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Show VIRGINIA CITY. Effects of the Disaster on he Stock Market. A TERRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIR 9 IN THE DESTROYED CITY. j Help Wanted for Hie De dilute di-lute uii U Homeless . Sao Francisco, 27. The feeling on the street this morning is better than yesterday, and there is less disposition to mapoify the Virginia disaster. Contradictory reports are still floattig about concerning the fire in the OpMr shaft, some professing to believe tlat the danitige is known by insiders tobe much graiter than admitted. 'Hie most authentic inlormation, howevtr, is thai die shaft has suffered no material ma-terial injury. It is reported on apparently good authority that tie new hoisting works of the Laiy Washington mine, which are simihr in power and pattern to the Consul-dated Consul-dated Virginia will be 6et up on lie ' latter mine without delay. The works are low on the Lady Wasbingttu grounds, but not yet in position, aud can bo made available on the Consolidated Consoli-dated Virginia in a very short tinu. Well informed parties ht.tte con fid eh-ti;dly eh-ti;dly Unit the Consolidated Virginia will pay five dollars dividend for Uo or three months, until under full headway again. No definite advicts are received yet as to the extent f the dumage to the . several mining propcrtiea involved. The total loss ky the fire is now placed at $3,000,001). On the street this morning stocks weie about ns follows: Best & Belcher, California, -S5-H; Consolidated Virginia, Vir-ginia, -250; Gould & Curry, $20; Kale it Xorcrosa, $34; Ophir, $4J; Savage, $S5. j At present it is impossible to stale the loss or life. Two men were killed on C street by tho falling of a wall. There were numberless other casualties. casual-ties. Hundreds of families are homeless home-less and hungry. The school housci, tho only public buildings lelt, iie open to them, but if immediate relief is not eiteuded, great suffering will ensue. Utter demoralization reigns in the city. Men, women and children wander about the streets, scekiug shelter. The surrounding hills are dotted with camp fires. Few saloois remain, but supplies of liquor haie not been lacking, and the streets aie alive with a drunken mob. The military mili-tary is patrolling the city for the pro-teclion pro-teclion oi property. |