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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 214
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA : FRIDAY
Where the Terrible Earthquake Did Its
Greatest Damage.
The Kurtli Cracks Open anil Water and Mini
Issue Forth—A Wild Hide on a Train by an
Excursion Party—Full Details or tlic Wreck at
(Tiarleaton—Font rlliiit loan for the Sufferers.
Etc.
Charleston, September 2.—The last
earthquake shock was experienced here at
11:60 last night, since which time there
have been no vibrations. The people are
just beginninir to pick up courage to come
out. Efforts are being made to clear paths
t hrough the streets for the passage of ve
hicles and pedestrians, and the city once
more begins to show some signs of life.
For two long days and nights of horror,
women and children have been camped out
in parks and squares. The earthquake
has swept over the city like a besom of
destruction and Charleston is laid down in
the dust. It is impossible to give any cor
rect estimate of the loss of life and prop
erty. For two days and nights the people
have done nothing but huddle on the
squares. Small detached relief parties are
going to dig out the dead from the debris
or succor the wounded. The first system
atized effort to get at the facts is now mak
ing. A list of the dead recognized
and reported this morning at this
Dr. Desaussuro’s residence has been
thrown down, leaving the at'.ie floor ex
posed, and several building! on the south
side of the street have been similarly
treated west of King street. The most
serious damage is to the Episcopal rest
deuce. The gable end bus been thrown
down, the wall falling on the roof of the
spacious porch andcrushingitin. The new
and handsome residence of Captain F. W.
Wagoner and that of Arthur Barnwell,
immediately opposite, do not appear to
have been seriously damaged. The second
floor verandah of Captain Wagoner’s
house, on the west side, has beeu crushed
in, but beyond this the building shows no
sign of the terrible shaking of
Tuesday night. What scene of
desolation the fashionable boulevard
of Charleston presents. Commencing at
Broad street, one passes through a block
ot burned houses, the fire starting at No.
118, third building corner of Broad street,
on the east side, and consumed the entire
row of buildings as far north as Tuilv’s old
stand, next to the Quaker graveyard. The
few houses left on that side of the street
are more or less shattered and gutted.
The few houses on the west
side of the street north of Broad
street have not escaped the general fate,
although the damage is not as great as in
other p irtions of the street. The immense
vacant lot on the west side of the street is
occupied by families who lived in the
burnt houses, ami who are camped out on
the sward with the few household effects
which they saved from the flames.
From Queen street to Horlbaek’s
alley almost every house is shattered, lops
of the Walls near the roof being thrown
lie buildings in the city are either dam
aged or wrecked. Even historic St.
Michaels and St. Phillips are so badly
wrecked that it is feared they will have to
be taken down. Waves, from 9:55 Tues
day night, have been coming about once
every five or six hours. There has been
none now for twelve hours, and hopes arc
entertained that the horror is about over. |
Specials to the News and Courier from
points in South Carolina ranging from the
extreme northwest to the sea coast, report
severe shocks of earthquake with more or
less resulting damages to property, though
without loss of life, so far ns known. In
Orangeburg the people became so much
alarmed that many moved to Columbia.
As the details of the calamity in this city
are gathered its effects become more and
more alarming. It is feared also that much
distress will prevail, as by far the
larger part ot those’ whose property
has been wrecked or seriously damaged
belong to the poorer classes. People are
as cheerful as possible under the terrible
eirc
ord
expected
wharves, warehouses and business facili
ties of the city are generally unaffected by
age is not as great as it might have been
ltabb’s lot oil the east side of
i the street is occupied by several hundred
J people camping out. Victoria hotel ap-
| pears to have escaped, and the Academy
j of Music shows no signs of the earthquake
on the outside. From Market Lo Hazel
streets the damage does not seem
as great as in other portions of the city.
The Waverly house is externally uninjured.
A largo red brick boarding house, how
ever, immediately opposite and next South
of corner of Braufain street, bus suffered
badly, the top of the wall and under eaves
having been stripped off on all sides. The
handsome block of stores from Braufain
to Wentworth streets have been singularly
preserved, very lew of the French plate
glass fronts being broken, although here
and there a parapet is thrown down and
bricks displaced from the walls. The
Masonic temple seems to have escaped.
The damage to the buildings between ’tills
point and Calhoun street seems not t
la uuuciuu rtr> uuaaHHf uiiuui uic tui i iuiu , ' ,, .. . ....... .. j
liroumstances, and are trying to restore 1 t?, T 1 !',' 1 a JR"-' :l . ,anri ' s S'>-
Tvr1i*» tint nf ch inq The'nrpTotrute Lm ;•«= * n >»^ntwoith street, the handsome hull
’jmeeted to reach three mlSions The of the G,Jimal > artillery has been badly
w&rves, warehouses and businefefaoil,! j The" hu'iidinl a “ <1 , "Tfe™
ties oftlie citv are generally unaffected by ! down ^leet w street
the catastrophe, and Charleston is as ready ! siirl L of the earl
as ever for the transaction of business. ^’^“y iffi? Both the" hi
THE DEA'D AND WOUNDED.
The official total of the dead is thirty-
three; the wounded will probably number
100. Business is still suspended. The
Whole attention of the people is being
given to providing for refuges and
making residences safe. Bricklayers
have advanced their rates to six
dollars per day. The city coun
cil will probably meet to-morrow to pro
vide measures for reaching the poor. Ex
pressions of gratitude are heard on all sides
for ihe assistance offered to Charleston, of
which the suffering people will gladly
avail themselves.
There were shocks last night at 8:30 and
11:60 p. m. and 6 a. m. All wore light.
Confidence is gradually returning, but
much apprehension is still felt.
OFFICIAL LIST OF THE DEAD.
The following is an official list of those
who were killed by the earthquake or who
damaged; the northeast and northwest
corners of the building are both gone.
from
th-
quake are very plain. Both the high
.school and Freundschaft’s band hall are
comparatively uninjured. The building of
the Charleston water works in George
street is uninjured, and so, strange to say,
is tlm immense million gallon reservoir
on tlie premises, although a brick house
opposite in George street is badly dam
aged. The shock on Monday night sev
ered the pipe through which water was
forced into the stand pipe, and during the
progress oftlie fires a pressure was applied
directly to the main. This pipe was, how
ever, replaced and the stand pipe, which
was uninjured, was filled with water. All
over the city the injury was of the same
character.
A special report from Mount Pleasant,
opposite Charleston, says that the sink
near the German church, which on Tues
day was perfectly dry sand, is now full of
fresh water. Near Shell street there is a
abin occupied by a colored man that is
have since died from their injuries: White J completely surrounded by a yawning
C. Barber, Ainsley chasm extending through the
— Peter Powers, Mrs. C
H. Robson, Robert Alexander, Charles A1
b*echt, B. P. Meynardie, Patrick Lynch,
Arinin Tarek, Mrs. Rachel Aherns, Goldie
Aherns. Colored—Thomas Wilson, Wil
liam Dean, Anna Glover, Z. Sawyer, W ill
liam Grant, Alex. Miller. James Rudolf,
Hannah Smalls, Marie Burn wall, Maria
Pickney, James Brown, Angeiie Davids,
Eugenie Roberts, Robert Redoff, Grace
Fleming, Rosa Murray, Oliver Mieklebv.
John-Cook, Clarissa Siinonds, Hannah
Harris, Sarah Middleton, Rebecca Ward.
There may be a few more.
DESOLATION LOOKING WES T FROM THE
POST OFFICE.
People are gradually taking account of
the details or the injury caused by the
earthquake The list of damages to prop
erty is startling* A. limited section in the
south part'of the city is a sample of the
whole. Standing at the post office and
looking west, an almost impassable road
way of debris meets the eye. The build
ing of tho chamber of commerce is badly
damaged, a portion of the south and east
walls having been thrown down
by the violence of the shock,
and the building of
Evans & Cogswell has also suffered, whil
arth
fiaee for ten feet and over. All around this
there are sinks of fresh water and masses
of mud, with queer-looking soft sub-
Thomas_ Wilson, Wll- I stances that have never been seen
before. It is contended by many that the
mud and other substutdes found around
tiie village are volcanic matter, just after
the first great shock on Tuesday night
l here was a decided and distinct smeil of
- sc iping sulphuric acid gas over the entire
village. The smell lasted throughout the
nighi. It was distinct in those localities
where cavities in the earth were most
numerous. Some say that portions of the
mud thrown up by the water spouts are
strongly impregnated with sulphur, and
that a small portion of sulphur can be
found in the mud.
Not far from Charleston, on the road
lo Soinmcrville, extensive mounds of clay
were thrown up and hillocks of sand, in
most eases in tin.* shape of inverted cones,
the hollow part of which liarl evidently
been formed by the action of the water
returning into the depths from which it
had been raised. fii many eases the
erupted matter had streamed away from
Walker’ i the breaks in the
\ in many places along the track of the
South Carolina and Northeastern railroad.
I and for several hundred yards in width
the dreadful energy of the earthquake was
extended in particular ways. First, there
were intervals of a hundred
yards or more in which the track had the
appearance of having been alternately
raised and depressed like a line of waves
frozen in their last position. The second
indication was where the force had oscil
lated lVotn east to west, bending the rails
In reversed curves, most of them
: taking the shape of a single and others
ot a double letter “8” placed
| longitudinally. These latter accidents oc
curred almost invariably at trestles and
culverts. There were no less than five of
them between the seven mile junction and
Jedlmrg. In other places tlie track had
the appearance of being kinked for miles,
but always in these cases in the di
rection of tho rails. A train at the
time of the earthquake wits running
along at the usual speed, and when about
a mile south of Jeobttrg It encountered »
! terrible experience. It was freighted with
hundreds of excursionists returning from
• the mountains. They were all guy and
happy, laughing and talking, when all of a
sudden, In the language of otie of
the excursionists, the train appeared
to have left the track and was going up,
up, up into tlie air. This was the rising
! wave. Suddenly it. descended, ami as it
j rapidly fell it was flung first violently over
; to tlie east, the side of the car apparently
leaning over at less than an angle of 45
degrees. Then there was a reflex action
and the train righted and was hurled
with a roar as of the discharge
, of artillery over to the west,
and finally subsided on the track and took
a plunge downward, evidently the descend
ing wave. The engineer put down the
brakes tight, but so grout was the original
and added momentum that the train kept
right ahead. Tt is said by one trustworthy
authority that the train actually
galloped along the track, the front and
rear trucks of the coaches rising and fail
ing alternately. The utmost confusion
prevailed. Women ami children shrieked
i with dismay, nml the bravest hearts quail
ed in momentary expectation of some ter
rible catastrophe. Rev. Ellison Capers
chanced to be on board and he lost no
time in conveying, ns best he
could in the agony of the
moment, the best advices and counsel lie
could oner. The train was then taken
back in the direction of Jedlmrg, and on
: the way back the work of the earthquake
was terribly potent. The train had actu
ally passed over ten of those serpentine
curves already described, and it is a simple
truth to state that every soul on board
was saved solely through the interposition
of a Divine Providence.
The horror of the situation in Summer
ville on Wednesday was much intensified
by certain manifestations that were not
! observed in Charleston td any great ex
tent. All during the day there was a con
stant series of detonations, now east, now
west and from all possible directions. It re
sembled the discharge of heavy guns
i at intervals of about ten minutes
and was like the sounds of a bombardment
at a great distance. All of the explosions
were not accompanied by tremors of the
I earth, as it waH only occasionally that tlie
I earth would quake from subterranean dis-
I charges. A remarkable fact was noted in
; Summerville in respect to the bulging
i of the water from the interior
! oftlie earth. Nearly all of these wells had
: been at low water. There was a sudden
rise in all of these wells, and the additional
j water was pure. Looking down in one of
i these wells the observer could, on the eve
1 of any of the loud detonations, see water
rise itp the wails of the wells, and after
the shock again subside. There is
rather a more cheerful feeling to-night,
but no sense of security will repair tlie
shattered houses and renew the ruined
homes. Offers of assistance are coming
from different quarters, and il is expect -it
that the city council will organize relief
committees to-morrow. Despite the
loss by the earthquake Charleston
is in as good a position ns
ever for transaction of the usual autumn
trade. There is ample warehouse and
wharf room. Compresses are in trim and
merchants ami factors arc ready In 1 sal
expeditiously with all business that offers.
Tin’s statement is made to correct a n or
ronoous Impression that the eomuicr. ’
facilities of the port at-.- imp tired.
The following additional deaths arc •
ported: John Cook, colored fisherman
Zera B-. daughter of Isaac Sawyer, colo •<
b:ti>,y child of Mrs. Barnwell. MrsDuvi !, ■
treet, died in thre qua T< rs of
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•lazed vesideiu •
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Mi I OK FIVE CENTS
comment-.mI crying and praying for mercy.
At Williams’ farm, near t,be throe-milt:
post, w ii.-'i lip! it’ - I iiy John Uratiuou,
the auiTuec oftlie ground win disturbed by
vent hoi--s, which threw out during the
night .seven different kituLufsaud, varying
in color an ! shade.
At Summery!!' ) yesterday t&o scones __ . .
wire such as it is impossible to adequately resolved to telegraph tho mayor of Chiudes-
i. To-day he received
>\ cra.tr Shepherd ex-
fthe people of South
Carolina for the tender of aid. The peo
ple of North Carolina stand ready to aid
South Carolina in any possible way upon
it moment’s notice.
t iiii-liimiti ll'lll Help.
Cincinnati, September 2.—At. to-day’s j
session of the chamber of commerce it was i
I describe. All the stores wel'u closed, and
the f-.'tv p.’iple who wmv o:i the streets
! wandered about in an aimless way, not
knowing what next to expect. All
the inhabitant,3 had abandoned
their houses after the shook on
! Tuesday night, and a few of them had to
return. The shock is said to have been
much more violent than In Charleston,
but the general characteristics were of
course tlie same. In Summerville, how- '
I ever, the people nulled ufrightud into ink ;
black darkness and in general gloom and
! despair. The wailing of the '
j women, tlie shrieks of the children
and the frightened voices of the men made
un a scene and sounds that were equally |
I distressing and appalling as in OhnrJes-
| ton. All through the night there \
was nothing but sickness and sor- j
I row and suffering and constant 1
dread of a final dissolution and uttor
ton, S. C., asking what Cincinnati eoulddo
’<> alleviate their distress. Tho sum of
$53i> was subscribed in a few minutes.
Clilengn .liMTidcrs I'nntrlluiteil.
Chicacio, September 2. —The Jewelers of
Chicago circulated a subscription list to
day for the sufferers by the Charleston
earthquake. This evening the paper
footed up $1130.
quiet A tea i'll ut tmniNlii.
Augusta, On., September 2.—The ex
citement. about the earthquake has sub
sided here and apprehension has ceased.
Liberal contributions were made to-day for
the Charleston sufferers by tho citizens of
A ugustn.
Prince Alexander's Regiments Clash
With Those of the Revolutionists.
flic Our of Russia Frowns on tho Popular
Prlniie's Return lo Ills Kliigiliini—Tin/ Prince’s
I'onelllntory Let ter—The Czar's Cold Reply,
Tronhle Feared From Outside Interference.
St. Petersburg, September 2.—On Au
gust 30 Prince Alexander sent tho follow
ing telegram to the czar through the Rus
sian consul at Kustchuck : - ‘Slre : Having
returned the government of Bulgaria, I
venture to offer to your imperial majesty
my most respectful thanks for the action
of your consul at Rustchuck, whose official
presence at my reception showed to Bul
garians that Russia did not approve of tho
revolution. I also thank your imperial
majesty for dispatching Prince Dalgarouki
ns envoy extraordinary to Bulgaria. My
first act, on resuming power, Is to assure
your majesty of my firm intention to make
every sacrifice to forward your majesty’s
magnanimous Intention to extricate Bul-
Twu Mure Shucks In HimlUllilll.
Savannah, Ga., September 2.-Two garia from the grave crisis through which
- . , . more shocks were telt, here between 3 and she is passing. I beg of your ntfesty that
I annihilation. Waun morning clawnou the 4 o’clock this morning Our citizens are i y° 11 will authorize Prince Dolgarouki to
ruin and devastation was found to be com- i still alarmed and many are staying in tho — * ”’ M ‘ ""
1 plcle. There was not a home that had not ,
been made desolate in a greats r or less do-
Slinrtnue III Hie Flow of Uns.
Pittsburg, Pa., September 2 -There
gree. All tue chimneys had disappeared,
the walls were rent in twain, the ceilings
fell, and in numerous cases the houses
that rested on wooden blocks
or masonry were leveled to the ground.
Other houses were split from top to bot
tom, and left with yawning chasms In tlie
buildings. Among those which wore
was a shortage in the supply of natural gns
on Southside to-day nnu several factories
suspended operations. Somo people at
tribute the decrease in tlie flow to the
earthquake, and the officials of tho com-
hurled from their foundations were those ! !)any ?° W ‘ :aus «’
of Gen. John C. Minnot, Mrs. B. F. Tigtie,
L. Detreville, E. J. Limehouse, P. Guerrard,
Ben Perry, the Nettles house and that of
Mr. Ed Fisbarnes. The old family, man
sion of the Pringles on King St. Charles
street,rendered familiar to tlie reader injall
parts of the union by the description and
illustrations in the Century about two
years ago, stood the shock well.
Apparently the walls were pot cracked
and but littl: of the plastering fell,
although som of the valuable china relics
fell and wore broken. In the yard, strange
to say, the water from the well came up
like a water spout and overflowed the
yard and deposited six inches of sand for u
distance of twenty steps around the well.
In the yard of the premises of Lieut.
Goulding, of the police force, is an up
heaval about eight l'eet square, showing
yellow clay. The soil of tho yard is black
earth.
During the progress of the fire in King,
near Broad street, on Wednesday morning
a woman who occupied the second floor of
one of the burning buildings tied her infant
child ina featherbed ami threw It from
the window to the ground. Tlie child whs
unhurt.
No damage of consequence is reported
on Sea island.
Transport ut tmt nml
Tho Government Furnishes
Tents.
Washington, September 2.—Applica
tion was received at the.tronsury depart
ment from the mayor of Wilmington,
i North Carolina, for the transportation of
! a relief committee from Wilmington to
j Charleston. The revenue cutter Colfax
I was immediately placed at the disposal of
i the committee. General Drum, tlie acting
I secretary of war, has directed that tents
I be sent to Charleston to shelter tlie home
less people, and, as railroad communica
tions are interrupted, tiie revenue cutters ...
; will transport the tents to the distressed pledging a vigorous vote and an aggressive
! city; A "" ~~ J
To In: Ofllohilly F.xiiinliicil.
Washington, September 2.—An official
of the coast, survey has been sent to
Charleston to make a sounding of the har
bor and adjacent const in order to see
whether any remarkable depressions or
elevations of the bottom of the ocean have
been caused by the earthquake.
WISE IS STILL IN THE RING,
Anil Rill (lollies ItcfVnts St till Rollins.
Richmond, Va., September 2.—The re
publican convention of tlie fourth con
gressional district to-day nominated State
Senator William E. Gaines for congr
from that distriot. defeating General Stit'i clients loyi! to Prinoo Alexaude
Bolling, the vote being 93 to 21. The dem- ! regiments siding with the revol
ocratie convention of the Third con- ami that IS, latter wero detei
place himself in direct communication
with myself as speedily as possi
ble. I shall be happy to give
your majesty decided proof of my unalter
able devotion to your august person. Mon
arch ial principles compelled me to restore
the legality of my crown in Bulgaria ami
Roumelia. Russia having restored me my
crown, it is into the hands of Russia’s
sovereign 1 am ready to tender it.”
The czar replied to Prince Alexander ns
follows: “1 cannot approve of your
return to Bulgaria, foreseeing
from it sinister consequence for
the country alremdyso sorely tried. The
mission or Prince Dolguranki has become
inexpedient. I shall abstain, so long as
your highness remains ill Bulgaria, from
any intervention in the sad condition to
which the country is reduced. Your
highness must decide your own course. I
reserve to myself t lie right to judge ivhat
iny father’s venerated memory, the in
terests of Russia and the peace of tlie east
require of me.”
ALEXANDERS REGIMENTS DEFEAT THE
REVOLUTIONISTS.
Berlin, September 2. — Private tele
grams received here this evening from
Sofia state t hat a battle took place at Ra
domir, eastern Roumelia, between the reg-
"ruiee Alexander and the
revolutionist ,
nted willi
heavy losses.
gressional district met here to-day. Rich
ard F. Berne, editor of the State, was made
permanent chairman. Several candidates min™,
were placed before the convention, but the russo-bvi.uaiuan situation causes
lion. George D. Wise, despite his a sensation j.n Paris.
repeatedly expressed declination, was re- Parib, September 2.—The publication of
nominated and accepted. Th" convention the correspondence between the czar and
adopted resolutions endorsing President; I’rlneo Alexander has created a great sen-
Cleveland’s administration, reaffirming the sation in political circles here. The czar’s
sound declarations contained in the plat- i menacing reply to tho prince’s submissive
forms of the democratic national conven- epistle is regarded by diplomatists as en-
85; 1 suring Alexander’s abdication and Russia’s
tionofl884 and state convention of 1885
commending the efforts made by the demo
crats in the last congress for a consci
entious fulfillment of the solemn
pledges of tho democratic party;
favoring such appropriations of
public moneys by the federal government
as will promote all necessary improve -
ments of tho rivers and harbors or Vir
ginia, lamenting tlie death of_Samuel J.
porpetri
ocoupat io: i
war will eu
>i Bulgaria, it is feared that
uc unless Bismarck intervenes.
I ri'liiml.
THE UNITED THE LAND’SCOMMENTS ONTHK
SITUATION.
DUBLIN, September 2.—The United Ire
land says tin- era of the extermination of
landlords has cm in Ireland. “We
Pilden, and eondemning tho foul wrong don’t owe them anything.’” the United
lorpetratcd by unscrupulous partisans by Ireland says, “and ive don’t feel any pity
vhfch he was robbed of the presidency, for them. 'Irish landlords are the modern
Till- IV(‘stern Union's Uhprallty.
New York, September 2.—The Western
Union telegraph company lias issued tin-
following order;
“To General and District Superinten
dents: You are authorized to send free
messages of r -lief for Charleston sufferers.”
[Signed] “Norvin Green, Pres’t.
Mi.
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an
Last
hour
old
fri
, distance of
the heavy granite slabs which formed a , there weic fissures, aim
parapet of the News and Courier buildings bly Jit wide a
lie upon the sidewalks, leaving the root: !»>we “.M-ta were
lie upon the sidewalks,
and a portion of the atticb floor exposed.
Almost tho entire front of the building is
occupied by M.vers’ cigar store. Smith s
stencil establishment is torn out,
leaving the upper 'Xnmer thrown from the bottom of the phosphate
The Plenge building, at the cornel . im-’«“ ‘ The water in some
of Church street, was badly damaged. ) pits K • artesian
floor
exposed. : genert
face of the earth to a
30 feet, in other places
fissures, almost invaria-
to south.
_ and extended
downwurd, always in a slanting direction.
The matter that was thrown up was of a
dark, slatv color, and was mixed with
gravel. There was also a little slate. In
3 ral the mud resembled that which is
most, oi cne uuuuiugB un j , - - - -
are more or less damaged, but the violence ]' dt •
of the earthquake is most perceptible at i n
but
was. just
from
many instances
clear and limpid
mountain spring,
w. ™... i- . , from a mountain sprinu.
the historic intersection of Broad.and , ;; evidences of a great convulsion are
Meeting streets. Ihe police station is , sl)or(U p c . They extend far and near
almost it complete wreck. The upper edge ^1 dj tion • f rol „ the citv limits of
of the wall is torn down and that
of the north wall has tauen
the roof, the porch carrying i - th“at "the cracks and fissures
Charleston to Summerville, and, at the lat
ter place, it was found from trustworthy
ing is badly damaged, the walls being tel . out ,
cracked in several places and portions of tieight,
the roof and gables being thrown down. .... ‘.A.. ,■ -i
of these fissures in jets
of from fifteen
This was evidently the re-
mgs. “ t c | rY: , u j everywhere that there would
be a general inundation caused by some ex
traordinary force of the earthquake. Not
only was water em it ted in low places where
had just oeen be expected t o exist all ihe time,
to be intact, h , ’ t - thu highest elevations
® f _. A could beseem This fetter tact indi-
be the only damage done to the
The worst wreck in that locality, hTaffeiierafinundation caused by some ex-
is St. Michael’s church, which = to be beaw««S force oft ,,« earthquake. Not
doomed to destruction. The steeple, it
pairs on which had just _ been
completed, seems to
but it is nearly out ui U' 1 -;:""’ cou ld be
and is 111 momentary danger of * a ' lia S: “ es l hat force was being exerted ai
The massive porch has been wrenched _ h more depth than was at first
from the body of the church, and the [f^ht t Q be the limit of the force,
building has been cracked in four places. \ e ar the ten mile hill a fatal accident
One crack in the north wall extends from | Tuesday night. The down
the eaves to the lower window , tw Columbia train jumped the track, and En
tile west waU of the church extend the ^ 0 ‘“™’£“ rns H11 ’dFireman Arnold ,colored,
entire height of the building, and one on ” re | md | v iniured b.v a tremendous leap
tho south wall also extends from the eaves weifc o.mi.v i . ,
almost to
are all immediately
which it
stand for an,. —
in the top of the clock pointed to m ■ “
utea of 10 o’clock, which must have Ra
the hour of the first shock on tin- u-
The buildings between Meeting and a > \
streets are all more or less damaged,! ne i
fuels oftlie eartbq’u.ik ‘ being th ‘ ' '
nearly every iusUnee. The from wall
first pluiWI|
It was then raised
restrial undulation
top of the wave,
tie force to the
the ill-fated train
. tup "succeeding Ler-
,und having reached the
a sudden s'.vervingo!
right and left burled
down an embankur. lit.
was plainly indicated
night
fear were enacted in the public-
squares and parks. Frail women, suin'
of them almost dead, with infants in tho.'r
arms, wore driven to the necessity of
spending the night on the squares, with
only such covering us could be impr wised
by the use of blankets, shawls and s . <.: -:
In many of the squares, notably at Wash
ington park, the fright and annoyance t >
these people were increased by the
excruciating religious performances of the
colored people who crowded the parks.
Ill Washington park these were led by two
negro men with stentorian voices, who
shouted and yelled and shrieked until long
after 1 o’clock ill the morning. They were
asked to desist,, or at least to conduct the
services ,in a less boisterous manner, but
refused todo so. Remonstrance on the part
of some gentlemen produced very insolent
| replies on the part of a number of negro
; roughs, who shared in the conduct of the
i meeting, and who boisterously protested
I that they would make as much noise us
; they nleased, and that no interruption
| would lie allowed. Night wore on slowly
and painfully. At 11:50 p. m. a heavy
earthquake passed through the city.
I Its coming was presaged by
1 quite u /lumber of explosions, dim
and distant, which commenced to lie heard
fully live minute! before the vibration
was felt. The wave vvas somewhat more
pronounced than the two which had
preceded —one at 8:25 a. m. and the other
; at 5:15 p. in.—and as it passed by to the
northwest there followed sounds which
indicated falling walls or buildings. This
vvas the last vibration last night. Soon
after it had passed a man appeared
ancf advised the people to go to
their houses, stating that he
was tlie only scientific man in the city
and that he was authority for the. state
ment that there would he no more shocks.
This advice was unheeded, very few peo
ple leaving the grounds. At, daybreak
there was a movement, and as tlie sun
rose, and as there had been no additional
vibrations, many of the people pulled up
their tents and departed to their shat
tered homes in the earnest hope that they
had participated in their last picnic in the
park.
In St. Andrews parish for tep miles on
the other side of the Ashley river bridge,
the country is cut up by small fissures arc!
mud holes of from an inch to two feet in
diameter. These holes have emitted blue
mud and'grav sand in large quantities, and
the whole surface of this area is covered
with little mounds, (’tuple living in the
parish say that tiie mud arid w iu
boiled up from five to ten feet in height
and they .‘ill seem to b< in a most demo."".!
izeil condition. One old negro wo n;
said that the vie.v of the ity was most . ■
palling; that’ ai'i'-r the si
New York,
■ rnith, preside
appointed -i e
•eceivc co il i
.offerers. The
exchange sub c
Jac;
public
Sep:
iirlcstnn.
ick exehang
! afternoon i
C Char.'.-,to
tin P I oleu
warfare upon Mnhone and republicanism.
The anti-Gaines men subsequently hole,
n meet ing and adopted resolutions calling
upon the state republican executive com
mittee to call another convention to nomi
note a republican candidate for congress,
denouncing as Irregular the action of to
day’s convention.
ON 'CHANGE.
Nl:\v York, Sc,
very little news <
values. There vva
enitenl thit
fighting literally
! assured k. then
Irish tenants are
for life. A final victory
GfifiYL'NG’S CHIEFS,
11 '(sill'll I'. V 1(111
• <i lliirli'll I
from tv
oi train at t
n’al.enian nr
ike on wood.
’ the grad -
n mid bra!
; the tenth
liv.
id. lb.
oi t .
iris in Gram!
vass the city for a sti!
shock of earthquake In
since -1:30 a. in yestonia
.,ns with
they lack.
Haiti
it;,
York
Liiuh
[iiitml, Ijiit Un
it.i'l opuiMtio
their
Tue <1h-
3etin^ to
formal
suhHcrijj-
l un
■ »« t»
tiie
id va.
rally, while Pi
Louisville a
Washington, S**
trict com missioner
day discussed the (jii • .:i )
action on the matter of
tionn tor the reliel of tlu
ferers, hut reached no conclusion. With
out waiting for official action the private
citizens are hurrying to proffer
aid. The daily. newspapers have
all announced their willingness
to receive contributions for the suf
ferers, and
been reeei
made* ^pT^of tfe I then prevailed, lusting unti. about' 2
given to Comptroller Trenholm to be sent I
to the sufTbrers. A prominent firm of
iiatters to-day sent llie following to the
Post:
“We have selected and packed in boxes
100 worth of black stiff hats which wi
and Ohio,
ition. The market,
ilrTv strong in the
, bought some New
price advanced too
> in that direction
first time. This
•in k were deeided-
ciiiging from 4 to
' Mail was
and Louisville and Nashville
down A. There was more activity in the
early trading than at any time during the
present degression in business, but it
soon died away, and the
usual dullness succeeded. Prices were
firm, and Jersey Central ‘decidedly
strong; but tl
Okayung. Mich., September 2.—On
Uofiffoti & Dyrne’s logging railroad, eight
ire yesterday, an engine left
• top of the grade, took one
1 wci'ft a short distance to
While the ears at the top
\vu < being loaded one car
m the men and ran down
engin . The engineer, fire
man had just finished load-
ttiid h id got into the engine
to start back when the
car struck them. The engine
and tender were almost instantly de-
•troyed, and Ernest Wilcox, fireman, and
Janu s Mosstry, brukenian, were killed in-
1 tolly. Th* engineer escaped with seri-
<us. but not fatal, injuries. The brukemun
vv;is found some distance from the engine
in a hole (ing beside the track with a log
lying on him and the hole filled with
wulcr. The fireman was putting wood in
to the lire box and was crushed against it
and horribly burned.
ONE IN CALAMITY.
Tin* f{i‘|Mifdh
Ship* (dii ven f foil
mm’s iliiniiiiiity.
I several do.mUo.iB have already : ^ ^“al noiin '!>
ved. I he employes of the office l v differ cut IVmii f hcoomiini/
ptrolier of the currency to-day I ".f:
India na polis, September 2.—The repub-
licun state convention to-day nominated
t ... tr it. S. Robertson for lieutenant-governor,
Ty gains were afterward , Charles 8. Griffin for secretary of state,
mt materia!- Bruce Carr for auditor and J. A. Lemoke
A stronger , for treasurer. A resolution offered by R.
W. Thompson extending sympathy to the
Charleston sufferers and pledging the oon-
uesire to contribute to the suffering poor
of Charleston, S. C. We will deliver them
to any one designated by you to forward to
‘.hat desolated city.”
Arrangements have been made for a
sacred concert at- Herzog opera house for
the benefit of the Charleston sufferers.
The Lictare & Russell company have ten
dered their services and Manager Strass-
Imrger gives the use of the house and pays
all the expenses, the entire receipts to ho
sent south.
IMilImlCplf.a Tnidii* Vulii.ii.
Philadelphia, September 2.— Several
p •eminent citizens, as well as the perma
nent citizens’ relief committee, have called
a meeting for to-morrow for the purpose
of aiding the people of Charleston who
suffered from the effect of Tuesday night’s
earthquake. The citizens’ committee still
hold an unexpended balance from previous
relief funds, which it is nrobahle will form
the neuclus of another fund for aiding the
( harleston sufferers.
i). m., by which time fractional udvaiic*
luid been established. There were slight
recessions from the best figures in the last
hour, and the market closed rather heavy.
The total day’s business was 101,(MM) shares,
i The net result of the day’s business is an
advance for almost everything on the ac
tive list.
HE WAS KICKED OUT.
iih Liti* mil) lii.'.l
the Front !»•>
A not lie
New York, 8cr:
Ward hank of tlm
i
LUl Open
Savannah, September 2.—Postal In
spector W. W. Simpson, of Atlanta, to-day
ejected A. S. Wilson from the post office
and placed Cant. U. W. Lamar in posses
sion. Wilson nad positively refused to
turn over the office unless force should be
used, and went out saying, “I am still
postmaster of Savannah. President Cleve
land had no right to suspend me under the
constitution.” Wilson was suspended for
offensive partisanship.
Lorkeri Oul.
New York, September 2.—The union
plumbers in eleven shops were locked out
by employers this morning. Notices to
the hands were posted up in tiie shops
lay requiring the men to work under
rule
»n in°
ill Y i
jp’lo.y
>f the
dd i
.*uuie
hatv lv
., - ’ ., /1 * 1 :. *.• • .I'-Iti.r , !■ ,.U|, '.Ii't Krit.'t It:.
ales sent Gov ruor Shop- ! during v/hich Germdino escujied.
vention to material contributions in their
behalf was approved with enthusiasm.
Catholics Love Humanity.
Lancaster, Pa., September 2.—At this
morning’s session of the Irish Catholic
Benevolent Union a collection was taken
up for the relief of the Charleston suffer
ers, £109 being raised. An election for
officers resulted as follows: President,
Machael Gh.-mian, New York; 1st vice
president, John A. Coyle, Lancaster; 2d
vice president, Maurice Call, Jeffersonville,
Ind.; secretary, Martin J. Griffin, Phila
delphia ; treasurer, Rev. Mr. Henry, St.
Louis; executive committee, Judge Dennis
Dwyer, Dayton, Ohio, Rev. O. J. McDon
ald, St. Louis, and J. J. Behan, Kingston,
Canada. After the selection of Washing
ton for the next place of meeting, the
j convention adjourned sine die.
Tin* Trcnsiiry nml tlu* Nittion'nl liaukM.
I Washington, September 2.—Prominent
officers of the treasury department. char-
i acterize as untenable the position taken
by certain national banks in maintaining
that-they are not required by law to re
place with other bonds such of three per
cent, bonds forming the basis of their cir
culation us may be called in by the depart
ment. To settle any reasonable doubt on
this point, however, acting Secretary
Fairchild has called on the attorney-gen
eral for an opinion.
TlmTTiv«s Lost.
Albany, N. Y., September 2.—On the
farm of Rutger Vandenburg in the town of
North Greenbush, three milts northeast of
Bath, this morning a steam threshing ma
chine exploded its boiler and caused the
death of David Phillips, owner -and en-
lii.T iMiit: d, gineer. Archie Hankie >i;id Mertie Defreest.
hers were badly injured.
ster jdumbers* associa-
lose oi the union, espe-
number of apprentices
- A special
ora Torab-
the Mexi-