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VOLUME VIII.
Church Directory,
METHoDlßT.—Douglasville—Firat, th ■ t,
xad fifth Sundays.
SaltSpbingb—Second Sunday, aid Salin-.'a
before.
MxnwAr—Fourth Sunday, and Saturday U.
ta* W. R» Pabtob.
BAprwr—OouglM’rille, flrat and fourth Sun
days. Tiav. A. B. Vaughn, pastor.
Masonic,
DonalaaviUe Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M.,meets
on Saturday night before the first and third
Sundayh in each mouth, J. 11. Carter, \V. M.,
W. J. Camp, Sefty.
County Directory,
Ordinary—H. T. Cooper.
Clerk—S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward,
Deputy Sheriff—G. M. Souter.
Tax Receiver—E. 11. Camp.
Tax Collector —W. A. Sayer.
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon,
Surveyor—John M. Huey.
Coroner—F. M. Milcbelt.
BUI'KBIOB COURT.
Meets on third Mondays iu January and Julj
•nd holds two weeks.
Judge—Hon. Samson W, Harris.
Soi. Genl,—Hon. Harry M. Beld.
Clerk—B. N, Dorsett.
Sheriff—Heury Ward.
COUNTY COUBT.
Meets in quarterly session on fourth Mon-
Says in February, Slay, August and November
and hold, until all the eases on the dock-1 are
called. In monthly session it meets on fourth
Monday, in each month,
Judge—Hon. R. A. Massey.
Hot Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberta.
Bailiff—D. W. Johns.
oubimart’b ooubt
Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday,
•wd for county purposes on first Tuesday IB
**ch month.
Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper.
JUBTtCBS COURTS.
730th Dist. G. JI. meets first Thursday in each
mouth. J. (. Feely, J. P., W. H. Cush, N. P..
D. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. U.
730th Di 4. G. M., meets second Saturday,
A U Bomar, J. I*., B. A. Arnold, N. I‘., 8, C.
*siiger, Ia C.
784th Diet. G. M. meets fourth Sa'urday.
Franicfin Cai>*r, J. P. ( C. B. Baggett, N. P,.
J. C. Jame« and M. 8. Gore, L, Cm.
1259th Diet. U. M. meets third Satiirdav. T.
>l. Hamilton. J.P., M, L. Yaks, N. P., 8. W.
Biggers, L.C., 8. J. Jourdan, L. O.
12tMth Dist., Q. M. meets third Saturday. N.
W. Camp, J. !• W. 8. Hudson, N. P.,'J. A.
Hid. L, C. ’
12715 t Dist. G. M. meets first Saturday. C.
C. P. Alberry Hembree, if. p.,
1272nd Dist. G. M. nice's fonrth Friday.
Gt o. W, Smith, J. P., C. J. Itobineon, N. I*..
———, L- C,
1273rd Dist. G. M. meets third Friday. Tho*.
While, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J. llaibin,
L. C.
Cards
ROBERT A. MASSEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
(Oflioe In front room, Dorsett's Building.>
Will practice anywhere except in the County
Court of Donglaaa county,
w. ITjamel
attorney at law,
Will practice in all the courts, Slate an
Federal. Office on Court House Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
“wi f.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the Courts, All lega
business will receive prompt attention. Ofiiee
in Court House.
C. T>. OAMP.
attorney at law.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
B. G. GRIGGS?
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLARVnj.E, GA.
Will practice in aU the courts, State and
Federal
JOHNM, EDGE, ~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts, and promptly
attend to all business entrusted to his oaro.
XSJAffiES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
WiU practice lui tne court* of BomlaML
(Mnipbcll CArroll, Paulding. Cvbb. Fulton and
•Hn * Vrou ‘ p ’ given
T h. mcLartyT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOVUtJUVI|.t.E. GA.
Will practice Ui <tl the evurt** hoth tnd
MHN V. EDGE. ~~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA. '
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No Trade la Fire-Escapes.
1 <Did you sell any fire-eseapes ia Bos-
ton.” a&k d the proprietor of his travel
ing salesnian who has just come in.
•‘Naw,” was the disgusted reply.
“No! Why not?"
“You seat me to the wrong men.’*
“Why, they are all old tr ead* of
I
• Maybe they are, but every on* of
them was a Vnireraaliat, and I p**ksd
' my samples and tofL”—
Fawning to KoivK-criAftiTY to all,
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1886-
I A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
6AM tN A COttliETlY, |
CAUSING DISASTER,
Five Men LUse Their Lives id a Ferinsylva
hia Mins.
A terrible explosion occurred in Fair- i
lawn colliery, Scranton, Pa., on Monday '
morning which resulted in the death of J
five men. Two others were seriously in
jured. John H. Hosie and J. Gallagher
were standing at the head of the slope at
the time of the accident and felt the
force of the explosion as a rush of air
came out of the mouth of the mine. '
They at once started to go in and ascer- ;
tain the extent of damage. The August !
quota of coal had been mined last week
and tto men were employed in the mine.
Word came, however, that a party of
fivfe oi- six men had gone into the mine to
cleat- Up their chambets.
Inspector Blewitt happened to come
along about this time and he and Galla
ghei- with a party, entered the mines, go- |
ihg down to the third or lower vein, aiid
then followed the, air course, stopping to ;
repair the damages to the battice, etc., j
as they went along. Their progress was ;
necessarily slow, and the course they fol- ’
lowed took them to the right hand side |
of the mines. They came at last to a j
point where they found repairs necessary i
and returned to the foot of the mines foi
more material, when they learned that
gtoans had been heard in the east gang
way. They worked over that way and
found the partv who had gone in the
mines before the accident, near or about
the entrance of ohe of the chambers, a
short distance from the foot of an inside
plane, about 150 feet from where the
heading branches off. Three of them
were alive and three were dead. The
killed were Hugh Conners, of Bellevue,
about 43 years of age. He leaves a wife
and five small children. Edward Gaug
han, of Capouse avenue, aged 45 years.
He leaves a wife and eight small children.
Michael Pryle, of Luzerne street, aged
45 years. He was married, but leaves
no children. The first man brought to
I the surface, about eleven o’clock, was i
i John Nafin. He is about twenty-five
years old and unmarried. He is badly '
burned about the face and arms. John I
I Kerrigan was alive when found and
talked the strongest of all, but he died
before being brought to the surface. He
was thirty-five years old and married.
The next was John Connor. He is about
twenty-one years of age and unmarried.
He has two large scalp wounds, a bad cut
■ on the knee and another on the arm. His i
I face and hands are badiy bruised. He
was taken to the hospital. The body of
! Edward Pierce, fire boss, was found
about 150 feet from the altras. Patrick
| Connor says that he and the others I
waited for some time at the mouth of the
mine for the fire boss. At last he came
from another vein. He said he had not i
j, been in the lower vein yet, but told them |
to come on and he would see if every- •
I thing was all right. They went to the
foot of the new road, when Pierce went
ahead. He carried a safety lamp and
| they had naked lamps. They stood J
waiting for him when suddenly there
was a flash, and an explosion followed
quickly Connor fell flat on his face.
He felt that he was in too exposed a posi
tion and leaped to the side of a pillar.
To this action he probably owes his life.
When the explosion was over he called |
out to the men in total darkness. Kerri- j
gan, Nafin and Pryle answered him, but
no word came from Gaughan or Conner.
Kerrigan wanted him to try to go with
him to the foot and he rose to do so, but ;
s he felt so sick that he could not go, and
had to lie down again. They waited
i there in the blackness of night, sick,
wounded and helpless, with their dead
comrades lying near them. At last they l
heard voices, and Cannon called. Pres
; ently the voices came nearer. Then they
saw lights approaching, and soon the
rescuing party were with them.
The position in which the bodies were i
found bears out his statement. He could
not tell whether Pierce ignited the gas
or whether it was ignited by their lights. |
The explosion came like a flash, too |
quickly for any one to tell anything
about it. They had no reason to expect
to find any gas there. How the fire orig
inated is a mystery.
THE ENGLISH SOCIALIST!*.
Fifty thousand socialists work
; men and idlers met in Trafal
t gar square Sunday afternoon, and
adopted resolutions denouncing the tyr- |
anny of the police in the action of tin?
authorities in imprisoning the socialist
Williams. The proceedings were orderly. ’
Every precaution against disturbance had
been taken by the police.
RAMEY HILL’S KAHJEOAD.
W’ork on the Union Point and White ’
Plains railroad is being pushed ahead at j
| a rapid rate. Messrs. J. H. Buckhaltei
and A. J. Twiggs, the contractors, say
the road will be ready for business the
first of December. This road will be ex
tended to Eatonton at an early date, if
I rumor is to be relied on.
I
Fresh Melons
Grocer (to son) —“I see that you don’t |
know now to buy water melons. ”
| Son—“W’hy sot’
Grocer—“ Because all those you se-
' heted have abort stems. ’’
tSon— ‘Does that make any difference I"
Grocer — 4< Of course it 4ce& When
! they have long sterna, you can cut off
j part of the «’em every day and by that
meaas have fresh melon* ail th* tim*."
FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS. '
SOME NEWSY HAPFEXIXGS HERE
AND THERE.
Narrow Eacap* of Senator Rvatta—Sgtrito
Removed—A Preacher’s Suicide, Etc.
fl nator William M. Evarts narrowly es
caned being killed a few days since at Wind
sor, Vt., where he owns a country seat. He
was driving with Charles C. Perkins, swell
known resident of Boston, and Miss Jen
nie Matthews, daughter of Judge Stan
ley Matthews, of Cincinnati, when the
horses took fright, the carriage was up
set and Mr. Perkins was instantly
killed. Mr. Evarts fortunately escaped with
a serious scalp wound and Miss Matthews
some severe bruises. Mr. Perkins was the
fa her-in-law of Senator Evarts’s daughter,
and was Widely known in Boston art and
musical circles* The accident is described aS
follows:
It was just 6:80 when the party started
from the farm on their return to the house to
dinner. They had reached the dike and were
about half way across when one of the horses
became frightened and tried to nin aWay*
Roberta, the coachman, reined him up
smartly, when the bit parted and the bridle
came oil Instantly both horses started into
a gallop. The coachman made a leap
for the head of one of the horses, but missed
and was hurled down the embankment in a
h> ap. Madly the horses tore on, until, while
turning a sharp corner, the carriage capsized
and the occupants were thrown violently to
the ground. Mr.Perkins's headstruck against i
a stone wall and he died instantly. Mr.
Evarts and Miss Matthews were stunned
by their fall, but they were soon picked
up and carried into the house. The I
utmost consternation prevailed for '
some time, as it was not known whether Mr. I
Perkins was the only victim. Later, how--
ever, both Mr. Evarts and Mrs. Matthews
recovered consciousness and, it was thought,
-were out of danger,
Governor Hill Removes Squire.
Recently Mayor Grace, of New York, pre
ferred charges against Commissioner of Pub
lic Works Rollin M. Squire. This position, ;
controlling as it does thousands of workmen
and the annual handling of millions
of dollars, is one of the most powerful
in the United States. The principal
charge against Squire was that at
the time of his appointment in
1884 he had written a letter practi ‘ally put
ting his office in the power of Contractor ;
Maurice B. Flynn. The letter was produced
at Sauire’s trial Mayor Grace removed :
Squire, the removal being subject to Gov- |
ernor Hill’s approval. The Governor has
denied the motion of Squire’s counsel to re- I
open the case for further evidewe :
and approves the Mayor’s order re
moving Squire from the office of Com- j
missr ner of Public Works. The Governor ;
does not at this time promulgate any formal
opinion giving the grounds of his decision,
be< au e, as itis understood, of lack of time,
I although he may hereafter do so.* He con
curs in the result, without indicating
whether it is placed solely upon ‘"he Flynn
letter or upon the violation of the civil-ser- t
i vice law, although it is believed to be upon
■ the former grounds.
The Mayor of New York has appointed as I
I Suire’s sue essor General John Newton,
Chief of Engineers of the United States
Armv, well known in connect.on with his
successful removal of the obstructions at
I Hell Gate.
Suicide of Rev. J. B. Beecher.
The Rev. James B. Beecher, of Cascob, I
Conn., brother of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
and Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, committed
, suicide at the Water Cure, Elmira, N. Y.,
a few days since, by shooting him
self through the head with a small rifle. ,
He had been suffering under severs
mental troubles for a number of !
years, and for a time was under treatment
at the Middletown (N. Y.) Asylum. He came
to Elmira recently in the care of a special
att ndant At the cure he appeared to be in
pretty fair health, and on the day of his i
death enjoyed himself with others in shoot
ing at a target in Dr. Gleason’s range. Dur
ing the evening, while conversing on the I
piapa, he suddenly went to his room, and
taking a rifle, placed the muzzle in his mouth
and fired, killing himself instantly.
Mr. Beecher was about fifty-nine years old, i
and was the youngest son of Dr. Lyman
Beecher. He was graduated from Dart- |
mouth College and Andover Seminary.
He was chaplain of the Seamen’s Bethel
in China: chaplain of a Brooklyn regiment
during the civil war; became a colonel,
and was mustered out as a brevet brigadier
general; was pastor of Congregational
i churches at Oswego and Poughkeepsie, and
also had charge of the Bethel Mission in
Brooklyn. Os late years he has lived on a 1
farm in Ulster County, N. Y. •
DEATH OF BISHOP DRYSDALE.
Ilia Life wd Labor* far State *■* Oaeyeh. !
Rev. Alexander J. Drysdale, bishop
elect of Easton, Md., who died Monday
morning in Waukesla, Wis., was born in
Savannah in 1839. His early years were
spent near Columbus, Ga., where he be
gan the study of law. When the war
broke out he served in the confederate
army. After the war he practiced law,
but was so moved by the death of a child
that he determined to devote himself
solely to religion. His first parish wo •
Chattanooga, then to Athens, Ga., where
he remained a number of years. In 1875 .
he was called to Christ church, Mobile.,
He remained in Mobile until December,!
1882. when he was called to Christ
church, New Orleans. He came to Mobile
in the midst of the greatest depression I
the city had ever known, and found the ■
people despondent and laboring undet!
heavy debt He curtailed expenses, ro
duced his salary, and by energy and self
denial cleared away the debt Dignified,
without haughtiness, firm, without stern- j
ness, gentle, without effieminancy, truth
ful, without harshness, he was a perfect
type of a Christian gentleman.
the TALBOTTON ROAD LEANED.
The stockholders of the Talbotton rail- 'i
road met on Monday and leased the road
to W. K. Dennis et al., for fifteen years.
The terms of the lease are a net dividend I
of five per cent annually. Considerable
opposition was made to the lease.
BCXNKB TO THE WATER’S EDGE.
About three o’clock Sunday afternoon,
the large passenger steamboat, Daniel j
Drew, of the Albany line, caught fire al f
her moorings at Kingston point, and wa»
bunted to ths water 1 * edge.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
f?IX hundred S irls are studying
Music in Milan. .
Mme. Patti is to begin her AmenJ au ur
Bit November 16, in New York,
There are nearly 700 musicians in Phila
delphia tod not one first-class band,
Alice RFeb# the new prima donna of Mr.
Duff’s opera company, is a young Australian
irL •
Margaret Mather has mad* a hit in I
Ban Fran' isco. Ihe Call says that she is the
ideal Juliet.
Lester Wallack will open his New York
theatre Octobef 11 with Hamilton’s new play,
“Harvest.”
Katie Putnam, the actress, has an an
nual income of SIO,OOO from her fruit farm
in Michigan.
Mr. Louis James, the tragedian, is one
of tbe original members of the old Ells
worth Zouaves.
The Anglo-Italian opera company has
completed its bookings for a tour from New
York to San Francisco.
Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, the wife of
Joseph Jefferson’s youngest son, has written
a comedy entitled “Class.”
Mrs. Cleveland loves “the music of the
future,” and is one oi the most appreciative
of listeners to the works of Wagner.
Maud Banks, daughter of General N. P.
Banks, made her theatrical debut as Partbe
nia at Portsmouth, N< H., the other night
The American Opera company will pro
duce five new plays this season, besides re
viving those which met with the greatest
favor last y*ar.
Lady Archibald Campbell, formerly
Mi s Blood, ir addition to being a handsome
young woman and a clever writer, is also a
skihul musical composer. Her songs are
very popular in England.
Janauschek, great actress and brave
woman, suffering under a mortal disease and
not appreciated by a dull and trivial public,
returns to the stage this year, undaunted by
the disfavor of fortune and fate.
Mr. Lewis Morrison, who is to play
Mephistopheles in the new version of Goethe s
“Faust,” by Dr. Gustavus Haas, of New
York, will represent the character with a
“cloven hoof” from which electric sparks will
issue, as well as from the sword he uses. ,
German musical papers place the number
of Liszt’s known compositions at 647. Os
these 68 are orchestral works, 33 being tran
scriptions for the orchestra of other compo
sitions; 517 are for the pianoforte, 300 being
transcriptions; 20 are compositions for tue
i organ, and 80 vocal.
"base ball notes.
I-
Gillespie, of the New Yorks, used to be a
coal miner.
Carrier pigeons are used at every game
I in Pittsburg.
White gets $3,500 a season for guarding
third base for Detroit.
The yew grounds of the Philadelphia Club
will be the finest m the country.
' Tbs Pittgburgs have shut out the famous
St Louis Browns in two successive gatnes.
The recent re ord of Temney, of Syracuse,
at shore teal, fourteen chau< e> without an
error, has uot been beaten this -seasou.
Washington is a good base ball city for a
winning club, at present. Notwithstixuding
its poor showing, l,uov spectators attend the
i games.
New Orleans is very anxious to secure a
I place in the Southern League next year, and
; it is possible that it may obtain tiri place re
cently made vacant by the Augustas.
The Washingtons played a strong game in
the.r last senes with the New York giants.
I Tuey mob tbe first game, were beaten io to 8
, in tbe sec ond and played a tie in the last
Radbdcrn, Stemmeyer and Buffinton, the
■ three Boston pitchers, have accomplished
what no other club s trio of pitchers have
done —each has disposed of an opposing nine
for but one hit.
The St. Louis Browns have won more
1 games than tue Balt.mores and the Metro
! politans combined, while the Detroit) have
won more than the &L Louis, Kansas Citys
and W ashingtons combined.
“Joe” Start, the veteran of the diamond
fissld, has settled down in Hartford, alter re
fusing a handsome offer from the Kansas
City team, ide will cover the first base lor
the Hartford nine occasionally.
A league is to be formed next season
talking in the towns of Steubenville, Ohio,
Barnesville, Ohio, Zanesville, Ohio, M Kee»-
port, Penn., Erie, Penn., Wneeling, W. Va.,
| and two other towns yet to be decided upon.
Clarkson now has the League strike-out
record for the season so far, be ng but one
peg below Ramsey, tbe Association pitcher.
I The latter struck out seventeen Meta, while
‘ Clarkson caus*d sixteen Cowboys to fan the
! air.
A Pittsburg man who has been timing
I the pitchers says that Terry is the swiltest in
tbe association. He held the watch on Gal
vin and Hecker and found the ball traveled
from pitcher to catcher in seven-eights of a
The largest number of run* made by th*
Bostons in a game this season bos been 15
(Washingtons); Chicagos 20 (St Louis); De
troits, 1< (St Louis); Kansas Citys 15 (Phila
; delphias); New Yorks, 18 (Washingtons);
■Washingtons, 12 (Bostons.
The Athletics left the West their last trip
with nine defeats and three victories, tbe
I Meta with nine defeats and two victories, the
Brooklyn* with eight defeats and four vu>
tones, and tbe Baltimore* with ten defeats
and two victories. As on the first trip,
| Brooklyn again makes the best showing.
Her defeats, however, this time were tue
worst in her history, and indeed in the his
tory of the game—l*J to 0,18 to U and 16 to 0.
THE GREEK EARTHQUAKES.
Hnerfreds of Peasens Killed its Tisltatien
Th’ area of the earth disturbance in
Greece, was phenomenally wide. At
least six towns were entirely destroyed !
and a score of others partially destroyed.
On the main land much damage was done
but there was little loss of life. On is
lands it is estimated that 600 persons
were killed and 1,000 seriously injured.
' The undulations were curiously regular.
The actual shocks averaged 12 seconds in
duration.
The people everywhere are camping
out in the fields. The breaking of the
telegraph lines delays the reception of
details. Tbe Greek cabinet is sitting at
: Athens almost continuously considering
relief measures. A transport with tents,
food, doctors, medicines, and a company
of pompiers started for the stricken di*
• triet Saturday evening.
The latest returns show that tme hun
dred persons were killed at Filiatra and
twenty at Garga&tno. Both town* are w
roin*.
NUMBER 31.
CBARLIISrUJi’S FATE.
Terrible Scenes Among the Dead
and Dying.
MANY LIVES LOST.
The City Enveloped in the
Deepest Darkness.
A black pall hangs over the once fair
city by the sea. The hour <?f midnight
is rendered doleful by the bitte? lamen
tations of the bereaved.
the debris of dismantled houses
fills some of the principal streets, render
ing them w’ell nigh impassable. To add
still more to the weight of gloom, the
city is almost in utter darkness, owing to
the failure of the gas works to afford the
requisite supply. The thoroughfares are
converted into the camping ground for
those who are too terrified to risk them
selves over night in their houses. More
terror is still continually added to the
situation by the frequent
REPETITION OF EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
The atmosphere is surcharged with
fears and dismal forebodings The sp*-
prehension has seized upon nearly all the
inhabitants that last night’s direful visi
tations is to be followed by another more
disastrous still. The city is almost de
populated. Thousands have sought
refuge in lanes, yards, parks and fields.
Several buildings, which it was believed,
withstood the shocks, are now giving
way and tottering to the ground. Those
people who have not been driven from
their homes are sitting in absolute dark
ness. The
HOSPITALS ARE OVER CROWDED
with the wounded. There are not
enough trained nurses to attend them..
Medicines and provisions are getting
scarce, not because of a lack but because
the storekeepers are afraid to open their
places of business. The telegraph offices
were jamed with eager men ana women,
endeavoring to communicate with their
relatives and friend*, but this is almost
impossible, because of the breaking down
of the wires. Hundreds of anxious mes
sage* have come from Columbia and
other points, asking about the killed
and wounded. The correspondents here
find it utterly impossible to transmit full
reports.
RAILROAD TRAINS WRECKED.
There are four railroad trains wrecked
between Augusta and Charleston, and a
considerable loss of life is reported from
these accidents.
Details of the Destraction-
Charleston, September I.—The first
shock of earthquake was felt approach
ing last night a 9:50 o’clock, and before
the people could realize what the troubte
was, they found themselves being throws
around and their houses falling on them.
The first shock was followed immedi
ately by another, though of less effect,
but renewing the screams and shriek*
and from the time of beginning to day
light, shocks were felt at intervals of
half an hour, but each succeeding one
being less distinct. Three or four fires
started in as many sections, with the firs!
shock and the city was soon illminated
with flames, thus leading all to believe
that what was left by the earthquake
would be be devoured by fire. How
ever, the fire depannent was so well
devided and handled that the fires were
gotten under control by daylight. From
fifteen to twenty residences and stores
were consumed.
The loss by fire and the earthquake cannot
be accurately estimated, but can be placed
safely at $5,000,000. Shocks equally as
severe were felt at a distance of thirty
five miles, and have done inestimable
damage to railroads and telegraph prop
erties.
The city is wrapped in gloom and bus
iness is entirely suspended. People
generally remain in the streets, in tents
and under improvised shelters, and will
camp out, fearing another shock. The
V*s works are injured and probably the
city will be without light. St. Michael’s
church is shattered and the steeple will
come down. Kikewise steeple of St.
Phillip’s, The steeple of the Unitarian
church has fallen. The portico of Hi
bernian hall and the main station house
are demolished. There is much injury
to mansions of East and South battery.
The portico of the Ravenel mansion is
down. Hardly a house in the city es
; caped injury, and many are so shaken
and cracked that a hard blow would
bring them to the ground.
Broad street presented a spectacle of
the utmost horror. Even women armed
with hatchet* fought valiantly to rescue
imprisoned unfortunates. Meeting street
from Broad to Hazel, is wrecked and
lined with unfortunates. To add to the
horror of the scene many fires broke out
and were ineffectually fought by the fire
department. The night was hideous
with the groans of the dying.
The killed by the disaster will proba
bly reach 50 The number of wounded
cannot be counted. Mayors of the dif
ferent cities are holding meetings to raise
money and secure help for the sufferers.
Those who are willing to shield th*
fault* of other* are not afraid to aeknowb
edgethmr own.