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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 188fi.—TWELVE PAGES.
CHARLESTON WRECKED.
THE SHOOK L4ST NIGHT WROUGHT
FKAlll-UL DtSTRUCTlON.
Hardly a house in the city escaped in
jury, and many are bo shvken and cracked
that a hard blow would bring them to tho
gronnd.
The shock was severe at Somerville,
Mount ri.iis.mt and Sullivan’.; Island, but
;.c ton of Ufa is reported there,
A NEWSPAPER MAN’S EXPERIENCE.
A Thrilling Description of tlie Horror* of
the JCartfi(|iiHke Night.
Charleston,.S. C., September 1.—The
compositord of the News ami Courier de-
cliho to work to night expecting fresh
Many nonnen Destroyed—’The City on Tire j
end Women nnd Men Hopelessly
and frantically Fig fating
the Flumes.
Figures in the earth are noticed, from shocks of earthquake, and tho paper can-
which fine sand, apparently from a great I not thorefoie issue to-morrow,
depth, exudes. rpu *
a sulphurous smell is very noticeable.
TYBtiK ISLAND.
YAWNING CHASMS IN THE EARTH.
The following article was
prepared for publication in
the News and Conner, and is telegraphed
ulmodt in tho writer’s own words:
‘Necessarily tho only desciption that can
Wally 100 Lives Lost—Uolllng Water Hush
ing From the Ground—A Night of
Hideous Horrors—Terrorized
People Publicly Praying.
Dancen to the Coast From Light Houra I bo p Ven of the destination that ho* befallen
Lenses ltelug Urokeu. I 0Qr c j t consists in a narration of experien-
Savannah, September 1.—The earth- 1^, and observations of individuals; the sob-
quake i. the topic of tho hour. j ec t being the sumo and tho experiences of
Efloits to reach Charleston have been j being nearly alike, tho story told by ouo
made from ell points, and have failed. careful observer may well stan'd for an hnn-
At Tjbee tho ahock was more severely drcd others, with slight variations. Prob-
felt than in the city. People on the island ab ) y the best idea that can be had of the
THE TERRORS OP TUPBDAY NIGHTI rushed from their houtes to the bench. The I character of tho disturbance, there
in CHARLESTON, oecillation lasted for aeveral minutes. The j ore> m8 y ba obtained from a nar-
1 morn leases in the light bouse were I rtt ti 0 n of the events and scenes of
broken, nnd the machinery of the lamp was Wednesday night ns they were presented to
The Experience or a Charleston Journalist disarranged. a single person while engaged in bis usual
Among hwayraa Mails and Top- I Tne keeper hurried up town nnd ns soon I in the second story room of the
pllug Ohimnrya —Tho Iluali I as possible arranged a temporary light, I News end Courier office. At the time of
for baf.ty. I which will have to answer until the light- t h e first shock, the writer's ntten-
honse supply ship reaches hero. tion was vaguely attracted by a sound
» cocnvn wicur HPVVT IN TGP I feople on the beach ran hither and thith- wbichseemed to come from tho office be-
A SECOND NIGHT HI ENT IN THE I er> not lino sing where to go and fear- low, and which was supposed
iouatixi ing every moment a tidal wav® for a moment to be
would sweep over them. Tho water was I caused by tho rapid rolling of a heavy body
rhii.i..n Shnii.r.,1 in Tents I agitated, and waves rose high at tho beach. I „ n i ro n 8a fe or heavily laden truck—
Houses on the beach swayed to and fro and I ov , r the il >or. Accompanying tho sound
snook as if they would fall to pieces. I thero was a perceptible tremor of tho build-
A tebphone message to the News from I j n „ -, 0 , more marked, however, than would
Tybe station at 4 o’clock this moruiog, bo caused by the passage of a street car or
stated that the people were Btill gathered on „ ,y ra y along the street. For perhaps two
the beach. 1 ur tbr$e seconds the occurrence excited
A panic ON tvdkk. no surpnso or comment Then, by swift
At Tybee Island at the mouth of the Sa-1 degrees, or perhaps all at onoe, it is difficult
vannah ri or, the lenses in Urn light house I to say which, the sound deepened in »ol-
No Addltloaal Damage Dono-No Accurate were destroyed. People on the island tele- I nm0j the tremor became more decided and
Statistics of Hin leu. of Lire and phone to this city that they are in a state I tho car caught rattle of window gashes,
of terror. There oan be no communication I g llH g x tures and other loose objects. The
with the mainland until daylight and all | mtn j n tho office, with perhaps a simulta-
the inhabitants are assembled on the high- j ueon8 flash ot recollection or ibe dlalub-
land. The bland was swept by tidal wave „nce 0 f tho Friday before,
CONoTE ANATION AT TYBEE KLAND. in August,1881, and people fear similar dis-1 g| anco d hurriedly at each other
aster now. I and sprang to their feet with the starting
By Southern Telegraph Company. THE GROUND IN CHASMS. question and answer: ’What lsttstV
n r ' a , .. # __ ‘Earthquake! And then all was bewulor-
in^” A i BL b 8 i r0 | , 't^ t Pt eI ^^lT4k I B°!lln* Wn« r Rushing From tho Earth me nt and confusion. The long roll deep-
10 o clock last night an earthquake of such | h K .„ CIl ,| .ns.Ll Into an awful rear -.hat
violence os haa never before been experi
enced in this city occurred. Tho whole
Wonun and
of Sheafs and Awnings lu ftquaras
iuu J’srlii — Much RnlTar-
itog Feared.
ANOTHIB SLIGHT SHOCK YESTER
DAY AFTERNOON.
Property at Present Obtaln-
A NIGHT IN THE STREETS.
Nmr charleston. I ened and spread iDto an awful roar that
Wabhinoton, September 1.—The'Western I seemed to pervado at once the troubled
Ub^nhwCTr^wh^ I wrecked tlie bridge near there, and I able power, with intent to tear its jcints
et( , * p. 1 l • * » • ga y g H negro from four miles uaunder aud scatter its stones and bucks
Vehicles of any kind cannot bo driven Charleston reported that the .«■ abroad as the tree scatter, ite rimned fruit
through tho streets, white podeetrianism is ter tank was down, the ground upheaved- before the breath of the gale lhere wa 8
both dangerous nnd difficult. misplacing tho tracks; that in aeveral no intermission in the vibrations of the
Whole' families passed tho night huddled | * u ®®'
together in open places, some of them
preying continuously,
IMPLOBINO DIVINE INTERCESSION.
Opinions differ ns to the number of
shocks which occurred. Some assert
that there wero only two, while others are
positive that then- weio throe. A great
many insist that thero were even more.
However this may be, the first was tho
most severe and did the most damage.
engine. From
a continuous
force to
^ w approached and
reached the climax of its maniieataticn it
A special engine has beon started to bring I seemed for a few terriblo seoonda tba’. no
any report, available. w ork of human hands could possibly inr-
1 vivo. The floors were heaving under f >ol;
SUMMERVILLE N KA1CLY DESTROYED j the surrounding walls nnd partitions visi.
The shock Throw, o Passenger Train oir hl J' swinging to and fro; tho crash of fall-
The Track sod Killed tho Engineer *“B “a 8 "®! ° f 8t . un0 S “ or '. ttr
. . WOH heard overhead and without the
a i 11 a e> _ * I terrible roar filled tho ear and seemed
Special by Southern Tsh>graph Company. to ftU the mind and heart| dazinK pe rcep.
Columdu, 8. 0., September 1.—-Summer- n 0D bewildering thought, and for a few
. viHe, twenty-two miloni from CharUaton, pantiDg breath*, or while you held your
Thero aro a largo number of ImildingR I wmf nearly destroyed by earthquake last I hruuth in dread ul anticipation of imme-
wrcckcd, but it U impossible to aacerUiu I diato and cruel death, you felt that life was
in tho present atate of excitement how I Th© passenger train from Columbia to a i rcady past, ond waited for tho end, as the
many. Charleston w«* thrown from the track near viollli ; with big head on tho block awaits
a ookflaouation STARTED. I sumiiicryillo last night aud tuo engineer and I ^dl 0 £ ^0 uplitted axe. It
Boveral of the wrecked bouses caught fire I Arenian killed. I is not given to many men
and are etill burning in various parte of tho I The passengers on the wrecked train, and I ^ t ho faco of tho destroyer
city. tho "f morning a train, have not yet and yet u Te? but it is little to say that the
Rut no fears are entertained of tho fires 1 reached Charleston. I g roupa 0 f strong men who ahaied tho expe-
8P Bo?ar g «s learned, some CO to 70 persons SE1UOU8 11AMAUB HEAR AUUU8TA. I
havo been killed aud wounded; and it 1*1 a Whole Family Killed—Hoaxes .on Sand I moment to their dying day.. None ex-
feared that when a canvass of the wrecked urn. Wrecked. I pccted to escape. A sudden rush
districts is made, this number will ho mate-1 njSouihornTolcsni.il. was simultaneously mado to endeavor
rially augmented. Aduusta, September 1.—Investigation to-1 1 ,° U 10 , °P on » ir
a few °F TU® !iA ”“ .. dm dovelops tho f nil extent of the damage ® ee to ° place of safety,
b, the earthquake. Shock. conUuuo to ho
throogh tho destruo- ,' u hero
of the
received fatal injuri;
tion of llo irdwi-lliiiuslmvo!.<■• n uscertiiiucd
nnd among them aro tho following:
W. J. Lynch,
Dr. It. Alexander Hammond,
Mr. Alusley Rollnson, all white.
A majority of the victim, aro colored
people.
Il is impossible to give any estimate of
tho lof.H to property at present, bnt it la be
lieved it will reach far up in the millions.
together to tho tottering wall and stopped,
Tho most severe damage was done on tho feenn* t* 1 ® 1 hopo was vidn, that it was only
Sand hill* in Georgia nud in Aiken oounty, » question of death in tho building or with-
Houth Carolina. ont, to bo buried by_ the sinking.roof or
At Langley nil tho mill dams havo been ertuhed by tho toppling walls. The nproar
broken slowly died away In seeming distance; tbu
The South Carolina railway is washed •"* was etill, and ohl-tho blessed relief
away und loss of life entailed. I that stillness.
At Liugley an engine was ditched and I “Bnt how reedily the eccno was broken,
the fireman und engineer killed. d^ed down the etairwny and ont
... . . . , , , A mixed train went down at Horae creek. ,uto the etreoL Already on eveyy side
lira city lai completely isolated, and «t a(ew of AU auate. and the fireman of arose ehrieks, pries of pain and fear,
presmt there i. no means of either entering th „ iu6 killed; sod hooee in two stock rnyers and walling, of terrified women
or leaving tho city. cars drowned. This train is entirely sub- »■“> children, commingled with the hoarse
tuu shock this uokhino. j merged. I shouts of excited men. Gat in the streets
At 8:‘i r i i recisely this morning another a wuout vamilt euaed. ‘{*® „u th ®i„~
wnvo .wept ovhr the city, eomtug as the It is reported that eeveral negroes hire d h from * ,{j # )imi , a ^i
others dill, from the southeast, nnd going been drowned along Horse Creek, and • norm?anddutteradmeamlrc which fcdl-
to fer.«p.e who had been ^ flDdin8 “* ^ I
out in lira public patk und open places all I hon-u
.7,7 i .S,U P S2nT r , » , U>® P»vem®nt aud stone roadway,
* " » . l “ bad Seen reduced to powder. Through
. . , 3at tho Unititl States arsenal on tht? I j..,.. __ al.
night had many of them returned Into tbm .and hills in Georgia, near hero. The rwd- ' *
honsoe to get clothing and something to deuces of Captains Grealish and Riley, of _ s
BaL the United Sutet Army, were b^ly k^k ^SSraa .^SLd^In thl of
mi ArrnoAcn or tee qdaee wrecked and are unimhabited. ^raph wLeTthat depetded in over^ db
was heralded by the usual rumbling sound I a woman bun had. reckon from their broken supports,
resembling distant thunder, then it gradn- Prom Bath, Hepxihsb, Richmond Paper I On every aide wore harrying forms of men
ally apprewmed, the earth quivered and jklillw. Sharon, and every town adjacent to and women, bnt partially dressed, some al-
heaved,and in threp seconds it.had passed Augusta, earns in reports of a general I most nnde, and many of whom were crazed
away the eonnd dying out in the disunep. up _ but( barring th. rumor of do- with (ear or excitement Here a woman is
This is the only wave felt since 2:30 this atrnctiou of property und a few broken I supported, half fainting in the arms of her
morning. It was not deetraotive. limbs, the loss is insignificant At Bath e husband, who vainly tries to soothe her,
• 11 .r, tr . U ■ ° n wa * “ 0D * al 9:30 “** I negro woman was crazed with fright, and I while he carries her into the open specs at
night, lira city is i» now roaming around the woods wildly I tbo street comer where present
a complete wsecx. I laughing and snouting hysterically. I safety seems assured. There a
St Nicholas church, St. Phillip, two of At Augusta two ladles lie at the point of I woman lies on the pavement
tho most historio churches in the city, are death from fright I with upturned face and outstretched limbs,
in ruins. So is the Uibernian Hall, the po-1 At Port Boyal eeveral shocks occurred I and the crowd passes her by for tho time,
lice station, aud many other public build-1 and were of Rreat severity. Continned I not pausing to tee whether sho be alive or
ings. Fully two-thirds of the re-idencee in I rumblings are beard at this latter glees and I dead. A sudden light flares throngh a win-
the place are nninhabitahly wrecked, either I the people are wild. ” I dow overlooking the street; it becomes mo-
totally or partially. It is impossible at this I . I mcntorily brighter, and the cry ot fire ra
tline to give a correct estimate of the casu-1 nnowsun in me feenzt. I sounds from the multitude. A rush is made
tilth s. The popnl ition of the section is largely toward the spot; a man is seen donbled up
It is expected that between fifty and one I made up of negroes, and their behavior ia I and helpless sgainst tho wall,
hundred persons have been killed, and ear- frarfal to contemplate. One men drowned “But at this moment, somewhere odt at
oral hundred wounded. I himself in hie frenxy, and othera are bnd-1 sea, overhead, deep in the gronnd, U heard
At the time of the first shock fires broke I died together along the coast, crying ont to again tbo low, ominous roll, which is al-
out in fire different places in the city. I God for help and begging that the day of I ready too well known to be mistaken. It
Skint twenty houses were destroyed by I judgment be postponed. I grows louder and neater, like the growl of COOl'KU IN Till'. WKMKKIi city,
fire. Seirocly one hundred hontee in the I Ths air around Beaufort if sulphurous I a wild beast swiftly approaching its pray,
city are occupied at this time. and the negroes declare the odor to be the I and allis forgotten again in the frenzied jChsrlc.ton. Vspemr cuiiens J repared
scabcitt or rooD. brimstone of hell. I rush for the open space, where alone there
The people are all encamped in the open deatb teom rxiuHT. I U hope of eecnrity, faint though it be.
pleoes. All the stores sre doted, and a I One death from fright in Beanfart te I The tall building* on either hand blot
scarcity of provisions to feared; not from I heard of, -that of an aged negrese I °®t the ikies and atan, and seem to over
went of provi>ions, but because no one can I who has reveled in tho role of a | hang every foot of ground between thenn
Heaven for mercy, where no human |
aid could avail? It is not a scene to be de
scribed by any mortal tongue or pen. It is
not n scene to be forgotten when it has
been witnessed, and when the witness has
shared all its danger and felt all itsagony.
‘The first shock occurred at Beven inm
ates post 10, as was indicated this morning
liy the public clock hands, all of
which haa stopped at that fatal hour,
as though to mark the end of time for many
who had heard the preceding hour pealed
forth by Saint Michael’s chimes without
thought but of long and happy life. Tbo
second shock, which was but n faint echo
of the first, was felt eight minutes later.
As it passed away, the u r iter star tint home
ward, to find tho Boenes on-
acted on Broad street around
tho News and Cornier office repented at
every step of the way St. Michael's steeple
towered high and white nbovo tbo
gloom, seemingly uninjured. Tho station
house, a massivo brick bnilding across tbo
street, had apparently lost its roof, which
had falleD around it A little further on,
the roof of the portico of Hibernian Hail,
■ hnndsomo bnilding in the Grecian style,
bad crashed to the gronnd, carrying part of
the massive granite pillars with it. All tho
way np Meeting street, which, in respect
of its general direction and importance,
may be called tho ‘Broadway of Charles
ton,’ tho roadway was piled with debris
from tlie tops of walls. In passing Charles
ton Hall, which, to carry ont the compart
son above indicated, occupies the position of
Stewart's uptown store in New York, tho |
third hluK'k was fi ll, P n miniil.'s ult'-r tlie ' ,1 ’-hivk*.
second and, of coarse, caused the greatest
alarm in that neighborhood as olsewher \
At Marion Square, corresponds g exactly
with Union Square, New York, a great
crowd bad collected, as even the edges of
the wide space embraced in it
could not be reached by the
nearest buildings in tho event
of their fnlL From this crowd, composed
of men, women and children of both races,
aiose iiiooSSiut calls and cries and lamenta
tions, while over the motley, half-dressed
throng was shed the lnrid light of a confla
gration which had broken out just beyond
the square immediately after the first shock
and had now wholly enveloped several
buildings in flames.
“In three quarters of the town at the same
time similar large fires were observed under
full headway, and the awful significance of
tho earthquake may be most fully appre
ciated, perhrps, wten it is said that with
these tremendous fires blazing np all at
once around them and threatening the
city with destruction, tbe people whom
you met on the streets or saw gathered
together in groups in open places evidently
did not give them a thought. No one
watched tho ruddv flames or tbe pillars of
e'oud rising high Into the still night. All
were too intent on listening with strained
senses for the dreaded recurrence
of that horrible Rrowl or groan
of the power under seas and nndor land,'
to give thought to new terrors, tbongh it
had thronged bis own home and many
homes in tho doomed city. Crowds poured
in from everv direction to the square
just described, ns though it
had been indeed a charmed
circle, and life depended on passing within
its grassy bounds. Street cars, carriages,
and other vehicles, were ranged in lines on
tue streets surrounding tbe square, while
horses stood stock still with turned heads,
ns though sniffling the gronnd in anxious
inquiry. Colored people everywhere
were lond and unceasing in their
declamations of alarm, in tho slug
ing of hymns, and in fervent
appeals for God's mercy, in which nppeal,
God knows, many a prond heart which
heard them arising in the night and in the
hour of His wondrous might, devontly and
humbly and sincerely joined. Danger brings
all of us to tho level of tho lowest. Thero
were no distinctions of place or power,
pride or costo in tbe assemblages that were
gathered together in Charleston on Tues
day night. It was a curious spectacloto
look back upon. It is a good one to re
member, for white and black alike. There
were instances of unselfish devotion, of
kind and loving regard between muster
and servant, mistress and maid, in the pres
ence of a common ill and ot threatened
rnin, that showed, ns nothing else oonld
show, bow strong is tbe tie that binds onr
wbito people and onr black people together,
and this lesson of the dread visitor we may-
hope, too, will never be forgotten.
Arrived nthis home, the writer feared the
same scenes ot destruction and wreck
which marked nearly every other home in
tie city. All houses in the neighborhood
had suffered seriously, nod the streets,
yards aud gardens were filled with fallen
chimneys and fragments of walls,
white the walls that were left
steading were rent aannder in many places
from top to bottom and were badly shat
tered in every inatanee.
The Women and children, aronsed from
sleep or interrupted in their oveoing pur
suit* by the Bound of the rnin being effect
ed nbovo nnd around them, rushtd oat into
the streets, and huddled together awaiting
the end whatever it might be. Invalids
were brought out on mattresses
and deposited on tbe toadwny. No thought
w*s given to treasure left behind in tbe ef
fort to save the peculiar treasure ot life
itself, suddenly become no precious in the
eyes of all, to the invalid woman and robust
man alike. Until long after midnight
the streets were filled with
fugitives in sight of their
homes. Throughout the long hours that
followed few were the eyes, even of chil
dren, that were cloned in sleep. Charles
ton was fall of those who watched for the
morning, and never in any city, in any Und,
did the first gray shades that
mark the approach o( dawn
appear so besatifal and
so welcome to the eye an they appeared
tbe thousands of people who bailed them
this morning from the midst of countless
wrecked homes in onr thrice scourged bnt
e tilt patient, still brave, still bopefal, still
beautiful City by the Sea."
A Sad Night tu, Milledg # y| lle
Milledgevili.e, September i »
the poorer classes ot the colored people who
await burial by the county. There are not w
a half dozen tents in tbe city and tlie wo-1 night at 9 o’diickMilledgevillB L 1 —**it
men and children aro experiencing great by cne of the most terrific
privations in consequence. As night ap-1 shocks.. Six distinct shocks
immhI ~ tw I
awning aud «uy other material that comes I It caused houses'to (way*and ^S?!*** 1
to their hand. cradle nnd chimneys to tonnl.^s
The sun is about to set on another night Among tho buildings that K. Wl -
of borror for poor Charleston. Heaven wsh the old Darien li.mk Cracksl aam *6 e <i
only knows what it may bring forth, in the wall as wide a* a foot Th« ij° 1,<i6
Without any other viol*nt shock of earth- Comb Hotel was almost the same° o c ’
quake it is calculated that at least three- net s fell and everybody was nani„ ...f, lm '
fourths of tho city will have to be rebuilt In every part of the town smlf 1 '" 11 -
entirely, if the houses nre to be inhabited, women nud children were heard Aifi. ot
5:19 p. m.—Another earthquake shock doned their bouses and took resort it
was felt nt Charleston, S. C., Augusta, Gn., public squares and streets At IE u
and Columbia, S. 0. At Augusts tho vi- Comb Hotel Miss Thomas, who wasat ,
bratione were noticeable about two minutes, moat unto death, wns moved. “ ck “
At the asylum considerable damaas
done, but no estimation as v*tii a .k M
Prayer Meeting in tne i>*rks-Xo Statistics obtained. The large, heavy buildiDi? nol
Obtainable. ed 60 that tho wing became slightly dn f 1
Charleston, S. 0., September 1.—The ©d th© main buildiDg. The plssteJ
whole city is camped ont and it is in a ter-1“R an< ‘ all who could get out fled in*
rible 6tate of expectation. It is exactly terror and some of the physicians slept
twenty-four hours Bince the terrible, fatal the front yard all night. Mibb Hattie Pn*J
shock of earthquake visited this unfortu- ©“ fainted. It was a sad n ght in theciti
nate city. The negroes have taken posses- j® Be © ladies the street crjing and iira/J
sion of all the parks and vacant lots and I ID 8*
are holding exhorting praver meetings. How Sandersviiie Was Affected
Is ^ Btat® that all the loss of life Sandersvii.i-e, September 1 _ V viol. J
and all the damage to property wm caused earthquake ahock w£s felt here la.t . l
by the shock last mght at 9:55 Since that abont ‘ 0 0 ‘ clocb followed by font L.fl
time no one has been killed and no addi- ihnc k, within fifty minmes one ll
tional property destroyed, although the city midni|{hti ono at -j,f 0 a . m Jd "othTI
is in a state of terro- owing U the r* r »ated L n to-day. Houses tumoled so
» 0C * .. . a „ tr . n lently that not only iho occupant* ul
- abea. this time to B^e do- those outside, oonld pluinlv see the tiUaS
tails ns to casualties, for the reason that tion „. The dnration ‘of |
none of the officials charged with the keep- from Uo to font Tho ialtUno
ing of ench recorde are in the city. In sd- v indowB> ahokiog o. furniture and era. L‘
m ° 8t o£ the dead are buried of [imbcr „ cre . lted a perfect dm in ,
n the debne, and no regular rehet parties boaaeboK nud pt , ople f ashed in >
fortunately, the mayor b of the city is In ^“brard^the^cr^hfog'l
MussasjaftWffi GSBTUrMs-ss^a
unable to meet the situation. The shock sn „ h fmrr „,„ n in thu
occurred at 5.15. It is now 10:15 p. tu.,,1 E.ch shock was preceded by a he.vr ri ; ~l
and the people are boginning to hope that b]jDg 80und as ot ^ DniD(? 0 f trains cott.il
the worst is over. | f tom southwest and pissing to northeast f
ANOTHER SEVERE SHOCK
I Warrenton and Vicinity.
At 11:45 Last NiEhtNhakes Several House. WaSXENTON. Sentember l.-A very heal
CuAm-xsToN, September 1. 11:45 P-
Reported shocks of earthquake of a mild 0Bg f( U , [t rj
character are passing to tho west o the ci y. OQO IuimU and tho , a8t on
A rumbhng noise esn be heard diatinc ly, Te gli h at 4 0 - cl0 . k tbu ^ “ »
but no disturbances are felt. The whole tf / tbe fir , t and beiUlest Hbock tbe ‘“f’ A
population is awake and the colored folks we ro very light, and cine abont ten Li
engaged in religious exercises Among the nteg B The next he0Tie>t on ““ “
whites hopes are generally entertained that about i2 o ’ 0 l ock , but was nothing «
the cnsisie over. It wil be understood how , with the first ouo . Great “
impossible it la ta furnish figures when 1 irbVlliled here aad tho Qcgt0< i
is understood that Ml streets are blockaded ! dniost ptiib; „t’ noken . One negro knock;
nnd travel through the debris is impossible hi , wri ‘ t 0 , t 0 , pla -- 5a jum L ^ e *
except with great difficulty and apparent I cbnrob window, bnt beyond that no oi
pent. At this moment another rather ... 8n8lalned any ii jari e B . One or two ch”
vere shock hue just passed over the city, uev „ neHr to 4 n i ere „ hak(m dow „
shaking down several honsee. ■ • - • • -- - ’
At tVaUiey.
■\VAm.ET, Gi., September 1.—Tho firj
Slight IlsmsEe Done liy Toppling Chimneys I
—People Ureslly Frlghleutd. i
Columbia, S. 0., September 1.—There _
were sixteen distinct shocks from the earth-1 ahock ot the earthquake lost night occnrrl
quake here last night and np to 5 o'clock I at 9:50, and lasted about 39 secoa
this morning. The first shock was fearful, I About a minute afterward the heari#
aud houses were shaken us though mado of shock occurred, lasting fully auiinuta T|
pasteboard. It seemed aa if everything I vibrations aeemed to be from sonthte
must topple. The rumbliDg in the eartn to northeast. Houses cracked, d«
wns lond and horrifying in the extreme, stopped aud plastering in some houses x
Clocks stopped, bells were rung, considerably dnmaged. Chickens xtj
and damage done to some buildings, tbrown from their roosts,
principally by toppling chimneys. Two Mrs. Ptrdue, an elderly lady of Bethial
rooms in tho Governor's massion were in getting ont of her honse stepped oil
wrecked. Thero wero a number of cases of I piece of brick and fell, fracturing he! iig|
nervous prostration, and doctors wero in arm. .
demand for Lightened people. One lady At 10 minutes to 10 there was snot
was prematurely delivered by tbe shock. I shock,-and another nt 10 minutes alter 1
Two ebooks were felt this morning, one at o’olocx. Tbo Inst ono occnnpd belwtea
8:30, and another ono hoar later. The and 4 o'clock this morning.
tremor of tbe earth mado one feel while _ „ —
walking, like amen jnst off of asea-voyage, „ Town Set in Commotion,
imparting a staggering gait Gainesville, September 1.—The ;
Columbia.S. C.,September 1.—Columbia qu®k® shock c-meii little after 9 oek
l* quieting down, but still there are many a^ then a very severe shock which U
terrified people who want to get a wfok of several seconds. The whole town wu
sleep to-night. During the evening two or commotion, some thinking the tin# I
three slight ebooks have been felt, but they conje - ® ni J ®E are not quiet vet Aiur
did not occasion any consternation, for wo I ahock, three other aligut odh
nro gettirg used to this thing. Tho Colum- W* at intervals of fifteen or twenty
bin Register issued an extra this afternoon, nt® 8 -
wbicb contains a pretty full and graphic At Cartcnvllle.
description of Charleston's destruction. | Cabteiisvillk, September l.-La<t ni.
couiurer. and to whom the startled darkies Shattered cornice* aud eopings, tbe tops of
flew for protection when the first ahock oc- the woUa, seem piled from both side, tithe
enrred. The damage to property at Bean- centre of the street It seems that a touch
fortisaiittleinalvance of the usual de-1 would now send the shattered masses left
strnction, but uot of an alarming character, standing down upon the people below, who
The phosphate works near Port Royal are I®®* up to them and sbriok together as the
prettv badly wrecked and will require I tremor of the earthquake again ptoses under
weeks to repair the damage. them and the mysterious reverberations
I swell and roll along like some infernal
Severe shock but Sllxht Damage* I drum-beat summoning them to die. It
Ilwutun. heptember L—A very severe | passes away, and again te experienced the
be got to open tbe store, to sell them.
C’UAltLrSTON 3.30 P. M.
Details of the Destruction—K*n«t and Sul
phurous Fume* From tho Dow
els of the Earth.
Zljr Associate! Press.
Cualleston, 8. C., 3:30 p. m., Septem
ber 1.—Tae city ia wrapped in glocm and
buriaeM entirely suspended. People gen- , r
ers ly n m uu in the streets in tsnts and I shock of riuttiqaake wss felt here list I blessed feeling of deliverence from impend
under improvjted shelter, and will camp I night abont 9 o'clock. Tbe houses of the I ing calamity, which it may well be believed
out to-night, (earing another .hock. I town were to shaken that a great noise I evoke, a mate hut earnest offering of min-
Ibe gas works ora injured and probaby I as of a coming storm was heard. The I gled prayer and thanksgiving from every
the city will be without light to-night. I buildings of ttm~town, at they trembled, I heart in the throng. Again far along the
•v . ^' c “**' * Uhutch u shattered and I cracked and groaned with the earth's eon-1 street and np from lbs alleys which lead
the steeple will come down, also tbe steeple I rulsioot. The people were badly frightened. I into the street, on either side, te
ot Hi Phillip a. I There were four distinct shocks felt,lastiug I beard that chorus of wailing and laments-
lira steeple of the Unitarian Church has I serenj minutes. The only damage hrard I lion, wbicb, though it bad not ceased, was
tt?’ I from was the falling of a chimney of Dr. I scarcely noticed tho moment before. It is
i n. portico, of IiiberUn Hall and the I Wood's ntideDOc and tearing loose a light-11 dremlfnl sound- the sound of helpless,
■»** ettlkm house are demolished. ThereUloing rod. At tbe residence of Mr. J. T. I horror-stricken humanity; old and young,
mnenmjary to mansion* on the east and I Ilrann-vn a clock that bad not run for years strong and feeble alike, calling for help
, 1' The pottico of the Raveuel I began ticking, and another that had been I from their fellow creature^ aud raising
mansion U down. | running was stopped.
for Another Night of Terror,
By Bouthwn Telegraph Compeny'e Line.
Cbaolewton, September 1, 4 p. m.—Two
alight shock* of earthquake hare been felt
since the firat—at 8:2o this morning, and
at about 1-JO p. m. Neither one of them
did any furtqer destruction. Not even dar
ing General Gilmore's bombardment of tbe
city baa there ever been such a deplorable
state of affaire here. Tho city ia literally in
ruins and the people ore living in tbe open
equarrs end public parka. There ia a gre .t
rush to the railroad depota to get away, but
owing to the earthquake no trains have been
able to be dispatched from the city. Tele
graphic communication ia also cut off, save
one wire of tbe Southern Telegraph Com
pany, wbicb te so crowded with anxious
private mekstgee that it ie impossible to de
pict tbe ruin and desolation that prevail
here.
Not a single place ln the city ie open, eeve
drug atoree, which ere buey preparing pre
scriptions for Ibe wounded, Itis impossi
ble also to give any correct estimate of tbe
killed and the wounded. Bodies are con
stantly disinterred from the debris of
wrecked homes One undertaker who xx
interviewed stated that he had furnished
tight coffins up to noon to-day. Many of
their anguished voices in petition to I the dead arc lying unburied, these being of
SIXTEEN SHOCKS IN COLUMBIA.
plastering in several houses fell, but do >|
rious damage was done. Reports from i
sections of onr oonnty are about the ■
A LADY’S DEATH PROM FRIGHT.
shout 8 JO o'clock n very heavy vhoAJ
earthquake wu felt in this region. Kff
Hi'iraatcil SI|..C Ill v,i 8 -,,.t» v,-»trr.Uy tin- F.t.ia.di r lilr, .id bri.l '-it “■ ' <
Th. Damage Done. I vere, shaking tho brick from off tbe topi
Avousta, Ga., September 1.—Another the rliimnoy of Captain George MsAlof
shock was felt hero at 5 o’clock this ev n- residence. ‘Tho shock la-.tod ssveitH
ing, cansing people to rnsh into tbe streets. I onds, nnd seemed to be from
The damage last night was confined to jolt- south,
ing chimneys and breaking plaster in real-
dences. Mrs. Samuel Bow,}*, an old lady. . ’J 0 * ° afor ? ra, ‘ **• „ „.,j
died of fright. Many ladies fainted and . ® 6 P te ™ h *'About 9 1 1
tbonsauda of men were completely un- Mt decided earthquake
nerved. Citizens remained in the .trouts w “ 'f 11 in thi * P 1 ®®®- U c ? U “2*al
all night. It ie stated that nothing like “ tw .° an f 8 aT ® JSSdS
this has occurred since 1811, whon there mbabitanta of onr town a geuerM mmi
were shocks extending from Charleston to n P- bom J
the Miaaouri river, where large tract* of a nr , m - Considerable commotion «s J
land were annk. Onr citizens passed a atad umong the ower ®®'m.U. as th* J|
el; epleuly night, and there u w«® ®®t to bartlDg and the AHkme
still general apprehension, ^ ahaken from their rpoaU. The shack
’^ple aro prepariDg* M camp'out inZ
streets. . At the arsenal ground .he .hocks ^^.Ufo^lTral^m^
were violent, doing great damage to the In'
terior of the residences of Major Riley and
Captain Grealish. The residence of Captain
Grealish is barely standing.
Dispatches from interior towns in Geor.
gia and South
severe shocks. But
to persons
l’rlsoners 1‘ivuiu stricken.
Manietta, September 1.—The fint dl
came two minotea before nine o does ■
Br . *“ I tested fully a minute. The nextcsmssbl
Carolina ■*{«>«* t \ {e niinuir-s after and was nearly u
ram.*? 101110 * 1 vet it lasted only a few seconds. Thsshojl
property, except the ouualithShlr.ti.fore
reported on the South Carolina railroad at I : ' . reatexciMmBiiuuv'w
Horse Creek and Langly, six miles from 0 “4>i,“ < Lh.J'i_ i.ll were nenicitr.- k |
half a mile of track, which wrecked an out- Aid From Atlanta,
going train and kill- dBAdam Simmons, the Atlanta. Oa.', h, pti mber 1.- MayorB
firtn-en, and wounded Job nv Reynolds, I -. er ba< a , u U fur a meeting « J
'. When the dam broke n wall iltixeue of Atlanta to aid tbe suS*1
the engineer. __ _
? f •'*. f*®. 1 ,*>t«h and eeverejIOhutentontens. Ttonunttng willte*l
hundred yards brood .track Hie track and t o mono# morning. Tbe btuioexs ^ l
the train obliquely, ceueing tbe cunalitiee c ial connection between AtlanU and Chul
tboxe reported ..... - . ton is xerjr close, end unireml
• V.T“ _ . A ,.*t Tcra ®arih quake has u e xpreuid here,
just been felt here, at 11:20, city time. I 1 1 ..
1 A General Stampede.
THE DAM vOK AT AUtlUSTA.
| SnABrsnUBO, Oa., September l- t J^jl
Several llnlldl.c red ln..r.-Two a ‘ a ^.'l' ,akahB ” d *^„ r J rfl
-l.rideni-. I night The window* ana sever**-1
Augusta, Oa.. September l.-Two slight h , 0U **V,’» er * ,hook aU ' 1 I
sho k* of earthquake were felt thia morning stampede. .
at 7:59 and 9:20, city time. Tbe excite-1 No Dama*. at Howard*,
ment bu somewhat subsided. A Lumber Howabds. Oa, September l.—La»
of boueea bare been reported to the fire about 9 aud 10 o’clock Howard was '
wardens u iu danger, and from all portions by an earthquake. It made tbe f®”
of the city and surrounding neighborhood rattle in the hous*« Put did no
come reports of small damage by thesbocka, „
such oa falling of chimneys, parting of At Tf,..,,,.,- i
walls, smuhing of crockery, etc. TnoMAsnixE, ^ T-xpem*
In the railway accident at Langley Fond, ° clock last eight Thomas r^.,
n ran*. AuFarara*. *>,. .rara.n «... I SO earthillisko shock ot j DC ,
High bfob
from thte city,"and the‘”«reman te“ kili'ed’ I » P™J«v meeting atBoetoo^ Wf'
Tbs Utter U a stock car, snd U now com-1 K v^.iamscs ws*^
pletely under water. The stock havo from «®utb of cash No d *
■ecapcd, with tbe exception of four honsee. Th . <10 .k* in Herevea- .
The shocks broke the dome at Langley, and - c.member l.-A»
C “ 0li “ mltoia track8 nifhtl » -aSsl
washed away; | nl ^ c ,. lierJ _ nons*s were a 1 ** 0 .^^
SavftntiAh Sends Kstief to CharliMton.
Savannah, September L—A relief train I viros uio nwim •—.• m*p, 1
is been il* sjmtched to CharlestoQ irom ( were heard from every house Jq
this ritv to render ftssistance to the buffer*! en rLd children,
era, odd to repair the rrilroa 1. | were shaken from