nn,sra ~ III uo,% ~ H. s1aa 40 noceSsaly
tst H. =. -ean, ~ "EA um tns pInanza mlnea and
Would rood tie nuns .u s,a D.naas o. wstef
uol .ss ssHro1 o. onsusu. 49!s' however, soou gave
t"at ~ .a "nd - "as soon aseoFta'ned
~ woro % aso to savsna f Tgss h,s "cfo a.! rgh
lev 10 tho n.stin, Az t.r Az tn s,nn 1
mas eoace'nsa, W ~ tno lonahza can aud Will 10
,uin lAoa sn'uuan ~ oo1!1 e curry Hnatt
w Mu h sae Moahs u sao eonsolloatot virginia
~. sao uo'uK teoaa4t tA9 oAsA4o aAu tYu!d l. Cur
~ pumps afo available 70 Tree the nlnes from
matvl' ~ aGo I&Aspseo tlat Ehe now holstlng-
W. W. ~ w wv ~ohaollaAISa s'4Etu!A Abu CaHIuf- |
~ nn4es' AaoWn o. 1Ae u u y. WORKS, "elo un.
nsIaaeo' INJURY also Drought cut tue TACT that
TIE iNstNAHci: COMPANIES,
taou9h mary Of them suner l1oavlly,. will come