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VOL. XVIII.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 7 1886
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE QUAKING EARTH
Awakes the Country From the
Lakes to the Gulf.
A GENERAL SHAKING
More Severe im the South
Than Elsewhere.
W. D. Qrant's ftmUy tie living there while
_ mtdo on their own
:nco. Colonel Grant m In bod suit
•sleep. Uo wss wilted by the shook, snd
when his son celled, hewsi sitting np lntho
bed. Captain Great, when tho first shook wss
felt stys: “It felt snd sounded likoji stroct
CHARLESTON IN RUINS
The People Homeless. Terror
Stricken and Desperate.
MANY LIVES LOST!
Damage to Properly Esti
mated at Ten Million.
«*-
Z The wholo country hsd 1 scnsstlon Tassdsy
night in tbeshspo of sn csrthqusko.
The shock wss felt in Atlanta at fire min.
tries to fl o'clock, and appears to hart bean
uniform throughout tho city. The damage, aa
far as ascertained, la slight, but the strain on
the nerret wss terrific. A slight nausea be.
tpoke its melancholy In perhaps 60,000 stom.
■chi a few minutes after the rambling shock
hsd passed. The commotion lasted perhaps
three minutes.
Tnz Constitution reporters circulated
through tha city up to midnight and found
groups of people still standing on tho side
walks. Larger nnmhors were still drenod
and awake and announced their determine,
tlon of setting np all night A vicious lm.
pretslon prevailed that the thing was coming
back at midnight—probably started by the
follow who always says, when a rattlesnake
Is killed,that its msto Is suro to bo lntho
neighborhood. Tbo groat majority of the
people, however, put their faith. In Providence
and in tho 2,700 feet of solid granite th
tho slot: of thet Just
IN THE CITV,
Dow tin. Strange Occurronco Felt In At.
Isntn,
The Constitution building has sis loon
and is five storlei above (round and sits on
ono of the highest points In the olty.
Just before the shock Tuesday night the en.
glne which runs the electric lighting machinery
wss working away busily In the basement,
creating the nsnal throbbing jar, accompanied
by the fiap-flap of the belting. In the butl-
nesu office on the eldesralk floor a night clerk
chatted as ha received the copy for an "ad.''
The elevator waa running bum the bottom
toward tha top.
On the fourth floor est tho city editor
Writing array at hia desk.
On tho top floor, lost ono hundred slope
from the ground, fifty bluing olstirlo lights
workers in the oomposlng room and top floor
Thlrty-llvo or forty printera won busy ma>
king The Constitution of Wednesday.
In one room sat tho night editor overlook*
lntho next room tha telegraph editor waa
filling cut “press,"
In the next room four reporters were grind-
followed by s strainings creaking feeling. _
at once took out my sratch. It wes Jnst flvo
minutes to nine o’clock, and the shock's tram
nlona motion lasted just three mluntea."
Mr. J. G. Thrower snd family live in tho
McConnell & James building, opuoslto Cham*
tcrlin’e. This is perhaps the tallest building
in the city, breadth considered. Mrs. Thrower
is sn Invalid snd In bed. Sho and her has.
band thought the honse would certainly fall,
Mr. Thrower went to her bod, and taking her
in bis arms, said: “I’m right here with yon,
«n<1 will din Whnn thn tmmnt
and wo will dlo together.’’ When the tremor
hod passed, Mr. Thrower honied down stairs,
and when last seen wss trying to get a hack
to novo hit family. Ho sold: “I wouldn't
stay in that house tonight for a million do!
Isis."
Tnrsday night the board of stewards Trinity
cbuich held a regular union
Thu members were engaged in but*
ness for tho church, hat the shock wss so
veero that every member ran ont Into the
strut. Tbo attendants of a wedding party
were practicing, but when the shock cams
they, rushed ont into tho street
leaving a large sambo of friends'? in tho
church.
A collection bad been taken npfor Evan’s
chapel Inst before the earthquake. Tho stew
ards sought the sidewalk with dispatch.
After they had retnrnad one of them said :“lf
we take np that collection again, brethren, I
think wo can double it.’’
Tho Big Bothel church wss thronged with
members snd visitors when tha shock cams.
The building is a large, high on*. and when it
gathered itself together It shook with crest
- ~ lsng
violence. The glass shades over the jtts hsng
brought them In contact. They sent ont a
dear, bell like sound which attracted the
experienced tho
tiding exclaimed t
'An eaitbquake! an earthquake!”
Instantly tbo congregation became a panto*
stricken crowd, and with a rash they made
for the door. In tho scramble everybody for-
iquake! an earth.]
the congregation
»wd, and with a
. In tho scramble
got ovary thing else except himself, and before
the church could empty Itself the cm led rru
wild, fully expecting avoir second woold bo
their lut. Finally, everybody was ont, and
then in leu than a minute the
tion bad disappeared from tho
each ono was hurriedly looking his home to
lnd been <lono, alUully
expecting to find death and destruction scut-
tried in every direction. .
A meeting of tbo doaeons oflreo first,
iistchurcb was going on when one earthed
began. Tho good men. it is said. /Gatteqj
M*J» '4S-i n'
church was very Indignant on account oTthd
disturbance. Ho rushed out on tho sidewalk,
collared a pursing stranger, snd exclaimed
Who dat shako do clm’cir an’ nnkoall detn
dcaonsiun sway!"
The Knights of tho Golden Buie were In
I section in their hall, corner Alabama and
Broad street. The ’qnsko gave tho hoou n
rock, snd In sn instant tho entire msmbsrshtp
appeared to understand that an earthquake
was «t band. With a rush, noth and
shovo that seemed to Indicate that
fraternal lovo had been forgotten, they made I
fraternal lovo had been forgotten, they made
for the door and influlok order appeared In tho
street In full lodge regella. In this they pre>
unfed sn unusual appearance and attracted a
appearance
good deal Of attention.
Mr. C.U.Floyd: lives on Utgsxlne strut near
the top of tha hill. His family hdd retired
‘ ‘ * lUowldg salt when
•sdbewulnthosctoffol _
tbs ehock came. The hoou recked violently,
snd the family wunnable to gel ont, so vio
lent was the rocking, Tht shock Anally spent
itself, and as the lut vibration disappeared,
the rear end of the building dropped ont.
A large number of pendnlntns were swung
out of position and the clocks stopped. The
eVetrio clock* ticked right on.
Dr. Boring said:
“1 think Atlsnts had a slight schock In
1868. It wss about that time.”
Bev. Frank Joaeph, colored, who preaches
chain-gang, was
to tbo coonty <
In the next th* Georgia news editor wu ed*
before nine there wu a lit*
tie tremor of the floor Ilk* onto th* movement
created by a dog trotting serose.
Quickly that changed to a shaking inch as a
wax op produces In crossing a bridge. A sec
ona or so more snd tbo great structure
shook convulsively, end began socking and
, being from cast to
trembling, the movement
west and west to east. It saeoed that the
electric light chsodsUen would fall, so terri*
bio was the ahock.
Five stories above granod, and the building
shaking In an earth quake!
' imagine the situation If yon
Yon cannot li
have never been there.
Every man In the bntlding expected tbo
horn* to fall to the grand within a mlnnte.
A reporter's desk turned hslf over. The beys
“ ‘ toward the elevator. The printers
connty comm)
He says he wee
tlon, and bla eyes
cording one being less distinct. Throe or four
fins started in as many sections, with ths
first shock and ths city wss soon illuminated
with flame*, thus leading all to believe that
what wss left by the earthquake would bo
devoured by Are. However, th* fire depart
ment wu so well divided and hsndled that
the fires ware gotten under control by day.
light. From fifteen to twenty residences and
stores were consumed.
The eity ie wrapped in gloom and business
is entirely suspended. Peoplo generally re
main in the streets, in tents and under Impro
vised shelters, end will camp ont tonight,
were then getting np. I recognised the mem-
'■ * iliies Ikneweleeplngonthe
fcstlng another shock. The gas works are
injured sad probably the city will bs without
light tonight. St. Michael's church Is shatter*
cd sad the steeple will come down. Likewise
steeple of St. Phillip's. Ths steeple of th*
Unitarian church has fallen. The
porticos of Hibernlsn hall snd ths msln
station homo ate demolished. There Is orach
Injury to msnsloni on East snd South battery.
ben of several fami
pisssss. The sldesralk at the Planters' hotel
was filled with chairs, in which men, women
and children werealseep. Covered with shawls
and bed rlothiog, they made a curloua sight,
I saw Mayor May snd bis family at
barely daybreak, walking ths streets, and
Captain Lettuce, of tho Central rosd, whom
wo sought, hid not been In his honso St ell.
Wo met bin, and his family In the streets. A
Httlo later wo saw breakfasts being served In
pis/res. A touching melancholy pervaded,
slid tho faces of women and children, puled
from exhenstlon snd anxiety, wero pitiful to
look upon. A sad sight it wss to sec bablos In
their improvised beds asleep on the streets.
Th* tender car* of mothers hsd been exhaust*
ed in tbo endeavor to can fur their little ones.
The children wero to bo seen in twos, thrcei,
ered without reaching the bottom. A hundred
feet away from the pond the aolld earth wu
wimched Into fiunresthathad no perceptible
drift of shape or direction. Then had boon
coemption end no extraneons under sand
wss found in the t racks It was simply as if
some tremendous power hsd torn tho earth
msny are so shaken ana cracked that a hard
•hock w ss severe at SnmmervllVe and Mount
Pleasant and Bnlllvan’s Island, but no loss of
ilf* is reported there. Flssares In th* earth
are noticed, from which flnemsuc], apparently
from a great depth, exudes. A sulphurous
iavui «• ^ttesk vs
smell Is very noticeable.
Broad street presented a spectacle of the
utmost horror. Even women armed with
hatoheti fooght valiantly to rewne Imprisoned
unfortunates Meeting street from Bre
■ road to |
Bezel, la a wreck and ie lined with nnforta*
nates. To add to tho horror of tho eoene
it fires broke out and wore ineffectually
fought by tho fire department.^ Tho night | dred dollars worth oJTbnslaesa dons In Augusta
rlencea of one of the most terrible nights ever
known. Tbo honse of Hon. Clay Foster, which
Is frame, sru filled last night with fifty par*
tons who refuted toetay in their houses of
brick. They slept en the floors on the piaz
zas, and on ths back steps
WOESE THAW WAR OR I'FATILEKCE.
For three asperate Right*thle city has boan
shaken, and no on* knows what to expect.
“It's a thing yon can't fight," said Editor
Cohen, “and that snakes It so terrible. A fire,
s battle, a storm, anything that yon can atsnd
np against or proride sgslnst can bo mot with
courage, but this unseen enemy that Jakes
the very grand under your foot appalls th*
stoutest heart I have never icon Augusta
to profoundly stirred.”
Mr. Cohen adds:
I am satisfied that there iraa not one hnn
and the prayers of
thennlnjurtd. It Is Impossible to estimate
tbo losses ef persons or property at proseut.
XoteTen during General Gilmore's bombard
ment of tho city has there evor been suoh a
deplorable ststo of sfihlrs hero. Tho city'is i
literally In mins and the peoplosro llriag la
open square! and in public park* Thar* its
great rush to tbo depot to get sway, bnt oaring
to tbo earthquake no trains have boon able to
bo despatched from tho dty. Telegraphic
communication la also lent 'off, oxceptr
lug ono wire of tha Southern telegraph com*
all day j
Noon*thought of
inn weeiing maodalrns.
A remarkable feature of th* scare la that
the disreputable houses are entirely do-
sorted, and the Inmate* were on the streets
praying for mercy sud forgiveness. Ths
pany, which Is crowded .with gnxlont^grlv ^
icezsges. It Is Impossible to depict I .
sad desolation that prevail* hero. Not a
elnglo place of bnstneu in the olty, save s
drog store, which is busy preparing
prescriptions, for tho wounded, Is
It is impossible also,
sited how the Atlanta people treat the earth
quake so lightly. The truth Is, an Atlantlan
oannot appreciate the absolute terror of tho
situation until he reaches Angusta, which
may lie said to sot on tho outoT edge of
glon where the eartbqusko la uot onl. .
ous, but altogether the most awful expsrlenoo
of tho century.
There are negro prayer meetings going
eight and day, snd ths religions enthusla
ie largest crack, was, perhaps, two foot
srrors and hottonrleM as /hr as appearances
could reach.
THE TBAtIKDY ON RAtf.,
On the npper left hand tide of tho pond a
tragedy hsd crcnrred. fho first break of the
levee that encircled the body of water took
place there. The water rnthed screes the
rnllrotd track, carrying the tie* and nils Into
I seijj unu 11*1*. tuu nuu law
s smaller pond Inst beyond. Just then th*
night express came thundering along. The
night waa very dark, snd a short curve hid
cun tho glistening waters. Tho engine fol
lowed tho dislocated track and plunged Into
tho smaller pond. Tbo fireman jumped and
was thrown with tremendous force Into the
water snd Instantly drowned. The engineer
alurk to bit post, snd though tho engluo wu
completely submerged, msnaged to escape
with two broken legs. None of the passenger
were hart. Almost st the ume momest, end la
press plunged Into t crevasse
|iond and the firamsn wu killed, the engineer
•ml peateagut escaping. Tho volume of wator
carry Irg tho I.sngloy asm before it struck the
Both mills dam, a mile below, and swept it
awty like a feather. It will require $100,000
to repair the damage done by the brooking
dams. Your correspondent discovered a small
boat serosa tbo bed of tho pond whloh wu
secured by a native, who stripped and swam.
In this we wero transferred and foand an
engine in waiting.
THE TEBEOB tit THE COUNTRY.
The terror that prevails through this section
irj In tho dty, and destroyed overy chimney
' reellcd, snd nearly erery
We have just passed a well-to-do family ed
pc rbips fifteen, living under sn Immense trom.
They have chairs, beds, tables, books ana
work. Near by is a fire, whoro tho cook has
evidently prepared dinner. A hundred yards
further we find * fallen hunts. A man reports’
sn Immense hole vomiting und and wator.
RENEWED SHOCKS EXTORTED.
The villsgors from siEty miles ont from
Charleston report renewed thooke today, ths
heaviest of which appears to have been about
two and four o'clock. Wo find tho people
living ont of door* for this ontlro distance.
Usually tho family la grouped under* tree.
They all rise and gaze at tho flying
engine, as If It was a now
earthquake, and return tho salutes of thn
psrtcngcTS with undisguised melancholy,
llidgevtlte "
Je there wss not a chimney loft stand
ing. The entire population wss living ont-
reported snd reputed shocks 1
during lire day.
TWO PERSONS KILLED,
Two persons ware killed In tho neighbor
hood by falling houses. Cautions sro Tamed
to tbr conductor to ran very alow, and gangi
or track hands sro busy straightening tha
twisted track that we may pass ovor It.
Looking down a long stretch of track, the
nils wars'frequently ont of lino sovorsl feet,
llgent fra
open.
give any correct estimate ef the killed and
wounded, as ‘ "
d, as bodies are constantly being dlt-
1 ftom the debris of the wrecked houses.
Interred
One undertaker stated he hsd famished
eight coffins np to noon today. Many of the
■ • ' ....
tho connty. Thcro arc not a half-dozen tom
Jn the city,.qncl women sail children sro oxj»
night approaches most of tho heads of
stc trying to construct touts out of bed shoots,
eparo awnings or any other material that
coincs to their hands.
•hock of last nlgbt In Angnsta is said to htvo
been shout ono tenth as heavy as that of Tats,
day night. From parties who were In Atlanta
Tnesday night. I learn that tha ahookaof
Wednesday nlgbt hare were quite as severe a*
th* Atlanta shock. In the room ocouplodby
Captain Howell, st tbo Fhsntera’, I found tho
floor sprinkled with plastering, which hid
been shaken down daring ths night. Herald
the repeated shocks of hist night wero severer
than snvihing ho feltln Atlanta.
lenalng great privations In couscqooiicc. As I A negro di.ym». slept all night In hUdray., fe cm thlajoJnt forward *vcry mau travol.
families Heesid ho had mrsmred the houses and know 0I1 l,|,own responsibility. Th« remnauUof the
FIXING TO LEAVE.
Just
rumbling and felt tho ahock.
CHARLESTON IN RUINS.
and on the third floor encountered Mr. Doug*
t usual,
las, of Dixie, who, somewhat paler than
asked, excitedly:
“What's tha matter?"
“Dunne!" answered tbs nowtpsper man
Without stopping.
When th* middle of th* itreot waa reached
a aa* ran ont of Bliley's undertaking estate
lifhmr&t And yelled:
“What's tho matter np there?" pointing np
toward The CoKirmmow oomposlng'ram.
lie probably thought tons* on* had dropped a
hair apace.
Tho elevator man remained at his post, sod
ays ha did not fool the shock at *11, owing to
a tbo general conftuiou intho office,
perfect derknea prevailed tor a minute. Th*
engineer, feeling the shook, at first attributed
it to something wrong ebook tho machinery
and abet down th* engine, wharapon every
the Cffiro in perfect darkness. The greatest
conftation raized those in the top of tho build.
in*. _____
At the Artesian Well.
Five mlnntco after tho last qnivor of ths
final qnake wu fslt, at least flvo hundred poo*
pie gathered shoot tho trteslsn well.
“The 1
Desolation and Gloom Amid th* Bains of
th* City.
Charlestons. C. .September 1.—[Spools!.]—
A block pall hangs over tbo ones fair dty by
these*. Th* hour of midnight la rendered
doleful by the bitter lamentations of tho bo
reaved. Mothers are mourning for their lost
oflbprlng, and will not be comforted becaui*
they are not. This It Indeed a dreary placo
tonight.
BAILEOADTEAnm WRECKED.
There ere fonr railroad trains wrecked be
tween Angruta and Charleston, and a consid-
enblolossofllfels reported from tho thee*
accidents. There la on* wreck fonr miles thl*
•Ido of Charleston, another sight miles this
tide of Charleston, snd two others between
that point snd thirty mllos this
•Ido of Charleston. Two engfnton and a
fireman ara known to be killed, bat the news
from tbo wreck Is motgre. Thors si* two
theories ss to the cans* of the wrecks. The
first, that the nils wore misplaced
by ths convulsions of th* earth,
and the other that they ware
submerged snd displaced by the rash of waters.
It is add that several dams beyond Aognsta
are thrown down, snd that the surrounding
c ran try Is flooded. Tbo dam at Longley &
reported to ho wrecked. Ef
forts are being made to establish
telegraph stations this stdo of tbo wrecks,
where there will b* fall nosra and details.
Tho Booth Caroline railroad is receiving no
basinets, sad is simply sending ont wrecking
trains. It to reported that tTtn these srs ua-
able to roach the sreoeka beesnse of sretar.
The most Intense anxiety tnd uncertainty
prsvsls.
: hois to Chins,” said a wiry littl* man,
has been closed np.'
“Oh no, 'expostulated a man Inahirt sleeves,
“it is belching forth enter st tbo rate of two
knotted million gallons a minute.”
“Thai's a 1—,’’ interrupted a bow legged
aoda water vendor.
preached the well to Invretigtte. He
the well in It* Dermal condition.
Pen Pictures of the 'Qa*k*
The experience st Colonel John T. Grant's
resilience ns definite. Thin i* ooe of th*
Ixrgat and tat built houses In tho city, Mr.
Detail* of th* Detraction.
Charleston, September I.—Tho fint
shock or earthqusks ns felt approaching
last night at o'clock, and before tho peo
ple could realize what tho trouble wu, they
foned themselves beta* thrown around and
their house* falling down on them. Erery
one ran screaming Into the street snd In a few
second* th* city waa wild with human beings,
perfectly crazed with fright. On all tides you
raid hear exclamations such as:
“My God, save ns! ’
“God have mercy npon m tinners!"
And pceplt raid boneen kneeling erery*
where in grape offering np prnyen.
The first.shock wss followed Immediately
by toother, though of lea effect, brat renew
ing tho screams and ihrisks and from ths
tlmt of begin!** to daylight, shocks were
felt at intervals of half sn hour, hut sock me-
Augusta for CIutrlsston-Hcenei snd Inci
dents on the Wuy.
Augusta, Gt„ September 2.—[Special Tele-
gram, from H. W. G.]—Since Don Qulgote
charged the windmill, I doubt If ghastlier
work baa been done than the sdvanoe I now
begin against an earthquake. It waa “kiss
and go” with Atlanta and her ’quake—a
tremor, a sigh and an an revolr. But tho earth,
quakes still linger In the lowlands, and I go to
seek them there. Poor Den Quixote! I tom
tonight to thy wistful face, gleaming still In
the cere of * dead and musty century, and
salute thee In profound sense of comrtdeehlp!
Let ns sgrt* that when tho earth has qua! n<,
It la best to cut you a seat in solid granite, sad
alt down. Certainly it Is folly, while colic
prevails, to glide down from the backbone Into
the more or leu qnaaby region of the livers
snd lights. Tho empty oar* admonish ms
that when the earth's cruit Is
crinkling, one shoo Id not leave Atlanta, but-
tressed at lb# it on her everlasting hills. The
conductor, th* bsggsgo man, snd tho net!ess
crowds st th* depots, who com* In to loqnlr*
If Is true that Atlanta Is overthrown, or
Charleston engulfed, back this admonition.
THE PEOPLE FEVERED.
It Is curious to too how tho earthquake
few possesses tbo peoplo at largo. Tho fear
of this impalpable hat appalling foo hu seized
tho public heart. The earth communicated
Its tremor to tbo people, and the motion
grow*. At tvsry station you hear of renewed
ihocke, more or lees severe ssyonr Informsnt
wss shook. At Conyers, i stoat men assured
me that tho villago had besn unshaken line*
tho grand palsy of Tuesday night. A thin
man said be felt a shock at 4 o'clock, sure. A
negro chipped In to the sam* effect, and th*
fat man said be believed ho felt it, too.
The only really awnring thing I have scan
rises leaving Atlanta it Stone mountain. As
far at I could Judge through tho dsrknon, It
loomed tranquil. It certainly did not com*
wabbling np with uncertain logo and head
“hall bent" to tall me how oftan ft bad boon
shook up during ths day. I wish it had, for I
should have begged It to go with mo. In
leaving it, I foal that I hare left tha gates of
granite laud, and am henceforth llsbta to ho
I mote down, swallowed np or epltoutatsny
A man Jnst tells m* that a work'
man drilling In th* hole penetrating Sioa*
mountain, felt th* mountain sway and rock
they could not fall an far as ho wes. This bo*
imi.o popular before morning. A lone lino of
wagons wsa drawn up In tho coutor of tho
streets, snd filled with sleeping people. Two
hundred persons spent the night in the grave
yard,
DY HORSE TO LANGLEY'S POND.
Id rtsponte to my telegram, Ur. J. H. Av
erin, muter of transportation of tho Month
Carolina " ■ - - -
rollna rosd, bujnrt wired:
■If you can reach Langley by hone, I will have
•n engine to meet ^ou there snd get you Into
IfpoaghlL
Mr. Newt Haggle is now
toms grays, and is;
istyshewtllgetaetoLingloy
in two hears. Ho agree* to take Ovo two.
•tain E. F. Howell,Ur. <S A.
Branham, Ur. 8. Cohen and
yoor correspondent. Hia team la now at tbs
door. A largo crowd bu gathered to sec ns
off. We mtko th* start, hot when we will
rrseb Charleston no ono can tell, or when wo
Itiwu 1/UfiIKIlUU ilU uuo can IU1I, UI
will reach a telegraph office. Tbo wreckage
-'will not be
along the road Is desperate, snd It will
open for traffic In a week. Whenever wo do
go Into Cbsriofton. wo will be tho very first
persons that have gono Into that dty from the
ontild* world riae* tbs break. H. W. G.
THE CITY qomriHO DOWN.
The" Knights of Labor at tho mills
were holding a mooting lut night
in a inmll one-story building. Ai light
shock was felt while they wore In session.
Tbo stamped* was so violent that a knight
named Willitmi wss trampled on and hadhlo
•tiu and tag broken. Tho excitement is
greater In tho errantry tbon
tho town. Than Ignorance,
pcrntltlon and ozaggtratad stories add to tho
real horrors of the ritosUon. Ken, «Wtt
snd sere amine. The oenntry chnrohee
been pecked since the first shock, and tamon
rations and supplications may bo hoard for
milts. Atleut two deaths are reported from
Imttne. A woman drowned herself thronghI
•ft ar at Bath. The (bare terrors of tho cyclono
Ido not compare with the despair that comes
with the unseen and Inexplicable earthquako.
If another ahock should come today or tonight,
the most serious remits may bs foared, oven
though the shock Itself docs no damage.
TUB TRIP TO CHARLESTON,
gotten, though tho yawning fl’snros does that
abundantly. _ Tho engineer notifies ns, ss he
pulls cut backward, that wo sro taking <
own rbks. Ths vlllsgts throngh which
run remind ns of Sunday. Tho 'stores i
elerrd, business la suspended Slid crowds lit-
ertlly swarm about tho ongtno inquiring for
nswe. They have bad no papers, few telegrams,
no trains tad the must curious rumors are
•Host By this time onr special engine
Is crowded with Charlestonians who have beg-
Tho wood tendorls covered wll
are propped on the cowcatcher, * very good
scat on sn engine that Is flying backward,
' " ’. Taboi
Augusta is quieting down. Tho temporary
... ■- y drygoods
homes constructed In ths streets of
boles uo deserted, snd the people have re
turned to their residences. A slight shock was
felt today at 8 a. m. and another at 11:30, and
some report |ars at 0 tonight. Buslnesi has
been resumed and everything la now Jogging
alone ax usual.
tirsat sxclkmentpre rails because of there-
dlls, two miles of the dty.' Either ths ground
has sunk or the bill clsret*4. Many think
ths latter. It fa* foot that places can be soon
from residence on tbo bill which eould not
ho soon from tho same point before ths earth
qaako ibocks.
JUDGE KING'S EXPERIENCE IN 1811.
Acocsta, Go., September 2.—[Hpeotal,]—
Mr. Harry Htmmonn was asked:
' Wss this o very sever* shock r
“It was the severest shock on roeord any.
where along the Atlantic slop*. Tho next
rerest wss in 1811.”
‘Whit w*t It* center?''
"It extended from Cbarleeton, 8. C., to the
Missouri river, where It tank largo tracts of
land. Judge King, of Angotta, wss 'powum
hunting at th* tuns la Kentucky, with a
number of negro attendant*. Tht lights were
extinguished by the severity of th* ihoek.
They also loth their war."
ON TO CH ARLSTON.
Th* Wreck
perceptibly, and ran ont In great alarm. Per-
hai a, after til, wa hsd better put our trust
entlnly in ths Lord.
entirely in t
GETTING BEYOND THE GRANITE RIDGE.
Langley Pond—Strang*
Irenes Along the Way.
Cqailzstox, a C, September 2.—[Special
Telegram by H. W. G.]—Ont In th* country
from Augmtn ths signs of tho earthquake wore
not abated. Even tha negro cabins had lost
their occupants, and pkaalnnieo en insurance
spiead under the big trees were abundant,
Th* Drat signs of tbo convulsion that wero
writ on the earth wore found at Langley mills.
Thera s remarkable scone was unfolded.
Augusts. At Greensboro, Union Point and
adjacentpointa .shocks were frit distinctly
during the orenlng and night. At Cms
villa, sn aged citizen, with o stout stick In on*
hind snd a lantern In the other, entered the
car, He was evidently patrolling the town
end looking np th* earthquake, pretty
•s a town marshal looks op a burglar, so
fraud. Hoi
ly bound to collar it when
Hoshork
bis lantern furtively under tbeSmata, si If k*
we bad tn* earthquake concealed
tbongbt
iomewhere is the car.
“It's surely still In the neighborhood,” ho
•rid, "for I’ve bear'd It twloe and felt it three
tiBfitbii Terr nicht.”
With this bs grasped his bludgeon 'and do-
parted. Bis lantern, glimmering in darkness
st onr train stele awsy. testified that there
was cue faithful seal and stoat heart on guard
in the village that night.
A HORNING SCENE IN APODVPA.
Aa the txala polled into Augusts loth* cool
stay of the morning, a remoreabt* seen* was
■nictated. Th* center ef Bread strati was
filled with boxes, on which people had slept
" ‘ ‘' ~ mm* ran hswy
*11 eight On Gretna street there were 1
beds under the trees, from which early risers
hundred seres of pond tics wero bare, the
post* being filled with operative* snd coentry
pfeplt catching fish. On the near shore *
hotel of pine bathe* bed been extemporised,
end beep* ef pen fish, com dodgers and vln*>
gar Mjicamade a mem that filled all out of
doers with an appetizing odor.
THE tABTH WBXNCHED ASVXDEI.
The lASglry pond, the pride of this seetio*.
was gone, ted th* forsst for • half mil* below
locked as If* eyeloae bad tor* throngh them.
This dam cost $50,000. It was about 400 feet
scrove, and two carriage* coo Id have driven
abreast easily ever Its tap. Th* ride* were
properly sloped and sodded. The earthquake
bad wrenched thlg enormous structure right
snd left. Great cracks, converging nowhere,
hat apparently mad* In capric* disfigured
th* approaches. It waa throngh such creeks
as Ues* that tbo water made its way snd
■wept tbs dam oat of existence. Tkees Sue res
were not mad* by the earth slaking, bat by
Its htlag wrenched violently apart.
Doth tides of ths fixture! wen usually level.
Among onr passengers Is Mr. Tabori.thj sou of
tho famous editor who was killod In a duel by
HtGrtW.
THE EARTHQUAKE CENTER.
Mr, Taber* lives at Bummcrvlllo, the lll-fs.
tril village, twenty-six miles from Charleston,
which Is undoubtedly ths earthquake cen
ter. He wu In the ehock of Friday night,
ice at ClfatlMtan, It lisa been in
every time. Hr. Tsbenfs theory ai to tho
com* of the disturbance st Summerville Is
beds underlying tha
thst In th* phosphite . .. .
town, the pboephste rocks are very porous snd
llghtaad looeely knit
At Bnnebvllls a curious right presented It
self. The depot ground* wero crowded with
negro men, women snd children who had
walked from Bummervllle, and hid camped
oat all night, It wu a motley craw. They
had left their bouses during the shook, and
bad never returned. They were holding the
liveliest sort of prayer meeting, snd utlng
inch scrap* u they could beg or
buy. Ths- railroad track wu sprinkled
with them still coming. Old men, barely able
child '
He foi ther told of a stream of water thst
‘ leg from tbo midst of s gang of
A very Intelligent trackman said:
“Tbo earth hu contracted. I have besn
going over the road sll day cutting ont piece*
'of her. I have cut out u much ss flvo feet In
one place. I have cut out two feet boro. The
eerth contracts, snd thst bends tho nils, so
w* have to shorten them.’’
~ her I
ran* ruiUig
workmen snd roes several feet lntho air.
A I'lTIFUL SCENE.
At Jrdbarg we saw s pitiful scone. Hun
dreds of negroes and whiles wero gathered la
the depot or on tho platform singing snd pray-
Irg. They took no notice of our arrival, hut
their weird, strong singing wont on. Such
tenor I never uw on so many faces. Tho
women were crying. The children’s features
wrro tenro with fur. Somo had fainted and
others were prostrated.' It wu rapidly
growtag dork, end u night gathered tho terror
abasement. The prayers
wire Intoned so that they were almost songs,
and, Interrupted by shouts snd scroamv, wore
S itbstlc snd exciting beyond doacrlp.
on. The prayers wero directed squarely
sgslnst tho csrthqusko. —
Whites us
li'siks jiiinnl 111. ' Uvnn tlio travelers
lifted tliolr hats and bowed tholr heads, It
wss a sccno never to ho forgotten. Thou
wretched and pitiful people, turnea oqt of
tlic-lr bonus, liuddlod under quilts or on tho
bare ground, In paroxysms of fosr, igoorant,
sutirrstlllcps r.mt werptng. The women snd
children would ask us questions with tears,
sttsesuloie down thc.lr cheeks, and beg usfi • Y
into the scat of c
when wo left. Tho little ouos wore crowding
under the quills stretched oo pole*.
There wern no eigne of food or
supper getting. Tho praying and shouting
the shouting and tho wails of tho children f
'owed us down tho trsek.
DRINKING EARTHQUAKE WATER.
At this place your correspondent drink h[g
first earthquake water. It rsmo from s fis
sure which hsd thrown up s car load of bluish
mud, voy sticky and cohcnlvo. Th#
watrr tasted of enlphnr and
Iron, hut uot disagreeably so. At
this place wo saw tho first honso that had beat
lcvflsd by tho shock. It was a country doubl*
hr,use,sud hsd killed a women snd child wham
it fell. It wss tumbled In a heap, Just ata
1 rnp of chips fhi'kcrl lint.
rnrzpiNO along through the wood*.
It Is now dark!
Tho englno thst should Lava had ns ia
Chsrlrston st 2 o'clock, la picking Its way
slowly along. Camp fires Idnze In the wood*.
Homes sro deserted snd silent, snd thslr la-
habitants Hitting shout the fires. People In
the wools remind one of war times. Oar en
gine bis Just been thrown sharply to the right
•id then to tho left, and a telegraph line
men, who ws* sitting on tho tend**
thrown to tho ground scvorely Injured. On
•lopping wo learn that a fhsrp shock had
-,F,st'l. Tho track Is three fact out of gear to
ho right, sud left In sn • S” shtpe. A track
man reports a shock half an boor ago, accom
panied with an explosion which opened th*
ground for a spare of six feet, snd threw *
slresui of water fifteen feet high. The eoglna
to totter and littl* children, In arms A whit*
brglra, from Summerville, almost sa gnat,
took placo yesterday, Thre* pinsurer
coaches snd two cab* wero parted to.sgfihos-
tlon, snd hundreds grart left on tbo track.
They left their houses open snd did not care
where they wen going. It wss simply a ntll
mell flight.
THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
Summerville is certainly a deserted village.
We continued to mret negroes hurrying slung
tbo track with more uneasy htsta thin they
ever ran before their mssten’ hounds. Wo *r*
now approaching the fated village. Th*
Is crawling along, and tho outbound passenger
train bea Jnst ricieil □> at a snail's pice. Wo
can feel constant inequalities In the track,
ililtg snd sinking snd swsylng. As
wo pass by tho fisiures of
flowing water which shoos’ line tho
track wo detect them by tho smellof sulphur
even btloro we SCO tho water gtlstonlug.
Tinly,wear* lath* midst ofosrthquskes.
A feeling of depression and awe has seized
ttregta ire emptyexoepl g$ Jnst th«y>tat th*
BvmntrrDh
railroad tracks. "The
«.eh r ” n4
convolsion sro th* flowing
tho twisted
flowing
holts, from v
oblong
unceasingly. Th*
clayey. It Is wnltlsh powdered roc», •— -p-
rrtrs to hsv* been freshly ground. Occasion-
" " **"i flow of water,
,od it net st sll
rock, and sp.
’ It chokes the I
, when tho
lly it
rater pulls forth, clearing th* obstroctlon
sway. Th* water itself Is bracklih, tepid
end baa t distinct taste ef sulphur. Where It
inns and rink* Into th* grand It lurei *
•tain thst is more Ilka Ira. Th* water flows
th* itreats srs reamed, but others sn dry.
The holes.snd firsnres followed th* shock, ap
pearing at random. They did not. hewerer,
flew fteely nntll some hours after the shock
bad paired.
ANOTHER RAILROAD WRECK.
Th* traektof the railroad bore ware twisted
In lb* shape of tn “8.’’ Th* Iron bars were
bent as If they had b**n bested. They were
nctdctscl
usually ■
chad from Ih*
Thor
tie*, bul
i'tbs
bate hsd sn upturn. The (ids wore
high In thooir. Th* wtsdone apparently in.
sternly. Ths night psstongsr running lots
.. - ■ • -- ■ 1, both tbo
ths alsplxctd tricks wss wrecked,
osgtaetr and fireman being ktllsd.
- A SOUND LIKE THUNDER.
A Mr. Lswton says of the shock at Sommer-
Tills:
“When I wok* op, I wu covered with
R tester, snd th* boos* wu straining snd nol
le. After th* shack there was * rotring for
tall* half hear. ItWMsxsctly to If * COO-
tlxuoos roll of tbasder was confined lanredt-
stely under lb* (arise* of tho earth. It waste
toed ss ordinary tbuudsr snd without taflsc-
tlon. This roaring wu not heard in Charles
ton. Th* shock threw lsmpe ont of thrir
hangings, Liohe slaoit every piece of crock-
upon ttopsrty of travellers thst began the
illy, snd wf"
trip to gaily, sml will not bo thrown off. Of.
trn for* hundred foot the englno rods u If
It were* best, snd
SO WE GO INTO CHARLESTON !
The first right that struck ui on entering
was along lino of cars, crowded to suffocation
with people who wero In fur tho night. The
first round wss religious singing proceeding
from rach of the cars. Ths first im-
pieition mtdo on ns by Charleston waa.
that It wss s disorderly city, the sidewalks
and streets bcingpltod with brick snd debris.
The second Imprcsuion wss thst it wu ■
slightly tipsy city, s honro hero and there be
ing ont of plumb,snd leaning affectionately
sgslnst Its neighbor, or propped on t stick.
The thliil Impression was that It wait nmp.
Cftsdsi Grcu snd every park or breathing
place wss covered with tents, under which
ccnld lo seen peoplo psclcod Ilk* sardines.
SCENES IN THE CITY.
The streets wero full of people hurrying to
end fro with bagglg* and bedclothes, always
walking in the middlo of the street. At every
bind we met mothers carrying bablos, father*
rallying bedclothes, snd children carrying
then selves and leaking tho tents, tho parks or
the walls. A sinister effect wss prodo
by Ike foot thst there wu
* light in tho second story of any building.
right <re
On (he first floor It wu usually dark
the fint floor Invariably to.
A MORTAL PLOW TO THE CITV.
Tht tis.nl Impression,after a two hour i nto,
wu thst * mortal blow hsd Ison struck tha
bravo old city, sod that sho wu staggering on
toward a very desperate ftitaro. Tbo pile of
debris In front of th* brick buildings wav
unbroken, Hull rating that none had
escaped. Mrny Unmenu biill'nii bail
crumbled and fallen, such si tbo store of Wil
liam Elid, which li » total wreck. 1 have
talked with many people, am] hays ““fibtrire
ditcaitlon in crowd*.. Abandoned, tho
lion hotel Is empty. Mr. ftrerioer l'is veteran
•nperlntendentof Sho Western loion. who
his for folly years boon In imh rosnes, mid
to sue:
‘Tho Lord did Chsrlsstou fifty times mure
harm in fifteen scconil. shako ths*
the war did i» -five yesra.
I walked through this town by tbo light of
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PRIKT