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Show GENERAL. - - AFTER THE FIRE. A VIVID flCEftE. Description of the Great Vir-gluiu Vir-gluiu ttlitze. San Franciaco, 27. Despatches received re-ceived to-day giving further details ol the Virginia conflagration cod firm the previous reports as to the extent I of the calamity. The scene during the progress ot the fire iB beyond description. des-cription. The wind blew a gale, driving the cindors and flames tar in advance of the burning buildings, rendering all attempts to check the progress of the fire futile. Giant powder was freely used to blow up buildings and irequent heavy explosions ex-plosions shook the earth. The roof ol the Catholic church was blown a hundred feet into the air, leaving the baro walls standing. By eight o'clock a.m. the excitement was at iiu hpkdit. The streets were filled, with ! people, and teamsters struggling i through the crowd; the firemen ngbt-I ngbt-I ing at presentable points; women shrieking their cries of despair. The curses of the men; tho roar of flames; I reports of explosions, as building after building took fire. The heavy thud and craBh of falling walls, the snap ot bursting iron bars and doors, and the howl ot the gale, all went to make up a scene of indescribable horror. By 10 o'clock a.m., the Consolidated Virginia hoisting worki, building and mill were wrapped inflames, and soon fell. The new California stamp null then fell a prey to the fire, which swept to within a few rods of the C. & C. hoisting works, when a veering veer-ing of the wind turned the flamea and carried them to the Opbir works, which soon fell in. The shaft timbers caught fire, but were extinguished without doing much damage. By 11 a.m. the flames had spent their fury. The wind died away, leaving a bed of smouldering ruins three-quarters of a mile long and half a mile wide. 10.55 p.m. A special dispatch to the Cull this evening- from Virginia city, says tho best business men estimate esti-mate the loss at $7,500,000, one third in fureign companies, the rest in local companies. A large number of women and children have been sent to Carson, Gold Hill, Eeno and California Cali-fornia to-day. There is a light wind and showery weather threatening. Hundreds are in the ruins searching for articles of value; safes are being pulled out and vaults bursted open. The vault of the Bank of California is all right; only a few papers are lost. Carvon sent cooked provisions for 2,500, and they are being dealt out at the first ward school house. Reno, Gold Hill and other towns are j sending food and clothing. There, are fully 3,000 people without food,. beds, roofs or money. Oi these fully 500 are without necessary clothes. Should . harsh weather soon Bet in much suffering must ensue. The three injured mines cannot, the employes say, get buildings and machinery under sixty days, but rebuilding re-building will go on all over the city, and this will give labor to hundreds in clearing ruiris, etc. People are in good spirits, and while terribly afflicted, afflict-ed, are the pluckiest, bravest lot I ever had to do with. Hundreds are too proud to say they need help, and ladies go out and find women and "to "fteg'it. TLHITieelmg'iB relaxing, : however, under the kind offices of tbe relief committee, which is already organized. or-ganized. Some shanties are already being put up. Workmen are busy shutting off broken water and gas pi pes, and getting the worst debris out of the etreets. Some of the streets are utterly impassible, choked with ruins. The ferocity of the fire is seen in twisted, warped iron work, and heavy walls drawn out of shape. Dangerous Danger-ous walls are being blown up every few minutes, and others are being pushed over. The Btreets and open lots present a scene of indescribable contusion, lumbered with broken furniture, damaged goods and broken machinery. The machinery of the hoisting works burned is believed be-lieved to be badly damanged, but not utterly ruined. The water in the Consolidated Virginia is being pumped off through the Gould &, Curry and other mines, but pumping facilities thus far are inadequate. Last night the air shaft of the Andes mine was on fire, and sent up a column of flames 150 feet high. It is believed it will burn out the shaft and go no further, communication being pretty well cut ofl below. This mine is on the south of the region of the fire, and above it, ani took from flying cinders. Its buildings are not burned. Information Informa-tion about the mines is that all the men got out. Borne of the burning timbers of tho Opbir shaft fell down it, and sent gases as if burning wood up the Gould & Curry Bhaft. Water was lifted up and then dropped back forcing the gases back. It is believed there is no hre in the Opbir at all. Water, howover, is kept on, the shaft. The Post, this evening, publishes an account of an interview with Mr. Flood, of the firm of Flood & O'Brien. Flood stated that the work of repairing repair-ing the damages to the works and mills of the Consolidated Virginia and California, would he pushed to completion with the utraoBt dispatch; that the Gould k. Curry shaft and works would be of no use to them, aud that the productions of tho mine must cease till the old works could be repaired. Flood was disinclined dis-inclined to express an opinion as to tlio length of timo it would take to gi t it in working ordor again, but intimated in-timated something over sixty days, spying it would be foolish to hold uul hopes of a too early resumption. Flood stated that an ofl'or had been received from the Lady Washington company of their now hoisting works, just completed at the Union foundry. These works, which aro a duplicate in many respects of thoso destroyed, would bo purchased if they could be made available all that could be used with definitonesa. Alwut the whole matter was that the most feasible plan of proceedings that ' suggested itself would bo pursued, whether of bringing new work or repairing tho old. He did not know to what extent tho old works were injured, but it could be u&miutd with certainty that tho bed plates and other ol tho more Bolid pui u ol the macninery are Bound and uninjured; bnt even if tho least sup-posiblo sup-posiblo damage wore done it would ho lolly to expeet that necessary ropaira could be made inside of thirty days, or even a considerably longer period. Tlio Consolidated Virginia battery mill would bo also repaired as soon as posaiblo. Tho ontiro C. & 0. mill coat about $500,000, but the pan portion ot it was intact. The Consolidated Con-solidated Virginia mill was also very expoiisivo and oomplote. Tho difficulty diffi-culty about ore production, however, does not lie in tho tailuro of milling facilities, lor until now establishment were erected rucuurso could bo bad to the Krunswick and Morgan mills, which aro equal in capacity to thg one burned; besides, there were several other small mills'which could be called into requisition. As regards the Ophir mine and worki, despatches received to-day say the shaft is all right and , the boilers and most of the machinery ma-chinery available. A special dispatch to tho stock exchange from Virginia city, to-day, BayB the vault of tho Bank of California agency was blown open this morning and the treasure removed to Gold Hill agency. Several Sev-eral deaths have occurred from exposure, ex-posure, excitement and typhoid fever combined. 12 m. The Pacific ' stock exchange ex-change started subscriptions for the Virginia suflerers, and expect to raiso $4,000 or $5,00. There was a meeting meet-ing to-night at the Palace hotel. Among those present were Senators Sharon and Jones, Mayor Otis, E. J. Baldwin, James K. Kcene, J. O. Flood, W. T. Coleman, W. F. Bab-: cock and other prominent citizens. A committee was appointed to meet to-morrow to take measures for relief. With the exception of $0,000 Bub-scribed Bub-scribed yesterday by the big stock board, nothing of any consequence has been done. Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles have forwarded money and supplies to some extent, and there will probably bo a pretty general movement through the state. Tho California theatre will give a benefit for the sufferers on Saturday eveuing. It is now stated that tho insurance on Virginia property has hepn greatly undoiestimated and that tbe total losses to companies cannot fall much short of $12,000,000. It is feared that one or two of the local companies may go under. A special dispatch to the Call says the Gould & Curry mine is full ot gas from the injured mines. The mon can't go down to work. Thirty feet of the Consolidated Virginia shaft timbers are burned. Mackay,of the firm of Flood fc O'Brien, says no ore will be hoisted from the damaged mines before next spring; this throws 2.500 miners out of employment; that 5,000 people will leave here and all that is now needed is money to transport them. |