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MAX oCHWKRiN,
era
THE EARTHQUAKE
f t-onver-ntion
or. " vi r
dne-day
t on tho
th rughou t
anhquake f.1
r. It w a-
f--w 1011.11;.--
Y,
K-k f,
..- il.
.re -hovk
it.'d (Vl.iM.l-
I f.
:.t. Tie w b ...... r, -
us.-! .i:. 1 w it.' ix-wii ii re.l
t.g iims. and tho violent
ar
ni:
ik .
t their I. u ild in gs. For r.eftrly
ft-Tilie shock, ladies of ad-
u r
j.-niing !'ti ili tugs sto-id at the upper
u ; r. i ,s anil conversed with wonder
:il'iu the strange occurrence . the gui-ftd
st ih
antral lloU'I and listen Houpe
in w.!.. n tlie huildinp" bewail
r. - it..- i f theni. who were
lirn.ic. very ur.i-i'rt'niunii'Ufly ,
-; li":ilk-i i;rm; were to be
".i.-wir.i: thee.iu.se. hi?Uiry Mil
f enrtli-,',iak en pnera'.'.y .
a i- -Ti.l k thk r 1 i.i .
- 11. l'avn Hd n the -triH-'.
-Iru; iter' fur pr's.-ription
r i
-h.-l
f r
l u
i r-t
L is -i
i r 1 a nei
k states
'. then felt a
..lleil by
ii henumbed
re. ;u.re 1 help
he
treml In.
f the
ate
eirtr. .
u he h
'.!. v. le-
I irt
t! . x.-it
T'im
ie. Mr K
t.me the
f li..- 1,
think
wn.-. i :r t"
1 n h m'.jelf .
i-vrt it
pr iic
i i r .'f
rulemen w er sitting
N. IhitTy's drug su re at the
te-k was f,-lt they niade for
t w r.i. but little ceremony or
r. ti." order i f gT'int- The
the Southern Kxpress nlice
the -tr..
'Ul:!;:v
e '. e k at
w -v. puipi'd t y the vibration at three
in 1 ,i h.iif minute to 10 o'clock. The
-look at Creen. Koy A Co. s banking
house was also dtoppil. Mr. Ferobp 's
ol.x'k wa aldo itoppsd, whiio Capt. E.
H. lCiterts haji one that had sternly re
fused t" run for two yer instanta
neously started and Iias bwn running
ou t.uje ever since.
At I r . (Tark'a the family thought it
wis him practicing with dumb bell.".
Half a di ii n or more persona thought
it wiv "the d.; crauhing ties olT of
hin-.self." i 'hp went si far as to go to
the d. s r t. r-t. p the dog, but found he
a.s le t there then thought some one up
st.vir-. hid .1 tit :uid had fallen on the lloor
with fearful convulsion, and starting
up there wa.s gre t d w itii inmuxu
from that hx-ahty as "whatw the mat-U-r
1 im the fTiibjiM-t of fit there was a
ihvi'Micv if impnnwKns. Siuio themght
i.thern had a fit. and one or two thought
they then-Metre had a tit.
ruur men were silting U;etier to
of them thought it a tha other two
shak their fe-t. while the ah a kin
fe. t 1 irtien thought a very h.rge wagon
w.- coming down tlie atreet-
bein tlu'Ughl they wcro di ing, Mud
hiu one Uiat w e have hoard of oipxeMsed
.1 dotire bo du-. but getting no immedi
ate aaoistanee in that direction, expe-rieui-.si
a change of mind and showed
visible signs of anting to In e.
gentleman and lady were waJkiEg
up Pr iad street and their attention tu
v.tt si ightly attracted to the event utuf!
1 numbi'i uf pronn grejuly excited
brought it f ireibly U'forn tliem
A gentleman who had recently moved
int.' a newly-bought houn U0mht it
wis haunuvl. but on examinins; the
w :i..t.. and fc-oiic it iiuiverin like an
i"l n leaf at one advised his wife and
gutt ' tryaui'lher move, which wa
u nau 1 mi 'U.sl r agrexl to
and acted upon '
m light inarching order
gr.-at numtr
f persons were or- j
dere.l u i,uit shaking the bed. ar.d in
inm ruos warm dwcusnions jrad a
1.1 wh.. u sh.iking it. but whin the
dr";'utaius di-u-oreresl that it wad more
than une rdir.arv shako, ech stmck
sit for th- lower storie of the dwel
ling An invalid ia-'.y who had bevn on Nxl
ail the d ay prev 1011 s 1 n an att e; n in w ith
an att.aek f ihrumati'ni w ns the t'.rst
lie rx.ofioid in th h.al! i. th. rlr"t j
- -'welling.
: r 1 n v.- T -and
li. ,k k
-. th- bank:
Th
-"ugh an -p
re. tor. -afe
V CoUlll
-. : -'t wren
Mi
; vr S t n m
ng h-tise f
'.. parte,! at
n win, w
t.- -.in- f r
il a uneer
ti.e w '.r.d -w
rk i
L f -e r
At the N
Uer. rr . .
Mr '.
,1 1 in k i:
i t y t:.a
ir r a a v.
t:
ill li:ig
ir.-t:tiition.
b. k - keeper
usr.al . il b- ir.g
lie sough- r, f
-!'..v! ,1'"UT.d to
tlie new-,
sk f r '.I-.-
d -au.-sl
jar
uid b
ill
: :.nn g.--'.
.i red lady,
w : 1 1 i . Ii'm'
V w e.i'.dn't
. '. v . ioe
sk is - r 10 j '.
t t
u:h
i : i . i . i
' il tlc-r. f .1
at the w a T
;rceptit h
N rth and
o i, d,:'. re
the lime th
:' r : , . a half
an d
nth.
t t.
at tin
. nitherr.
I . Ut' S t
: . k
u I . '. r -.
til.-
tal
iv night
ard fr-m
was t r s t
: :.g-.n ..;
. fr-:n their
': f'r- m
1 f rem us
x-irii abi ut
. ur.l the
plan:
f r
nd i o-1 1 . 1 w a
T.ii:.t
thr--'
r : rse
seemed t I"
"rth. woft
.tiili-
.V. r--i. .-. f.
x 'it. -:.- n: . -i
TV' hoteii - w It'll V It
It i: ndo'i t toii ly orui s
cit- i'ie:'.; tlimuh
n 7 iiinnv veil-
nr. 1.
I ri n i
iiro
ft-t 'i
TV
the
nr
. l .e'.
e 1 V t'
Ne-vs
1 fr-
.rlv
it
been ....tie t.. . n-i l!.r.
ehininr - .f 1 Teak :
T k' TT ,ie-ck -.'
'. .r.
. iev. n o
-ia.-i- am
h 're 'i
g:v.'.y as a: .n.y lace. 1: ti.rcw d. wn
about tu.r.ty d.iiuui'i-. Several per-on-
w -i.t ioi,vi:. : - throng!;
frigl t. t '. here th. h .-.( wa.- r -v.
i ioler.1- Tin :- were sin . ".r ;.t :il- 1;
1 o'clock. -5 .-lock and f .; o'clock the
m rning and Hi aN'Ui " o clock ml ' '.
oVhs-k this afternoon, r.reat far i- ver
express, i b many p ( I -. f re -urref.ee
tonight ! Keuoru fr 1:. Char it--
U-.n show t;,t periiap i.i'iy people .. v
been kill d and that 1 cf ;r p. tty
aggregates :iveiT.ii!-. r. ! '.lars. Kep. r's
of great disaster at 1 oiuno ia s -were
received this ifterr.n ! 1
there stated that iwr rift j .- pl" hn i
been killed .-.lid that the ;it wo.- .:i
ruitm. A Jinputoh received tonight tii
peani to modify this. .ic sh vks wi re
unquestionably the -record
in th-- A'.'.ar.t:
at Norfolk w"rp thai,
forma. Gov 'aies
flov . Shcpperd i f s.
deru.g aid ar.d a- k .1 g
-t v
ta: es.
i.ent - n
and w ere
ire .;-.! :1 in t 'a'.i
has telegraphed
th Carolina, '.en
:f Ii. needs it.
r. A. Oi.;-.
. , fHVt-
terrific.
1. The
llou.-ee
earthquake here
fell on every idr. ?.-Pflt consternation
prevaihsi. The street were filled with
the eros- an i mourning of the people
who were ultorly unmanned at tlie
territic cjttastr-iphe. Sixty people were
instantly killed ; nmny others injured.
The rM are filled with the ruins of
buildings and falling chimneys. Kires
occurred in several places and the city
Is now cn tire, but under control.
Nkw York. Spt. 1. The point from
which the railroad leading into i ,harl.e
ton ie snbmorged, is Rokenolls. a place
on the Savannah A Charleston railroad,
about eighteen mile dLstant from the
ofty. It is probable that part of the
track under water that has been cov
ered was the cause of a heavy rise in the
river.
Sa-- NNH. Ga., .S.1.. ". - -', a. ni.
Three distinct shocks hav been felt
here since midnight. The last occurred
at 3.40 a. m. All the ahcx-kn were of
ahort duration and uot violent. The
people" are still greatly excited itiid are
sitting out in the straet and squares, or
orowcTing anmnd the telegmph and
newspaper otHc. No word can be ob
tained from Charleston. Tl.e general
impression i that the city ha suffered
senrru.sly. Tt is srupprysed that the cable
under the Ashley river is broken. At
Mybee island, at the mouth of tlie
SavanneJi river, the lenses in the light
house were destroyed. The people on
the island telephone l.- this city that
they are in a state nf terror.
There c&a be no comnnnic.ition with
j the main lajnd until daylight, and all
I the inkabitantfl ar-; e in b 1 exl on high
Land. The island wad sw ept by a tulal
wave in August, f-l, and th" people
! fear a similar disftuter now.
Cu.-an.FsT-1 -. v. C. . Sept. 1 -Ar.
j earth(.uake, such a had never Ix-fore
been known in the history of this city,
swept over Charleston Last night shortly
after lorioct. causing more loss ana
injury projs'riv unu mi inmr iiw ii
Life tWvn the crolone of tho year before.
The city is wrocked, tU street are en
cumbered with mailed o faXleu brick
and tAngled telegraph and telephone
wirew l"p to an early hour it was al
most imp.sible to iuss frm one part
of nhe caty to another. The lirst shock
was by far ui'Xst severe. Most of the
people with their famine.-- pjwsed the
night in the street, which even tins
morning are crew de i with jnv pie afraid
Ui re-enter their hon-is. M to than
sixty people were lulled ar. ! wounded.
cJtieliv colored. Among the w lutee
HllT .r- r .1 '!, , r.l r.. M .1
T v r "'. -.. ',J i . , 1: .,
I.vr..
Ain-iey Ivch,. :-.
Kire '. r -ke i:'. in l.'T-r. -t ;a
uheCTty. : run; J i lato, v after ih i
cjuas. ana -vino, are Jt.ll burning,
the:-- .- I. .a: g -r -, r, ..
: . - - .-- ' i ' ..
resr. '
T.'.i grams ftua. .-itis ir. S-uiti.
lina and I iia.ru c.. :. -tuio-I
s'.ernatioe revn.l- :: a mi
irth
but : ; u --.
at
and rrmny fi-r that a : i
hav happened
Cii'K;.i7 -s s-pt. ' T:
te.rriol' earth juake here last
tf 'vie m. The prLL.cip.il blir
i;g..t at
e. P r
ticU f tie. city W i.s dertro)
dteds of ts'i-scns w er.- r.-u
i and l,-n-T"
I hi II. e-
h1. Mm were
were t-eefshir.g
mighty. il." u.a:
frantic nr. 1
men
. Al
. citv
Cher
o'ong
rablv
rcy 'r
l th
U.-e
in -Latu-.i
hai. and i
- buil i i n g.-
ha. i. 1: bernian
we'd kii. iwn pui
St. Michael's ch..r.h
damaged Many
injured. lir. ad stre.
ta:le cf t:.e '..tiiK
wouieii . ariTcsl w ith
valiantly to rescue i
tur.au-e. Mc tir.g -l:
Hazel, i- a wn-k an !
fortunates. To add
the scne, i.. any lir
were ineffectually i
d' ;.r-.::.i. i.t. 1 :.e I:
w .:h '.to- r a:.- , I
screa:::." -f the wcun
i rv c( the ti :-. i n j ii rod
uj .-sc. irna'.e ti l -s.
w . r-- I
pb-
t i r..s.':
-t horr
I.HU-1;
fit.i1.
Ml
t.-
foug
ie i i.i.:
. -. fr
n i 'r. a 1 to
is 1
He
1 w it t . u u -
... th.
s br
ing ht
-i.t
horrors of
k. i ,:t and
by th lire
i.
k Ha
' prav -
- issilde
'!.- r
1 th.
I-r
p. r;y
lav
Mi -!.
l'h
cny.
ha.. :
1 !'
.t t n
'.al'Ite
I, s
iden
1 tin in
i r i.
' i . :.
I.d il. a few
w.th li'inn:
w th fright,
ur i xol.am.a:
us. "i i "!
e! pe,l,'
Mv (rod.
ti. ,t
, aak.
w a.- i
the : r.
lis m. or. -
plu-el siy a 00.0h -As far m
cmld bo aaealntJ dUifl the niht.
i -.fteon to twory vw irerqkUled
una a mucn Rreaier wvombo in aii
srts r.f otvi. Tim low. of human lifn
will be Urce. and it will take days to
K' l at. tlu accurate number. Shocks
pijually Kj severe were felt at a diptance
"f ihirty-hvr niilen :ind have done ines
timable dainitr" to railroad and tele
graph proierty Charleston is now en
tirely isolated from the otitsi.ie world.
C.IaHI.KsTh.v. S. C. Sept. I. Two
slight shcH-ks of earthiuake have been
felt here
since the morning; the Hret at
- 'J.i a.m. and one at about 1 :JU p
mu is n n o ' oritur l-'i r m
Neither of them did any furthrr des
truction. Not even during Gen. Gil
ni' ire's bombardment of the city hag
there ever been snch a deplorable state
of affairs here. The city is literally in
r-iic-i, and the people are living in the
onuri s iuares and m the public parks
There is a creat rush to the depots to
get away, but owing to the earthquake
n 1 trains ha e !een able to be dispatch- Tiiere a woman lies on the pave
ed from the citv. Telegraphic cotumu-.m., tt.nn.i (., ,rt ,,e
nication is also cut off. except one win
of the Southern telecraDh comnanr
whi-h is crowded with anxious private
messages, u is impossible to depict the
r-.r.p. and desolation that prevail here,
00- a sing
city, save a
preparing p
le
place of business in the
drug store, which is busy
escriptions for the wound-
' 1 is r,p.-.p.. 1; in impossible also to
give any correct estimate of the killed
and wounded, asbodiee are constantly
being disinterred from the debris of
w recked houses. hie undertaker stated
hat h" ha i furnished eight coffins up
to i,, inn today. Many of the dead are
lying unburied. principally of the poor-
. r classes of colored people, who will
be buried by the county. There are not to be mistaken. It grows louder
l.a.f a 1 u;en tents in the city and . .. 0 , .. ., ,
women and children ar- ex,eriencing lnd nearer, the growl ot a wild
great privations in consequence. As beast swiftly approaching his prey,
night approaches most of the heads of and all is forgotten again in the
families are trying to construct tents frenzied rush for open spaces, where
,nf K..l - Vi m o r r n tx- n , n era nr-on', .1 -1 i -, r .
'Ut
L-vj .-1,,-.. i3. c-i. u.u-,.:. ;
t;
material that ccmes to
vuv...
n ls. t-isures in the earth are no-i
need, from whicJafine sand, apparently
from a great depth, exudes. A sulphur-
-us smell is very noticeable.
News and Courier Account.
HAUhEsfuN. Spgts' 1. The
compositors of the Writ and four
" ' decline to work tornght, expect
ing fresh shocks ol etirthijuakes,
and the patier cannot therefore be
issued tomorrow. The
following
article waa prepartKl to 4)rrtr)icavoe
for the AVim pm t'ttrr tWCl is
telegraphel almost in tke irrifstB
own words: "NeceasatUl. ."tfaWsMdy
description that can bo givea of
the disaster which iiaa befallen our
city consists in the narmlion of ex- j feeling of deliverance from iin
perienee.s and observations of in i pending calamity, which it may
dividuals. antl the subject being
the same and the experiences of all
being nearly alike, the story told
by one careful observer may well
Htand for a hundred others, with
slight variations. Probably the alleys that lead into it to either
best idea that can be had of the ' side, is heard that chorus of wail-ehar.R-ter
of the disturbance there-j ing and lamentation which though
fore may Ik obtained from the nar-i it had not ceased, was scarcely no
ration of the events and scenes of : ticed a moment before. It is a
Wedue.sday night a.s they were ' dreadful sound, the sound of help
presenttvl "ti a single person while less, horror-stricken humanity, old
engaged in his usual duties in the ! and young, strong and feeble alike,
second story room of the aV-v- and where all are so feeble, calling for
Onirii-r office. J help from their fellow-creatures aud
At the time of tho first shock the 1 raising their anguished voices in
writer's attention w;ws vaguely at-' petition to heaven for mercy where
tracted by a sound which seemed i no human aid could avail. It is
to come from the office below and not a scene to be described by any
which wa-s supposed for a moment I mortal tongue or pen. It is not a
to be caused bv the ranid rolling of i scene to be forgotten when it has
heavy brxtv as an iron safe or a:
heavily laden trnck over tho floor.
Accompanying this sound there
wa.s ;k perceptible tremor of the
building, not more marked, how.
ever, th.ui wotild be caused by the
passage of a street car or a dray
along the street. For perhaps twe
or three seconds the occurrence ex
cited no surprise or comment. Then
by swift degrees, or perhaps all art
once, it is diflk-ult to say which,
t,h.e sonnd deepened in volume, the
tremor became more decided, the
ear caught the rattle of the win
dows, gas fixtures and other loose
objects. 1 he men in the ofljee,
with a perhaps simultaneous uash , enacieu on iroau street, arouuu
of recollection ot the earthquake of the Xacs and Courier office, re
the l-'riday before, glanced hurried-1 peated at every step of the way.
ly at each other and sprang to their St. Michael's steeple towered high
foot with startled questions and and white above the gloom, seem-an-wcrs.
The hmtr roll deepened ! ingly uninjured. The station house.
and spread into an awful roar that 1 a massive brick building across the ! trade. Relief parties are on their way
seemed to pervade at once, the : street, had apparently lost its roof, ! to Charleston in steamers and in rev
trotibled earth and the still air which had fallen around it. A little enue cutters, and tents haye been sent
alio-, e and around. The tremor : further on the roof of the portico of there.
wits eiiiy a inJr, rapid quiver that
air;tat-d the whole lofty, .strong
w.d'.ed buiid.nc. as though ;t were
be. no; sL.iki M by the hand of an
;:ii:ne asurabie power, with the in-u-:c.
:' 'e.u 'units asunder.
I'lu i e w a-- no intermission m the
vibrations oi the mighty subter
ranean engine troni first to last. It
ntinuous jar, only adding
everv moment, anil as it
was a
Ii'Ii-e a
ached and reiwhed thechmax
api.r
of It."
manifestation it seemed for a
lew
of 1
". ,
loo
', iar
terr
le seconds that no work
:i an
ande could possibly sur-1
w.-re heaving under',
lie
'IPs
urroundinsr walls aud
wsibh swayed to and braced in it eould not be reached
.ush of' falling masses of 'by the nearest buildings iu the
brick and mortar was; event of their fall. From this
and without the terrible . crowd, composed of meu, women
the ear and seemed to : and children of both races, arose
d and heart, dazintr ier- incessant calls and cries and lamen
If'o, tho l
..tone a:.i
overhead
roar til'.ei
nil tlie in
cepiion, Pewildering thought and
loi a few panting breaths, or while
i e, i lu-bl otir breath in dreadful
i:.t .cipat.on of immediate and cruel
deatli. o:: ult that life was already,
; i-f ahd waited for the end as a
v:c'.m w:;li his head on the block
await.s the fall of the uplifted axe.
I: l- hot g;vi ii to many men to look
mi the lace of death and yet live,
hir it is little to -ay that the group
of .-iron ' men who shared the ex
pei i, pee alxne faintly described
'v..'. ca: ry with them the recollec-
d I hat supreme moment to
i.
-,i ii :::' d.i . No one expected
escape. -V Midden rush was
mitaneo'.i.-ly made, to elldeavoi
.it r .mi the open air and liue lor
il.we ol safety, but before the
oor W :
. the
is reaelietl ail reeled togetner
'ottering wall and stopped,
ii-litigihat hope was vain; that it
a a- onlv a question of doath in the
iiiilm ' o; ;t In. ii. to be buried b
!..- -,:ik;;ic i ool or cru.-lied by the
.ppb.ttg '.bi'ic. 'Ihe uproar sicw 1
1 ' ' d ,ii ay i il 'ho seeming d . .-1 a lice .
1 in- ear: h -a is m and oh the
'oi. --,-,1 i.liel of that sthhies-. I'.ut
i,o-A r i : 1 1 '. : sih-nci- was broken,
-we it i -1 1 1-. I i ! i v n the !a:rwa
.i ; : i on' . tr o 'he -l reel a! reads on
e-,, : -,,le .na.se shriek-. ei;e-of
p..'. . lO.l fear, prayei - and wadings
1 1
in tied women and children,
m le
I l
ngled with the hoaise -hotits
;.-,l men. i hit :n the stieet
' w a- Idled to the height lif
ii-i - w : h a vr hiti-h i loud of
M :'i;ng dust. 1 1 1 m the li me
ot : at Mid shat tered ma-oui v
which, fall hip upon the pavement
fln.i ffmp ni.i.iwiv h.i.l himn m.
dnce1 t0 0wder. Throuch this
. , , - . .. ' , . w
clond. dense as a lop. the pas lights
flickered dimly, shedding bnt little
li rht. so that you stumbled at everv
step over piles ot tinct or became
entangled in lines of telegraph wire
that depended in every direction
n "in tnen in.h.eu supports, un
every side were th harrying forms
01 men ami w 'icn. hnrehoaiiofi.
partiav ,lrPSl .;. 0me almost
-
nude, manv of whnui were nearly
crazed with (ear or excitement
A woman was seen, half fall
ing in the arms of her husband.
wild r-eii i- tritid T i-
oothe her
" ' .' 11.. wi'l-ui U , x
while he earned her info an
' open space at
present safe
1 street corner, where
V seemed assured,
stretched limbs, and the crowd
passes her by, lor the time, not
pausing to set! .whether she be alive
or dead Suddenly a lip-ht rlares
through a window 'overlooking the
. , J?
i eet. 11 uecomes momentarily
"I'suu i iiim eiieo i t-duunn uuui tire
multitude. .V rush is made towards
the siot. A man is seen doubled
up and helpless against a wall, but
at this moment, somewhere out at
mea, overhead, deep in the gronnd,
is heard again the low, ominous
roll which is alread v too well known
o a,,, t iPTP w lotvti ot ippnnrr rainr
1. "Tll 1 1 -1 I .-,
IIIUUU il Uf. J.1II! UUilUliliiS KJll
either hand blot out the skies and
stars and seem to overhang every
foot of gTound beneath them. Shat
tered cornices and the tops of their
frowning walls seemed piled from
both sides to the center of the
street. It would seem that a touch
would send the shatttered masses
left standing, down upon the people
below, who look up to them and
shrink together as the tremor of
the earthquake again passes under
them and the mysterious reverbera
tions swell and roll along like some
Infernal drum-beat summoning them
them to dve.
It passes away and
again is experienced the
blessed
well be believed, evokes a mute
but earnest offering of mingled
prayer aud thanksgiving from every
heart in the throng. Again, far
along the street and up from the
oeen wicnesseu anu wnen tue wu
uess has shared all its' dariiTjer and
Telt all its agony. The fir-ai shock
occurred at seven minate4,rj ten,
in.dicaUil this morhiiig by
t'puiilic clocks, the handi on
ich tu3d stopped at that fateful
it, as' though to mark the end of
time for so many who had heard
the preceding hour pealed forth by
St. Michael's chimes without a
thought but of a long and happy
life. The second shock, which was
but a faint and crisp echo of the
first, was felt eight minutes later.
As it passed away the writer start
ed homeward to find the scenes
Hibernian hall, a handsome build
ing m the Grecian style, had
crashed to the ground, carrying
down part oi tlie massive granite
pillars with it. All the way up
Meeting street, which in respect of
its general direction and impor
tance may be called the Broadway
of Charleston, the roadway was
piled with debris from the tops of
walls. The third shock was felt
about ten minutes after the second.
I . .., . . i
and ot course caused cue greatest ,
alarm in that neighborhood as else-'
where. At Marion square a great
crowd Had congregated, as even
the edges of the wide spaces em-
tations, while
over the motley,
half dressed throng was shed the
lurid light ot" a conflagration which
had broken out just bevoud the
square iininediately after the first
shock and had now wholly envel
oped several buildings hi ilames.
In three quarters oi the town at the
s une time similar 1 irge fires were
. i
IUU
observed under full headway
the awful significance of the earth
quake may be most fully apprecia
ted, perhaps, when it is said that
with these tremendous fires blazing
tip all at once around them and
threatening the city with total de
struction, the people whom you
met on tin- streets or saw gathered
together in group.- in opt-u places
evideiitk did not give them a
tnougnt. o
rnddv tlanu-s or
me watched the
the pillar,- of cloud
the st:ll night air.
rising high m
All were too intent on listening
w:
:h -:ra;:io.l
i.-e- for the dread
: hat horrible growl
oee; --.nder the si-a
'.' g-v,. thought
d". 'hough 'I had
il rcfuvretict
or groan ol
and iiioicr
to a row
threatened
la
te r io
i '. n !i' une and
::..- :n tile doomed
unci hi from every
in' ,.;a lie Ml-- lie -igh
.; ioni been 111
i! c i eh- and life de
ing w it bin its grassy
; c,i:.-, carnages and
ir.iiiy o
citw I
;h.
direct 10
-el l lied
deed a
(.ended
bounds
other
coal :i
on p.,
Si 1 1
oicie- Welt' ranged : ii lines
-tieet- ,-ui roun ding the
while horses stood .Mock
quati
t !i t unic
,1 I,,
ids. ;is ! hough
:n anxi'-u- lii-
'i.O c I
;n!
i QMiry. The crowded people every
: wlicn. u-,.n l,u.,l unrf nnwainir in
their deel.traf ions of alarm, in the
, : , . '. :
i siapiiiu ol hymns and in lervent
appeals for (iod's mercy, in which
anneals God knows manv a nrond
; heart who heard them arising in
j the night and in the hour of His
' wondrous might devoutly and hum-
: oiv ami sincerely loineu. uanger
brings all of us to the level of the
nw n . "hi wen no disrinp.
, tions of nlee nr nower. nrido or
! caste.
- - i - - - r- 7 r
I'" " i' "l
in the
assemblages that
were rriflirn1 f nrrnt ri e? in C.h a rlrfia.
I -'- , in.tj! v uvf,iim.i " "
ton Tuesday night. It was a
! curious sopctacle to look back nnon.
,It is a good one to remember for
.L IO tfc .JJl U1IC LU iriUCIil lICl 1UI
, white and black alike. There were
( instances of unselfish devotion, ofgeen. This latter fact indicated that the
kind and lovinc- ropard. between force was beini? exerted at a rather
master and servant, mistress and
maid, in the presence of a common : to be the hmit of the forco
ill and of threatened ruin, that
should, as nothing else could, show EAKTHtJUAKLS.
how strong is the tie that binds our Xhe TeilVQt shakiEg up ot the
white people and our black people j ., , c , .,,
together, and this association of I earth m the L nited Stiltus vvl"
the dread visitor we hope too will doubtless make the subject of
never be forgotten. Arriving at , earthquakes one of interest to the
his home the writer found the same J masses of the people for a while,
scenes of destruction and wreck , Tho ll0cb telt here on tbe ni h, of
which marked nearly every other ,, 01 . ., . , ..
home in the citv. All the .houses ! the olst ol August was the most
in the neighborhood had suffered J severe of any that we have any
seriously and the streets, yards , record of as occurring in this sec
and gardens were filled with fallen j tion, and as such disturbances sel
chimneyH and iraffments of walls, dom occnr Ler our rea(lers
while the walls left standing were , , , .
rent asunder and were badly shat- hans wlU now leel an "Merest m ;i
tered in every instance. Women j brief notice of the most notable ,
and children, roused from sleep or i events of this character occurring
interrupted in their evening pur
suits by the sound of the ruin being
effected above and around them,
rushed out into the streets and hud
dled together, awaiting the end,
whatever it might be. Invalids
were brought out on mattress and
deposited in the roadway.
thought was given to treasures left
ueninu, in tne eiiort to save tne ,
peculiar treasure of life itself, snd
denly become so precious in the
eyes of all. invalid woman and ro
bust man alike. Until long after
midnight the streets were tilled
with fugitives in sight of their
homes. Through the long hours
that followed lew were the eyes
even of childhood that were closed
in sleep. Charleston was full of
those who watched for the morning
and never, in any city in any land,
did the first grey shades that mark
the approach of dawn appear so
beautiful and so welcome to the
eye as they appeared to the thous
ands who hailed them this morn
ing from tho midst of the countless
wrecks of the homes of our thrice
scourged but still patient, still
brave, still hopeful, still beautiful
city by the sea.
Ralkioh, ,. C. Sept. -', 13SG.
All day long news has poured in here
from all parte of the State to effect that
no damage has been done. Perhaps
two hundred points have been heard
from, so all North Carolina is safe. Re
ports of eruption of Bald mountain are
false. Reports covering entire moun
tain section show that shock was lighter
there than in low country.
There has been intense interest mani
fobted in news from Charleston, and in
that immediate section, in apparent fact
that that was the centre of the earth
quake, people fend neweources of ter
ror. It was stated here today that a
volcano had opened actively near
Charleston; telegrams do not so state,
and of course it is a canard.
Official reports received tonight from
Charleston give number of dead as 33
and say the wonndod will probably i
number 100. Business is yet absolutely
paralyzed, the whole attention of the i
people being given to making residences I
safe and in looking after the wounded.
W ater front of the city appears to have
suffered less injury than other
parts, and business there can
soon be put in order for the shipping
It appears at this writing that the ac- since his arrival in Mexico, is
counts of the damages at Charleston thousand persons are said to have , and ridiculoug) and m,.
have been somewhat overestimated. perished at this time. In ; Sedgwick ought to BUe them for .tt
Loss is tonight estimated at three mil-1 waa again visited by a shock which it fihould be untrue and that it jB fa,Be
lion dollars. Efforts have been made , de8troved thirty thousand persons, j there is the least of doubt. Mr. Sedg
all day to clear the streets so as to per- ; 1q thg United states, among the wick is pronounced a lawyer of extra
mit passages of vehicles and the people -urtoW0 M.ic w.tnrv LrHinsrr ahilitv and authority on-the
arr. i-tonp-ful in thp flfP nf all thf
errors and disasters
tiovernor Scales today received a din-
patch from Governor Sheppard of
.mi1i ( 'imiinQ in roceinnco f r. nn afin t
yeeruay f""s"'' uu"
fra tnauKs iov. scaies ior ni prompt
i" " t
01 .outn Carolina. r. i. u,
OiAitLiisTuN. Sept. 2. A special re-i
pxjrt from Mt. Pleasant opposite Charles-;
LULl. Ota y 3 tliat a siua m. a i ,u. v vi ui c ia
church which Tuesday was perfectly
dry sand, is now full of fresh water.
: ied by a colored man that i3ComPletely
ao f Hhft crrRpr t n Prfl ir n pjinin (mt i
surrounded by a.yawning chasm ex-,
tending through the eartn s suriace
ten feet and over All around this there
aitr SlUhD Ul 1 i cell aici auu ujoopud v a
mud. with queer looking soft substances
that have never been seen before. It is
contended by many that the mud and
other substances found around the
village are volcanic matter, just aiier
the first great shock Tuesday night there
j;aj 4 .rt
Was U UcIjIUCU AXlia U ,3 11111,1 oLJc:.. yjL
escaping sulphur over the entire village.
This smell lasted throughout the night.
It w as distinct in those localities where
the cavities in the earth were most
numerous. Some am- that the tortions
of the mud thrown up by the water
spouts are strongly impregnated with
uulphur, and that small pieces of sul-
phur can be found in the mud. Not far
from Charleston, on the road to Sum-
me
1 ill", tCUCi c jj uuu-io ui
were thrown up and hillocks of sana. in
most cases in the shape of inverted cones,
the hollow part of which had evi
dently been formed by the action of
water returning into the depths from
which it had been raised. In many
cases the erupted matter had streamed
away from the breaks in the surface of
the earth f. a distance of twenty to
tiftv feet. In other places there were
lissures. almost invariably extending
from north to -outh. These cracks
were not wide and extended down
ward, always iu a slanting direction.
The matter that was thrown up was of
a dark slaty color and was mixed with
gravel. There was also a little slate
' and in general the mud resembled
that which is thrown from the bottom
ol the phosphate pits along the river.
The water in some places had a taste of
our artesian water, but in many in
stances it was just as clear and limpid
as that from a mountain spring. These
evidences "f the great convulsion are
not sporadic-. They extend far and
rear m everv direction from the city
: limits of Charleston to Summerville,
and at the latter place it was found.
from trustworthy information that
cracKB and tiBsuree are everywnere visi-
hya , arnnA sirariu
, enough some of these were inactive
I ODeration. and the constant shocks
that were felt at Summerville sent
water out 01 tnese Tissues in juis to a ;
height of from fifteen to twenty feet.
j Tnig W3S evidently the result "of the
: cracks being filled with water and then
j the sides opening and doting by each
, succeeaine enocK. inne upparauceB ,
! were of c0"se suggestive of still more i
; .; . : J .v, ,,i,.,.
Hred .rurnrhurn thftt there would be
' i 1
( tt Keuerai lnunuation eaubeu uy bijluu
extraordinary force of the earthquake.
; Not only was water
iNot only was water emitted in low
:t"',, 11 Tul "I '
, , , . , , ' , .1
i eM T
i greater depth than was at first thcught
in other parts of the world.
2o country perhaps has been
more frequently visited with earth
quakes than southern Italy and
Sicily. It is reported that this , tn" 1 ,in" nlH r,ana Bel ,nto c'0 I""
, , . , , , j ters they are quick to offer surrender,
region had not less than 94 shocks , . , 1 , ., "OUI,c"u,
. . . , .. . but when free are bold and defiant.
la ttie Tear .1 , and .An ot these
were oi great, iorce. ;
Iul,S3the great earthquake of
Calabria, the southern part of
Italy, caused the death of one hun-
uieu luuusiiuu (wiouun. -
originated about under the center
of Calabria aud passed under the
Mediterranean Sea to the opposite!
I - ,1 l. r, ,1 nl,xl-
'coast of Sicily and destroyed the
city of Messina. In the year A. D.
C3 occurred the great earthquake in
central Italy which resulted in the i
partial destruction of llerculaneum j
and Pompeii, and a few years
afterwards these cities were buried j
by an eruption from A'esuvius.
One ot the most notable earth-
quakes recorded of modern times
was that on the morning of 2so
vember 1st, 1755. At this time the
principal portion of the city of
LisboD, Portugal, was destroyed
and about sixty thousand lives
were lost in less than ten minutes.
History tells us that ou this occa
sion the rumbling sound that pre
cedes most earthquakes was imme-
diately followed by the great shock j dilema. He was quick to deny nav
whieh thrw down rhe nrine.inal ing anything to do with the abduction
portion of the city. The sea re-;
tired, leaving the bar dry. and re- j
turned in a minute as a great wave j
or breaker fifty teet or more in .
height. The part of the city that
was permanently engulfed beneath '
I the waters of the bay was covered ; Hon. Thomas L. Manning, of Louis
i fv, ,i-i, nf Bia- iT,T,rir,i foot ! iana h"p been appointed minister to
1
Humboldt, a German naturalist,
estimates that the portion of the
earth shaken by this earthquake
was equal to four times the extent
Qj. jQr0pe
" q Antioch has
. .
aiso oeen vituieu uum nine imme
morial with disastrous earthquakes.
It was almost destroyed in A. 1. ;
115. In 5-G it was again visited
r.ofl it was iifnin visited
by one of the most disastrous on 1
record. The historian, Gibbon,
.v,.- i,,-,n.lr-.i.l nnil fift-v-:
lailiUUO uailiiijuaa.Lo yji buao . v n s. j ,
( is the one of 'ew Madrid, in Mis-
' souri, in 1S11, in the valley ol the
, Mississippi river. No lives arc re-
a , t. 1.1. r. 1 K.f .1..
, porteu iosi ou imo uuiwiuu, uui iu.
incessant quaking of the ground
; lagted for geverai months, though ;
, ,.,,.. ,.rn, ,
l-'rom the '
;
i mouth of the Ohio river for three
hundred
miles Southward
the
ground rose and sank in great
uii-
dulations forming lakes and ngain
draining them. The surface
burst
. ... it.-.
i in lissures sometimes nan a
mile long from which were thrown
, , j water as high as tops of
h v. V-'U
Xhe most sevele earthquake m
the middle and eastern State- was
that of Vnvember 1 s. 1 Too. 1! was
felt throughout ew Kngland and
was thought to be a wave from the
same centre whence emanated the
tremendous disturbance that had
destroyed Lisbon on the first day
of the month. I n Massachusetts it
y evele throwint: down
' .1
chimneys, dislocating oncg outol
ino-s and throwing down the U'-nc
fences around the faiins thjoiigle.n:
the country.
Many other shock- hav.- ... cur
red in this country dm ing the pies
ent century, but none peihaps
equal in seveiitvto Mi c : a.-t
Tuesday night
We have gathered toc-c hp- ;- to
remind our readi-i- that -..i t h-quake.-
are d tiiqiicn' oo: -,iit no
and that they .m- -otue-'to. ver
destructive to li!.- e'ol prnj,e!t.
There is no eie! to theo: - ad
Valued is to til
a'l-i-
ol tiiese dl-tuilian
real e.au.-e should i
e,-.
I'Vi-r
,b:1hl
ereii. it is not
inventive geliill.- ol ma:
bo able to prevent tin m.
e el
BBIEFS.
"Wholesale massacre of ClirUtluns is
reported in China,
Shanghai is to have an international
opposition in 1888.
At'Cleveland. Ohi
rx manldiod from
the effects of being bitten by a cow.
A Chicago lady Bays she can jump
1 frotB the Brooklyn bridge and will i or
yi.oon.
pinkeye has made
its appearance
among horses in some of the Pennsyl
vania towns.
Ground has been broken at Richmond
for the erection of a city hall to OOBt
half a million dollars.
Five men w ere killed and two injured
by an explosion in the Fair Lawn col
liery at Scranton, Pa.
An anarchist den in Chicago was
raiuea by ponce, m wnich three priaop
ers and a lot of firearms were captured.
The number of applications for pat
ents for the fiscal year, 1886, was"38,6d8,
an increase of 2.314 over the previous
year.
The wuather bureau reports a cold
wave making this way from the Korth
west. Montana records a temperature
of no degrees and Wisconsin a light
frost.
At Columbus, Texa6, thri-c Uoxicans
were engaged in a fight. A deputy
sheriff undertook to arrest item when
they turned upon the deputy, w hereby
he shot one of them dead.
An article in one of the leading Gor
man papers stating that Germany must
always keep her eyes on France, has
created considerable excitement ih the
French press and among French diplo
mats. (leronimo has sent word U tG$n.
Miles that he is willing to arrange
terms of peace. Whenever the old
Thn MonBter M&.Bmrpent that La8 bedn
repeatedly seen off the New Enalaad
coast is tnougbt to have found its way
; into t he Hudson river. It was last Been
, by a crowd of boys in swimming who
declare that it could rot be less than
200 feet long
it has been reported that Sii Charles
Dilke. the disgraced English statesman,
bad arrived in Canada and was on bis
way to tho Pacific 6lope, traveling un
der an assumed name, but later ac
counts contradict the statement and say
that he is still in Frnnre as tin n-
nounred would be his future bonus.-
The Toledo (Ohio)wcn"?ii;Secpeak8
in very complimentary terms of Messrs.
(ieo- p- Rowell & Co., advertising
agents of 10 Spruce street. New .York
! c:i v,nA ua :a ui l i
viij. ' ' o ua I. uau LllliniUClQUIC LHIB1-
ness with this firm, and find them reli
able and clever gentlemen to deal With.
Mr. Sedgwick, the American special
agent to examine the Cutting case, has
arrived at the City of Mexico and was
given a very honored reception. He
will confer with Minister Jackson there
and make a thorough investigation into
the Mexican laws bearing upon the case.
From thence he will proceed to Chihua
hua and l'aso del Norte.
The Czar of Russia is in somewhat of
of Prince Alexander, but since , the
i ji mi : e if nrfw nnil HAtArmtnniuin nf fti&A
Bulgarian8i encouraged by England, to
reBt0re their ruler, Russia .rises up. and
Bays it must be prevented, and. thai the
revolutionists have committed' no
offence deserving death punishment.
Mexico, vice lion. Henry R. Jackson,
resigned. Mr. Manning is a native, of
Iidenton, this State, and is a lawyer of
fine ability. He moved to Louisiana
1S55, served in the Confederate army
until 18(4. when he was-appointed tasd-
iate Justice of tbe Supreme Court of
Louisiana. In 18-74 he was appointed
Chief Justice which position he held up
to one year ago.
he manner in which some Of tbe
-orti,prn dailies sDeak of the conductof
Mr. Arthur O. Sedgwick, the special
envoy sent by Secretary Bayard to
Mexico to examine into the Cuttinv
j j "
international copyright question, be
sides being an experienced writer. on
legal topics. The mission upon which
this gentleman was entrusted w&s one
of importance and care, but should the
accusations be proven true, and he has
failed to properly preserve the dignity
and respect .
and resrwt of the United States, then
lie is guilty of openly and basely vio-
I 1 ,o.,, Il,u I'l.nlirlamiu linal.lWAll 11 nVT1
him. and i.s deserving the severest con-
leiunalion. In adhering to what he
consider- to be right and proper, Mr.
Hay. aid has. ut dnTerent times, made
-.une . neriiies. hence, such headers as
Another of Mr. Bayard's Fatal Mis
take i accounted for.
Stonewall Items.
b-U r. a II year old daughter of Xhos.
Jones, of this place, died of congestion
of the brain on Monday, 2'M inet.
The schooner .-1 . K. Kudolph, Ley ins
master, is at Yandemere loading lum
ber at A It Wmteomb's mill for Phila
delphia. i 'hiii ley Sw an had an addition of one
added to his family a few days since; a
tine girl, and 1 hurley is as happy as a
big sundowcr
C. li. 1 -owler ib eil North for the pur
P -i i 1 purchasing his fall and winter
tuck, i-. Cherry ia to leave ins
day or so for the same purpose.
A few days ago Fed Rice died at his
home a few miles below here, and so
did Joe. a son of Mr. John Toler, about
: 7 year- of age, in the mill pond settle
ment lie died of maliirial fever.
All the items in this section for the
pa.-t two weeks i a fellow who had
fi i.l.ier to savewas fodder, then rain,
and so or till now. Who do you eup-po.-e
c mid itemize when his fodder was
i umiia' by the exi essive raineV But
Tuesday night at 1" o'clock we had a
i tiange- the shaking up of this ulobe
that we are stationed on. It was tbe
-ev-rest -hake that I hive ever felt.
My hoiiie shook fearfully, -o much so
tliat the weight in the clock on the
mantle ibrated for a full minuto or
r'...re. -trikmg the .-ides of the clock an
though some one was moving it. It
cic.-ted quite a commotion among the
fowN in their house; a good number
non- oil their roost and some squalling
a? though they were frightened out of
their its In some ten or more minute-
there came another f.hake not so
' so-, ere c r so long as the iirst.
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