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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION' ATLANTA, GA* TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7 1886
*he Arc ef '01, and tbs damage Is twenty times
greater sow then thin. 1 have ,pent toe day ex
amining, end I have seen but one brick home,
George Williams's new boots, that Is not In-
« red. Tho city Is so nntettled and cracked
at it will he necertary to tear tho booses
down and rebnlld them. Von can find
words to fill) describe the situation.”
et-aariM! on the grabs.
Let ns lake the case of Hr. O'Driaeol), man.
agereflbe Western Union. in thiscitr. He
bss not bad bis elotbes olT slnoe Monday
night ITehujurt li ft for a little rest. Mr.
Dillon, tbc model msnaser of the B.vaonah
office, bavlogrelioved him, I asked him where
ke waa going.
"To my wife and children, who are now
sleeping on the grass In thechorch lot”
lib added:
"When we tumbled ont of our bouse
my wife was in her
night clothes without even her shoes on. She
and my children slept thus unprotected on the
grass. They hare slept there arer since. I
shall go now and lay down on the grass by
their side and sleep.”
"Where will yoa sleep tomorrow night?”
"On the grass.”
"And where the night after?”
"God pleasing, on the grass.”
"Yen hare no plans for the future ?”
"None, except never to take my family
back Into one of these brick houses. The
walla of ley bouse are very thick, but I hare
barely dared to steal In and get a few blankets.
The full horrors of this thing will bo disclosed
when we hare aatorm. These unsettled walla
will then come tumbling In, and they shall
not catch my family."
This la the feeling or the people In
C ioral. The demand for the gorernment
Is promised tho News and Courier Is as
overwhelming ss If they were new houtei of
approred strength. The Charlestonian, are
committed to the grass and .tents, and nothing
hot repairs and winter will drive them indoors
min.
Til* SITUATION TODAY.
The situation In Charleston has been better
today than up toward Snmmerrille. Only
one slight shock has been felt. That came
about 6:30, and created 1 title excitement. A
yussllng thing here Is the casting up of blue
mod through the fissures In the sand. The
gray sand parts and discloses a crack. Through
this the lava-ilk* mod ooses op notll It Is
piled In orderly lines from one to two foot
above the flsenrr, making a strange contrast
and effect. There Is an undercurrent of dla-
falr In all that la raid or donn. The people
are dared and full of uncertainty. No one
rati mates the damsgn or d’seusaes tho
ft turf. The main question Is, "Where Is It
■afrat to sleep tonight?” I think tho luveath
gallons of two dai *
ef damage to the I
" us is a store or ___ _
owner feels safe In, omitting any
future shock a. There are pallid faces
aider, the exhaustion and tension of the past
two dags and nights Intensifying the pallor
while It quiets the tumult.
WOO], AND WgARV,
Charleston tonight 1s a worn and weary city.
As we drove towards the telegraph ofiloo,*
pollrrman stopped our carriage.
"That street Is fall of beds and people. Yon
can’t go down It,” he said.
At the Charleston hotel, the most maalra
looking hotel In the city, only fourteen rooms
ont of 175 are considered tenable. The Mills
house Is abandoned.
A TALK WITH CAPTAIN DAWSON.
At eleven o’clock tonight I called on Captain
F. W. Dawson,editor of the Nows and Courier,
at bis residence a| SO Hull street. I found the
massive Iron gate rinsed and locked, but a vig
orous pull at a white knob set a large bell to
ringing, and almost Immediately after Captain
Dawson appeared with a lantern In hand. He
and bis family are rnrataped In a tent upon
the ltwn In the rear of hla residence. I told
Captain Ilawson that Tun C'oaimTirriow
wished to makd a few Inquiries of him. I said
to him:
"What Is the general condition of the people
Of Charleston?”
i -"’ i They_nre very much depressed,” ho rcijllod,
alf hop* for the talar* has hot
.hem. Great alarm continues, botootas great
as thatwhlch they felt yralerday. As to their
condition In the matter of supplies, I know of
none that era In want J’mvlamna aro horn In
abundance. I believe, however, that many
will bvfoie long ralfer If Mine arrangement la
not made by which thdr wanta may be met.”
"Whet la the morel effect ef the earthquake
upon the people?”
”1 do not know that I can nnawer that quo,*
tlon poaltlvrly. Them la no tort of doubt bat
that great demoralisation exists. Whether or
not any great number of people will nmovo
from Charleston, I cannot say. It la true that
many have exprreaed each a determination. I
hope, however, when thoy have regained their
tqnlnlmlty the will denial* to remain.”
Following the suggretion contained In my
last question, "Captain,” I said: “What do
yen think of the outlook for the ftturef ’
"Well, I place the damage dene to Charles
ton by the earthquake at about $3,000,000. That
is n very great lose-douMIras more than is
ulldleg in the clly that has escaped Injury,
Sot, notwithstanding all this, too facilities for
carrying on hnslnoaa wo (till bore. The were-
bouses, the manufactoiles. tho stores, end the
men to manege them, and the capital to ant-
tain them are ell bore. Cberlratnn la prepared
to do as Iwgo a bnalncaa as aha haa ever done,
I don't know that aba will, bnl I hopo no.
Generally, I may soy that I believe the people
•fChulettonwIll, In the eourae of e few
week*, recover from their alarm and daproa-
alon, and turn tbelr facet toward the future
with the determination to retain for their oily
tho proud position aha bee hitherto held.”
While wen out by the excitement of tho
Inst few days Captain Dawson In In good spir
it! and la foil of hope for tho future.
.When I called on noting Mayor W. E Huger
•bout midnight at hit residence on Hooting
street, 1 found him busy attending to official
duties. Ilo aald, In reply to my request for
information:
"Tho peoolo are much mere calmer then
they were yesterday. As far as my Informa
tion extends, nobody la tn want. Wa have
net organised relief eommitteee, because they
bars not been needed. We have had tendon
of assistance from every section of tho ooun
asked Mr. Hnger shoot tho pollen control
of the dtp since Tuesday night. He replied)
"Remarkably good order haa prevailed. The
police have not found It neeeanry to make a
Magic wives.”
A 9 o'clock this morning (have Just finished
■ tear of tho city. Everything is quiet end
■teidy. The singing hea abated, end the
prayer* have died on the llpe of the people.
An occasional brick er cornice tumbling
to the sidewalk breaks the still-
acta of tho morning. A cool brooia
•weepo through tho tenia and ehtlle the naeosy
•koners on the grass. If the two hours of
aighi yet unspent bring no trouble, tomorrow
meg hrleg new hope and courage to this poo-
pto At present the petal gate of pablio spirit
and locwtltnda of private enterprise is com*
U. W. O.
TH E NAT NO Cl T Y.
list ef the Killed.."cones and Incidents In
Charlriion.
CttAftLnTON, 8. C, September 2.—The last
earthquake shock waa experienced her* at
11:50 Isa* night, since which time there been
bee® no vibrations. People nre just begint log
to pick conrego to come ont. Effort* are being
xnsdo to clear path a through the street* for the
paaaege of vehicle* *ud pedestrians, and the
city tree more begins to sbowaoma signs of
life. For two long dsys sod nigh* of horror,
women sad children here been camped ont in
the parka and squares. Tho eerthqnekt has
•wept over ths city like a bosom of
dcslxnctfea and Charleston is laid down in
dost. It is impossible to giro any correct os*
timate of ths loss of life and property. For
two dsjs and nights ths people hart dons
nothing bat hoddls on tbs squares.
Small detached relief parties ars going to
dig oat tho dead from ths debris or sncoor ths
wounded. Tho drat systematis'd effort to gal
at tho facts is now making. Tho list of ths
wd| recognixcd ifid reported, this morale**t <
this time, 11 ».m., foots nptolfl, and the
tearch has only commenced. The Uit of wound
ed will go Into tho hundreds.
About seven-elf bths of the bouses and public
buildings in tbs city aro either damaged or
wrecked. Even the historic St. Michael's and
fit. Philip's are so badly wrecked that It fa
frarrd they will have to be taken down. - The
saves from ftM Tuesday night have been
comii g about once every five or six hours.
There bss been none now for twelve hours,
aid hope e are entertained that the horror is
shoot over.
Specials to News and Courier from points iu
South Carolina, ranging from tho extreme
northwest to tho sea coast, report severesbosks
of cartlquako with more or less resulting
dstnsgo to property, though without loss of
life so far as known.
In Orangeburg, tbo people became so much
alarmed that many removed to Columbia, .Ai
the details of tho calamity in this city are
gathered its effects become more and more
alarming. It la feared, also, that much dia*
frees will prevail as by far tho larger part of
those whom property has been wrecked or
seriously damaged belong to tbo poorer classes,
l'eople are as cheerful as possible under
the terrible circumstances, and are trying
to restore order out of chaos. The aggregate
lose is <x|Hcted to reach three tnilliro.
Wharve*. warehouses and businers facilities
of the eIty are generally unaffected by the
catastrophe, and Charleston It as ready at ever
for the tranraction of business.
The official total of deaths Is 33. The
wounded will probably number lOO.HtisInefa is
still impended, the whole attention of the
people being given to providing for refngeee
and making residences safe. Brick layers
have advanced their rates to per day. The
city council will probably meet tomorrow to
provide roeasuree for reaching the ppor. Ex*
prrraiona of gratitude are heard on all sides for
assistance offered to Charleston, of which the
suffering people will gladly avail themselves.
Thera were shocks last night at 8:30, 11-7)
m. and 5 a. m., all ware light. Confidence
gradnally returning but much apprehen
sion is still felt.
LIST OF TH* KILLED.
Following Is an official list of those who
were killed hy the earthquake or who havo
since died from their Injuries:
WHITE.
PFTIR POWERS.
mm. c. jmkhf.k.
AIN8LEY II ROBSON.
ROBERT AI.KX4NDKR.
fTlARI.KH ALUIteCHT.
II. P. HKYNAHLIS.
PATRICK LYNCH.
ANNIE TAKOK,
MHH It A OH FI, A11HKKB.
(•OLDIE AIIURNS.
HUH DAVID.
CHILD OK MRS. BARNWELL.
Everett Lively, of Richmond, Va„ reported
Him I.POY ELLIOTT, ankle fractured.
VII LIAM EARS, kneo dlMocalcd.
JAMBS CALHOUN, scrloualy Injured In the fee*
andjaw.
GKOBGI WEBB, sknll fractured.
FRED HIMPsoN, colored, of New York, doublo
actorrof f he irft leg.
MAQOIK HANDHK white, amputated foot.
II. B. 1JUI.W1NKLKY, bead bruised and hip In
jured.
1IARRY AARONH and LILLIS AARON), white
children, ent and brtibed.
if OP KM PBOWN, colored, Janitor or the govern
ment building, leg amputated.
LUCY JONAH OADHDKN, colored, fracture of
skull.
HAM WALKER, colored, arm and leg fractured.
t'BARLFH HI VERB, colored, amputated log.
ELIZA FLOWERS, colored, compouud fracture
of lea.
MARY DELANEY, colored, amputated leg.
MARY WILLIAMS, colored, faco ami head
Linked
RFIIINK CAMPBELL, colored, scalp wound.
TfTOMAB WILflON.
WILLIAM DEAN.
ANNA flLOVKK*
“ HAW VEIL
ILI UM (HUNT.
ALEX MILLER.
JOSEPH RODOFF.
HANNAH HU A MB.
jam:., drown
AMiKl.lK DAVID*.
H'r.KNir IIOIIKKTS.
KOUKKTl: KDOKF.
liltAl'K Fl.KHlKti,
I,(HA MI1II1AY
OMVKIt MrKKLBKY.
JOHN COOK
CI.AKIHHA KIMONOS.
HANNAH HAHItlS
KAHA1I M1DDI.KTON,
ItKHM'CA WAKD.
JOHN COOK.
/KitA 11. KAWYKIl.
1 hero moy ho o fc » aioro.
details or tue wreck.
The people aro xrmtually takinx account of
thedetillo of tho injury worked by tho earth-
qaakn, and the Hit of damages to property la
•lartlln,. A llmlled section In tho conth of
tbo city Ib * aaroplt of tho whole. Bunding at
tho posteffle* Bad looking went, tn almost
Impassable roadway of dtbrla moots tho eye.
The holldlog of tho chamber of com mare* la
badly damaaed, a portion of tba aonth and
eatt walla haviag been throws down by tho
violence of the shock, and tha building* of
Walker, Evans A Cogswell have alto ao(Tend,
■bit* tho heavy granite alabo wbloh formed
tho parapet of the Ntwa and Gonrlor bnlldlng
"a open tbo sidewalks, leaving th* r»f and
poillcn of the attlo floor expoaod. Almost
tho entire front of tho bnlldlng occupied by
Myers'c rigor store and Smith's stencil *st*b-
Ilahment lc torn ont, leaving tha upper floors
expceed. Tho I’leago bnlldlng, at the corner
cf Church street, was badly damagad. Moat
the haildlng* on tba atiaat aro more or lorn
damaged, bat th* tlolanoo of tha aarthqaaka
I* moat perceptible at the historic Intersection
of Broad and Meeting streets. Tha polloo
station la almost a complete wreck. The tip-
p< r edge of the well hae been torn down aod
that of Ihe north wall haa fallen on the roof
perah, carrying it away, leaving tbo lar:o
! lolcd plllats steading.
Tho clly hell apparently escaped aorin ii
imai*. hat la badly cracked on tho root w. I,
and theroorthouao bnlldlng la badly damage I.
tha walla being cracked In savaral placet ai l
S oil Ions of tbo roof and nobles being throw <
own. Tho flro proof boild lag econu to ata'it
as a rock. Tho gables of tho north and aoii'h
notches, however, msde of solid brown atbn j,
have heea thrown to th* povement bslow.
What a aeon* of desolation th* fkshlonab'o
boolevaid of Charleston presents! Common.'.
Ira at Broad street, one passes through a blo.k
of binned houm, A flro starting at No. 11",
third bnlldlng from the corner of Brood atra.it
on the east aid*, consumed an entire row of
bolldln,a aa far north as Tully'a old atan I,
next the Quaker araveyard. A few hous-s
left on that aid* of the street aro mors or Ins
shattered and gutted. The few bouaaa on tha
west eld* of tha street, north of Broad atre. i,
have not escaped the general fate, although
• he damage la no) as great at io other aortious if
the street, Aa Immonie vacant lot on th*
west sld* of tha street ia occupied by families,
whs lived in th* burnt hon.es, and who are.
camped eat on th* award with the few hones-
held sfft its saved from the Atman. Prom
Queen street to Horlheck'e alloy almost er.
cry hi tiro Is ehattend, the tope of walle near
the nof bslna thrown down, Th# largo built-
lug at tha cornrr of Clifford and King street,
foimrrly Bilcox’a furniture store, has, to all
ostward appearances, miraculously (Ocapod.
A i|cciel report from Mount Plestqit, op
posits ClatlrstoD, toys that a sink near tho
Gem an chnrch which, on Tuenlay, was per-
frctly dry sand. Is now full of freoh water,
Nf ar Shell street there ia a cabin occupied be
acolortd men, that Is .-ompletelj mroundml
by yawning chasms, extending through tha
rank's tutfer* for ten fret and ovae. All
.toond this there .to links of fresh water and
misses of mud with a queer looking soft sub.
itancto that have never been scan bafore. It
la contended hy many that tnnd and
otbir subsist!ere found around the village aro
volcanic traitor. Just after th* fleet trust
shcek no Tueadav night, there was a decided
and dlsticrt smell of corapine aelphurip aci.l
gas over tha entire village. Tho smell lasted
throughout tha night. It was dlztin-t
io those localities where tha
rmvltlet la th* esrtk wore most numerous.
Boms saylthat portions ot mod thrown op by
■he wstoropoats or* strongly impregnated
with sulphar. and that small portians of sul-
S ar con ho found ia th* mod. Not far them
atlcston, on Ik* rood Us KamusrvUlo, ox-
ten-is* monads ef day were thrown op aad
hillocks of sand, La moot oases ia th* ahapa of
inverted cones, the hollow part of wbloh had
evidently bees /ormed by tho notion of the
water returning into the deptba from whleh
It had beta raised. In many case* the
erupted matter bad streamed away from
break* In tbeiurfaca of the earth to adietanoe
of twenty to fifty feet. In other plaeee there
were fiaearee almost Invariably extending
from north to sooth.
Thecracka were not wide and extended
downward, always In a alaallng direction.
The matter that waa thrown np wag of a dark
slaty color ond waa mixed with gravel. There
was also a little slate and In general the mud re
s<tabled thot which Is thrown from tha bottom
cf tbo pbeophsto pita along tho river. Tboarator
In eoroo places bad tbo taste of our artoafan
water, lint In many Instances it waa just as
clear end limpid as from a mountain spring.
There evidences of the great convulsion are
not spaemodlc. They extend far and near to
every direction from tho city limits of Char-
lesion to Summerville, and at the latter place
ft waa found, from trustworthy Information,
that cracks and Assures are everywhere visible
fcrmtlra and miles around. Strangely enoogh,
some of three were in active operation and
tho constant ebocke that were felt at Summer
ville seat tho water ont of those Batons In
jets to the height of from fifteen to twenty
foot. This waa evidently tho roeolt of cracks
being Ailed with water and thex tha aides
opening and closing by each enccoedlag shock.
Three tppearaecrs were, of course, snggastlrs
of still more violent eruptions and there was
a conatsntdread every where that there would
bo a general inundation earned by some ex*
tractdlnary fores of ths enrthqaake. Not
only was water emitted in low place* where
It might bo expected to exist nil the time, bnt
on the tops of the highest elevations mnd
could be seen. This latter fact indicated that
force waa balng exerted at rather more than
tho depth that waa at flrat thought to be the
limit of the fored.
ANOTBXE DOLEFUI. NIGHT.
This haa been another dark and doleful
night, bnt theechoeeof the funeral knolls nor
cannot dismay
this still grand old city. Tha black pall will
bn lilted and Charleston will be herself boforo
many days have passed. Brave and osrnoat
men havo labored ceaselessly to recover tho
Head bodies from tho luloain which thoy have
'sin for 24 hours. Corpse after corpao haa
been exhumed from tho debris, sod yot tbo
c reary work Is not near flniihod. How many
of thmo dead bodies will bo taken out no one
ran answer. Grim autprfaea havo atiandod
(be work of recovering the victims’ remains.
In one building, where It wa* aurolssd that
no person bad perished, threo mangled
ot pac a were laid hare. Hoet of the bodies
aro fiighlfully dl.flgured. Many of them have
not yet been identified. Bomo of thorn never
will be. In the tuiiis of oome of the bnlldiogs
which were bntned liavo boon found human
I ones anil skulls aud half roasted bodies,
charred and ilrkomng. No pen can depict
Ihe sconce wltli enough eloquence; no brush
can paint lh«se horrors la tbeir true mournful
and aomlito tints. Tho spectarlo is simply
hrjond tho power of languaao to describe. All
night long will these workers ply their picks
end shovels and cio tho eastern aklcaaregtld.
id by the rising sun, scores of other bodies
will be retcued front their sepulchres of brick
and mortar.
The horror of tho lUnatlon In Summerville
on Wednesday was mncli intensified by certain
hiaiilfcBtafliiiia that woro not observed In
Charleston tu any groat extent. All during
I ho day thoro was a constant aeries of detona
tions, now eaal, now west, and from alt possible
directions. It resembled tho discharge of
heavy gnus at intervals of about
tn minutes, and waa liko the sounds
of a bombardment at a great distance.
All of the exploelone wore not aooompaelad by
tremore of ths earth, as it was only oecaalon.
ally that the earth would quako from eobter-
lancan discharges.
A remarkable fact waa noted In Summer
ville, in reepect to the bulging of tho water
from the Interior of the earth. Nearly all of
Ihe Welle bad been at lew water. Thar* was
a sadden its* In all of then* wells, and the ad.
dllionnl water waa pore. Lookiog down Into
one of thsa* wells an observer could, on tha
ova of any of the loud detonations, see tho
water rlaa np the walls of th* wells, and after
Ihe shock again subside.
SCENES IN TIIK FAkKS.
Lut night the old eoenee of fright and four
were enacted In Ihe public tqonru and parks.
Frail women, come of them almost dead, and
infanta In arms, were driven to tho nocemlty
ol spending the night on the square with only
anch covering u coold be improvised by the
me ef blankets, shawls and sheets. In many
of Ihe squares, notably at Wuhiogtoo park,
tho fright and annoyance to thou people
were increased by the exorntlatiug
religious performances of too colored people,
who crowded tho parka. In Wuhlngton park
these were led by two negro men with sten
torian voices, who shouted nndyslledand
shrieked until long after one o’clock In toe
morning. They wore uked to desist, or st
leut to conduct to* urvioca In a leu boister
ous manner, bnt tel used to do no. Th* re-
monitnnc* on lb* port of tone geutlemeu
produced very Insolent replies on the port of
a number of negro rough., who (hired in tho
conduct of the muting and who loudly
and boisterously protested that thay
would make u much noise u they pleased,
and that no Intarrnptlon would bo allowed,
Tbc night woro on slowly end painfully.
AUOTUUB SHOCK.
At 11:1)0 p. m. a heavy eutbqtuka puted
through tha city. Its coming wupraeaged by
quite a number of explosions, dim in th* die-
uncr, which commenced to be hurd fully
flvo mlnnles before the vibration wu felt
The wave wae somewhat mote pronounoed
than tho two wbloh hail preceded, one at S:fi3
a. m., and the other at 5:16 p, tn., and u It
potaidby to the northwest than followed
onuda which Indicated falling wslla or boild.
Inga. This waa tho lut vibration last night.
Boon after it hid passed * mao appeared and
edviaed the people to goto their hocus, stat
ing that he wu the only •cienlllo
man In the city, and ho war
authority for tho statement thvt
there would In no mote shocks. This advice
waa unheeded, very few people leaving tho
ground. At daybreak thar* wu o movsment,
and u Ihe son row, u there bad been no ad
ditional vibrations, many of tho poop!* palled
op their tents nod departed to their shattered
home# in the earnest hop* that they had par
ticipated In tbelr lut pienlo In the pork.
Acnoes ASHLEY ntVEB.
Id 8L Andrew's parish for 10 miles on tho
other aide of Ashley river bridge, the country
ia cut up hy imall fissures and mnd holu ot
from an inch to two feet in diameter. Tone
holre have emitted bloc tnnd and gny nnd iu
large quantillre nnd the whole anrfeee la cover
ed with little wounds. People living tn the
rsrlah uy thot ths mnd nnd water boilet
np from five to ten feet in height and
tbiyallieem to bo tn o moot demornlig.il
condition. One old negro woman uid a vie*
of the city wu mmt appalling, that after the
toockt were felt, tries from too city could b*
distinctly heard nnd that almost immediately
light from to* Urea lit np the heavens over
the city. The colored ruldente of the oariah
thought that Judgment dty had ermeand
commenced crying and praying lor mercy,
a. u :n:.i..... th.
When tba morning downed the rnln nnd do
vutatlon were found to be complete. There
wu note home that bad not barn made dtad 1
late In a greater ex leu degree. All the chi a
neys had disappeared, tbo Wolla were rent in
twain, eelllnge fell, nnd in nnmerons cues,
bouses that rested on wooden blocks, or ma
sonry, were levelled to too ground. Other
bouits were split from top to bottom, mnd left
with yawning chums in tbe'batldlngs. Among
thou which were burled from their founda
tion! were three of General John C. Minott,
Mrs. B. P. Tighe. L. Detreville, E J. Lime.
bonro, Percy Gucrrard, Ben Perry, the Net
tlee home, and that of Mr. Ed FishbsrnsL
A VOLCANO BEPOBT.
Advices tonight from Summerville state
that the town of Waterboro, twenty-five mflu
distant, bu been severely shaken np today.
The shocks have been eo frequent u to
dues a continuous vibratory motion,
damage done there thos far la Inconeiderable,
hut io terrified are the lohabltante that they
ate leaving their homes for place* of aafety.
Information eomu from Colleton county that
the rumbling noliea nod gentle oacillstiou
of tbo enrtn havo not ceased, sod it
is feared that worse shocks than yet
felt are Imminent. A party of colored
men reached Sommervllle this evening from a
point fifteen witee distant, nnd they relate the
most extraordinary occurrence that hu hap
pened jet They declare thet a genuine vol-
ceno hu appeared and In now vomiting hooted
blnleh mud. Thoy awear that tola emissive Is
thrown to n height of twenty feet nnd that It
is making down tho hillaldu In boiling tor
rents. Peculiar rocks have been ejected and
lorld flames wets sun to throw oat tbelr
tongues through the crevices of too earth.
These men over that they cams to a charm
over 500 feet In length nnd abont four foot
wide at the opening. They found many small,
erflsiures. A mlphnroas odor impregnates
the air and a diiziners eomu over every one
who breathes it. These statements certainly
wem incredible bnt there la no way tonight
of verifying or exploding them.
CHARLESTON AT SUNRISE.
The City Viewed by Daylight—A Meeting ot
Cltlzaug.
Chabi.eston, S. C., September 3.—[Spoolol ]
Charleston wu astir early this morniog. The
tun struck the grass aa soon u it peeped over
the oceen’e rim, nnd as there wu no bltnda
with which to abut the glaro ont, Chsrluton
rubbed lie eyes and got ont of bed. Perhapa
some idly Inclined aristocrat* polled toe flap
of their tents and caught a morning nap, but
Ihe rank and Ale ’shouldered their children
sad bed clothu, and walked at urly satirise.
The sidewalks ware deserted, and s Mack
stream of humanity poured doivn tho strut
car tracks, eddying hero and there as two
greopewould atop to compare shock*. Thoro
were undoubtedly
qUAKES THROUGH THE NIGHT,
and perhaps a barely perceptible tremor moet
of the night. There wu little excitement in
the morniog crowds, bnt pitiful wearlnoss nud
depression. As the day wore on u few shop
keepers ventured within their door* long
enough to open the shutters and then qnletly
awaited customers on too outer edge of tho
ildtwalk. Not the slightest movement hu
been made towards eluting sway the debris.
Tho city eonnetl held s secret muting today.
THE PEOPLE’S GRATITUDE.
The city council today adopted the follow
lag:
Rerolved, That In response to nnmbonof offers
ol assistance and sympathy from our slater cities.
ready dinbled, wo aboil read the taddes.
chapter of this already tetttblo dlauter,
THE QUESTION OF BELIEF.
The question of relief la* peculiar and Im
portant one. Dispatches already received In-
dicate that the rupontu will be phenomenal
whenever It !■ ascertained what is needed.
That is jost ths mb. There is not mnoh
nctnal suffering or immediate need. It la
hard to ue exactly where relief can be ap
plied In the ordinary way. Captain Dawron,
of too News and Courier, boldly ujs the
money mart ho given to tho»
whole homes are uninhabitable and
who have no money to make them
so. The cite council objects to thla suggestion.
Captain Waggoner thlnka It la the only way
to which money an bo pot, bit inilsta that
Chsrteeton shall accent no private charity for
tbir, hat ask the government for s loan.
The iltaotion It n etranro one. Undoubt
edly there will be great tafferlug tf tha homu
ere not it one* repaired or rebuilt, nnd made
safe and habitable. Asa rain, the diubtod
houses belong to well-to-do peoplo who have
reasonable Incomes, hot no reserve. To pot
pnalie mousy into too hands of then sufferer*
would be nnninnl, A man might rebnlld finer
than before, or make repairs undertaken only
be cease they cost nothing. A good committee
might regolnle this, hot the complications are
apparent. After tho fire of 1861 tho eontri-
bntlons to Chorleeton amounted to $1,600,000,
and thoro were complaints that much of this
money wu given to men to rebnlld with.
It Is not desirable to cheek the generous im-
S olan of ths people, bnt it la but, perhapa,
1st the iltaotion should be frankly stated.
No American dty hu bun visited hy a disas
ter ao appalling and to overwhelming, nnd
donbtleu seme method will be devised through
whleh charity an do Its perfect work. At
preunt, though, no anch plan baa bun de
vised. All the money contributed will be
properly held nnd accounted for. A melan
choly future of the matter la that in Charles
ton many of toe poorest peoplo live in the
snoot splendid houses. Aa anile thou Cherles-
tonlana who were richest before the wu are
At miliums, farm near th* tore* mil* put,
which la planted hy John Brannon, tha tor-
foe* of tho ground wu disturbed by vent
hoi*a which threw ont, daring the night,
seven different hinds of und, varying In
color and shade.
At Summerville, yesterday, th*
scenci were such u It la impoa-
•ib!e to adtqnitely describe. All the
•loirs were rimed aod the faw people who
were on lb* streets wandered aboot tn an
aimless way, not knowing what noxt to ex
pect. All th* Inhabitant* had abandoned
tbelr houiunftertho shock on Tuesday night,
an J n few ot thru had th* tcusuity to return.
The .hu k ia said to havo been much more
violent tb.n In Charleston, but the general
rhaiacteriities were, of roe roe, the same. Io
Bemm.rville, however, the people rushed
afstghted lute an Ink black darkness, and in
the general gloom and despair, the walling of
women, th* ahtieka of ehildnn and th* fright-
eted voices of mess mad* np to* scones nnd
seatda that war* equally diatreoaing and an-
pealicg.a, | B Chetleoton. All through ton
Night then wu nothing hot oicknoas nnd
eoirow, end .offering and a constant dreed of
final diuolniioa and niter annihilation.
thus tendered us.
The city engineer hu bognn n detailed
survey, and the monntad police ore collecting
the data of toe wreck. Beyond this Doth 1
lag hu been done, Ono thlrd of the
people havo not been In their homu ninco
Tuesday night, and ton very fowut have
slept there. In hundreds ol stores too hoy
haa not yet been tamed tn too look. No pub-
Uc action will be taken until private relations
aro re-otablUhed. Men who reached the dty
lut night did not find their frlendi until late
leday. Several women are dying of fright in
tho tenia.
A VIEW BY DAYLIGHT
simply develops horrors that wore suspected
lust night. Let tue attempt to glvo an idea of
the situation: Yon take a carriage In any
part of the city, and order yonr driver to pro
ceed immediately. You pan sidewalks piled
knee blah with debris. Every other houao,
and for blocks every house, bu lost Its coping,
porticos nnd often Us entire front. Great
cracks fiom an Inch to two foot wide scam toe
buildings In every part. Often chimneys hors
plunged through tho roof, nnd piazzas aro
banging without support. A home nnsoath-
*d In front ia opt to have tta entire rear de
molished, or safe at both ends will hare Its oeu-
ler roof crushed In. Warns hundred houses
with both ends ont nnd too ftirnlchcd rooms
exposed to view. Perhapa one honuln a hun
dred la levelled to th* earth, but
tho deepest impression is that
ninety of the others are jnet balanced nnd on
th* point of falling. The steeples are out of
plumb, ttwers nr* tottering, oolnmnc are ajar,
cracks are yawning, roofs nre trembllog, walla
an bnlgod, and people glance uneasily at high
bnlldlugau thoy hurry through the narrow
•treat*. A severe gale would oroduco ton
limes tho actual damage nnd lau of Ufa that
come with the earthquake. A shock unrein
for five seconds u Tuesday night’s would level
two bonus ont of every three In Charleston.
A gentleman uld toms:
"It would have been butter If arery house in
tho city had bten deatroyed by flro. With to*
Ininranc* money we coold hare rebuilt, ana
the margin between Insnrence nnd lou woold
have bun vastly lau than what ire have suf
fered.”
It in remuktbl* that ths finest houau havo
suffered moat. There is no notable residence,
except Georg* Williams's, which ic built In
modem ctyla,that is not seriously Injured.
Acting Mayor Huger'! hmu la innoceutbta
for ths muua of fallen columns
and coping. General Slcklu'c houao la shorn
of IU copings, and crack a that you might hide
your arm In cat it in every direction. Tho
Bavcpelhooie, an exquisite specimen of Gre
cian architecture, Is literally ruined, nnd la
knre deep In shattered moaonry. Tha lions
that guard the entrance of th* Bimond'a house
ore *11 tbit la steadfast aboot It Tho hogs
tower on the jail leans u the tower of Pisa,
and hu cracks throogh which to* murderers
might bav* escaped Instead of brooking
through the dear*. Roper’s hospital la worse
than ill wont patient, and ton entire fir* de
partment (a camped in open field under the
dismantled walls of th* high tooel,withiu
bom a picketed near by.
AWAITING THE EQUINOCTIAL WITH TERROR.
With th* dty in this broken condition, its
people helpleu, th* coming of to* ejnlnoctlal
sale la awaited la sickening terror. The
inn will cross ths equator three
weeks from Way nnd Charleston bu
usually bad her equinoctial flow two wuks
ahead of the equinox, Lut year It came on
Aognst 85th. and did a million dollars worth
of damsg* within the city in a abort time. A
pale of approximate severity within th* next
month wonld multiply horrors. Charleston's
equinoctial galea have always bun uvoro nnd
bav* never missed Tho latest ever known
wu October 4th. In feeble preparation for
thle, the city council todoy made the tirosl-
dermen of each ward, with thro* citizens, a
cemmlttf* to condemn buildings imminently
unsafe. Mr. Berkeley, chairman of this com
mittee, raid:
"We hagaB th* work at tiro o'clock and
have condemned largo nombore of buildings.
Bot we con get no workmen. My own atoro
is nniafe. ond most come down, bnt I can get
no ere to tooch it The largest and strongest
hr usee hive goffered moat Tbo weaker h wau
yield.d to Ib* shock. Th* walla of the
Chulrctea hotel, a moot maaolre building,
aro clsintcgrated. W* can condemn avil, bat
we rtntot tear dosen.”
It I. ver* mack to b* feared that tha aqat-
nictial, whenev-r It does coma, will find
Chuioetaa entirely unpropnr* 1. nod that in th*
clashing la of cteeplea, roofs and bonus al-
homu.
In silent pride they hare lived on their scanty
incomes. Now they are rained. Without
rceiurccs from whfah to repair their
hoores they will he forced to cell or see them
tnmble down.
A TALK WITH CAPTAIN DAWSOIV.
It la not too much to say that attention con
toss this morniog In Cepuln F. W. Dawson,
of tho Newt nnd Cornier. Perhaps tho influ
ence of ogrett newspaper in Da community was
never shown In mors striking degree. Above
the mayor or too city officials, or. indeed, any
other person or slement, tbo pablio appeals to
Captain Dawson for advice, suggestion nnd
brlp. Yonr correaoondent found him in hla
office this morning, busied In the attempt to
get ont the first paper worthy of tho name
•Inc* the earth quako shock. Ia reply to in-
qnlrfra he uld:
‘The trouble with onr people ia that
they are facing an unknown
foe. It fo something that they have never
been called upon to confront before. When a
storm approaches they know what to do.
They eon calculate toe probable damage to
life and property,and havo some warnlogofits
coming, hot here la an unknosvn quantity, u
mysterious u terrible. It may come in a mo
ment, It mag not come In a hundred yean. It
mny engulf tho whole city, or (imply shako*
loose chimney from Its foundation. It in ths
mystery tost appals ths peoplo u much u toe
tclnsl danger.”
I aiked Captain Dawson when ha looked for
ireviTilof confidence nnd n now impnlso
among tho people, quoting th# case of a man
who said he expected to sloop on too gram In
definitely.
"Yonr friend,” raid Captain Dawson, “who
intends to sleep on the grau for ton winter
will core himself in a day or tiro, whan he
finds that hla hones hu not frllsn, and will
creep back into It. There wu ona-thlrd lau
K onle camped ont lut night than ths night
fore. Without urlona dlstnibinco
tadaytffibere will ho not half u many tonight
Tbo tronbl* is not over, hows ver. When a
mu gala back hito his hone*, nnd finds that
the walla do not tniqhl* about hla bend, It hu
Jut began. Hols, Into* usual cane, n man
of modest means, who owns hla home and do-
psndtnpon hla salary o' Urea upon a moderate
Is com*. He findc hla honao ia wrecked.
There are scams In the walla tho foundations
are wrenched, and it will eoat him, perhaps,
n year’s income or double u much, nnd even
flvo times u ranch, to repair his home. For
this delay bo gelt no recompute except to
make blc home habitable. I tie an Investment
from which he gets no income, and Is a clear
and often a crashing loss. Thin Is where tho
great suffering will come.”
“Do yon think too booie* will itand, u n
general to log?'.
"That 1st of coarse, n vital question. I havo
Jnst telegraphed Io General Dram, uklng that
government enginure bn rent hors to make
n critical cnmlnntton, to consult with our
local architects and builders, nndgivn an opin
ion that may be relied on. Onr dty engineer
la at work now. My own honao. I believe, la
u safe ns it waa before tho earthquake. It la
vary strong, and white severely wrenched, I
believe it will hold. It la lmpualblc to say,
however. Tho honao that appears to ha
least bora may bo fttally Injured, lad
thosegrlth gaping creeks may itand forever.”
"Do jon not think that a itorm would pre
cipitate horrors?”
"A levcre gals wonld throw down perhapa
hundreds of honau. A severs rein would ma
terially damage the buildings nnd ftrnltnre.
There an very faw roofs lo Charleston that
wonld hold water today. W* moat limply
hop* that we aball be spared any farther
infliction till we shall have bun thin to pat
onr bontu In order.”
“Is relief needed badly by the people t"
"Very badly. I declined relief for Charles-
ton In the cun of ton cyclone, because I did
not think ltwu urgent. It in very urgent
now. Ths city connsll is now In union and
will davise n plan of disbursement, butdu
miking an appropriation. Private •nbocrip-
tloos In Charleston will bo large, and tho indi
cation! now aro that we (hall Ear* largo help
from outaldo. W* owe It to the contributors to
wo that tote dtebnrumcnt ia honut and JnaL
I advised the formation of n committee of the
city council, acting Jointly with a committee
of cltixcng, who will give their tins to the dis
bursement of whatever funds are on hand.
The fact that to* relief money wonld take an
unusual conn* makes it more nocoaury that it
should he distributed with exact justice.
It will he needed to give to
private property holders to repair
heir bomca with. I know of n widow wit's
children, whoa* estate constats of two hand
some dwellings and a imall amount of sticks.
It will require more than her entire cash
fortune to repair the two dwellings and
make them habitable. Thor* are thanunds
of cues whore honau cannot bo repaired by
their owner*, ond onion they have outaldo
help thes* houses will stand u n menace to
their ownenand th* city. It will require a
latte sum to enable ns to make onr city fair
ly habitable before ths winter season.”
"Is the city prepared to do business with iu
outside customer.?’'
"As well u ever. Onr docks nre In perfect
shape: onr warehouea are all right; oar mer
chants are u strong commercially u they ever
were; cor banka nre all open nnd doing haal-
nets. \Ve nre not only prepared to handle
conslgnmenle u well u evar, hat wo need
them more than ever. Commen-Jally iposk-
iag, Charleston is in aa good a fix os she wu
before the earthquake, aod need, all the help
tost con come from legitimate holiness.”
TALK* WITH BUSINESS MEN.
The opinions of leading business men uto
tbo probable sflcct upon tho- commerce uf
Charlritun differ. Yonr correspondent inter
viewed Colonel J. D. Jesvey, collector of the
poll, in hit office at the custom house,
"1 do not think,” bn uid, "that the city's
trade will snffer much. The check of the lut
two days baa, of conne, caused a Ion, but by
no means n actions one. Tho facilities for con-,
dnctirgbnsineia havo not been greatly injur-
td. Tba wharves are intaot, th* warehousos
•till stand. Nearly all of the stores may no
safely naed, and taut of tho manufactories are
to ronning order. On* of th* rice mills is
badly damaged, hot tbs otocn are all rishL I
hr ow ef no good reason why Chulostoo'a train
should suffer ’’
Mr B Y. Topper, for many yearn prea’dent
JContinuod or Third Page,]
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Blind, Bleeding end Itching,! Poiltlvetj Cured
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A WARM bath with Ccncmra Soir. an exqnMte
ihe intense Itching of the most aggravated cue of
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Joses ofCrriccav Rr.im.vi:NT, the new Blood I^-
Ber, three time* per day, to regulate and strengthen
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(used various remedies for three week*, when thfi
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