The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-10

Lava i descending from 'he crater ia the ,!ircc.
lion Of the town OF Tore Del Greco, at the foot
Of the mountain. The inhpbrauts OF TVrrc del
Greco are fleeing to places OF safety.
The Durit $ Of victims of the earthuuakc were
continued Throughout: the day. Two hundred
and eighty bodies buried mt Casam:cciola
90 al i."cco AMI 20 ut Forio. The latest esti-
ma;c places the number Of deaths at between
, / O0O anil 1000. As it would be impossible to
recover and bury all the bodies. Signor Genala
Minister of Public Works, has ordered that, in
view Of the horrible cxhalaiiJnS from the de-
composing rcmaius, the unrccovered corpse DC
left where they lie, and liquid lime bc poured
over the ruins made by thc earthquake. Cas-
amicciolu will ihu. he converted into a vast
cemetery
The search Of the ruins for bodies victims
Of the carthIUakc on the i>!anl Of Ischir was
continued last night. Al the bodies recovered
are buried Immediately to prcvcvcnt miaSma.
Two thousand soldiers digging in the ruins
saved | 900 lives up to midday on Sunday and
cXbumcl ~ persons alive Monday. The
only American known tn have been Injured by
the earthquake n Miss Van Alien, AMI she
is only sli ghtly hurt
IN eye witness describes the scene at the
theatre nj tasamcciIla, when the earthquake
occurred, rs an awful one. The curtain had
Just risen whcna tremendous shock was felt.
\ !"trtul roar followed and the ground rocked
like the sea in n storm. y great cry of terror
arose from the audience, who were thrown Into
n heap, and large number of them were buried
beneath the ,imhcrs Of the buillioc which fell
rr,u ,hcm Two more sb, elk. ocru~rrl Al
who coull rushed outside Of the theatre and
/ hundreds of person clambcrca into the trees in
the vicinity for safety. Most of the people,
however. escaped to the shore. where bonirea
,vc~c N.,btcl ~ sirunls of IiS,rrss linn
1,.I, 3 t,iTu.,..l mon ,ul ,yomcu will r.;,l,
terror AMI grief, rau to and fro among the ruins
with torches during tho night searching for
missing friends,
\ TERRIBLE IxSrAxrE or ic,: CREAM Poison.
IxG-Cam,lcn August G-On Friday afternoon
the ladies Of the BAPTIST church served ice
cream in behalf of their church, and a number
of our people attended and p,rtcok of it,
ott,n1 ,h,,u, iIi,,y ~ ,L,.r WHO nnr,n,I. ~ i,,
cream o the previous afternoon, the patients
having been attacked with severe pain in the
sl"matm' yom',nE' hSadnrhe nc. Yesterday
talk cr i'll from the effects of the ice cream taken
on Friday, anl to-day there are sixty five cases
il hand. We have only three lracticing ply
SiciahS here and they have been constantly on
the 90 night and lay since Saturday. y CON
suitatlon was h"'i yesterday morning, but the
conclusion arrived at wa: merely theoretical.
From what | can learn the doctors seem to
he ct the "pini ~ that this dire calamity which
has hciaiicn our community has been caused 10y
arsenic poison, the symptoms Indicating that
such is the case. but one death has thus far
occurred. little daughter "t MIR. q. ID. Shivcr,
engineer on the camden Branch, died IcStc:-
dnv morning from the effects of the poison.
lhclc are several others who are extremely Ill,
AMI fears are entertained that they cannot sur
vivr TINS is terrible blow to our people.
pa!l hangs over our town.
Mr. Nvcrlll, OF the South Carolina Halfway,
'cieGf'Vhch mere yesterday mat ShoIih amy
medical assistance from abroad he needed he
S'p"' ready 10 i"rh'Hh srcc'al Tram 10 BRING
IL mere li'c "t charge our people appreciate
mus klnn "'ier. ihc town council OF camden
VIII HNc!y 'lkc TINS matter III manu- ana nave
some IL the zee cream ami the F"hiIa extracts
used in ilavOr;ur the cream aualyHrl .-- Cor.
.Nc,rs and Couicr.
20.
beautiful lot OF new India Linens, Figured
| Linen Lawns, Persia lawns, Victoria lawns,
Bisbor's lawns Lace Nuslins priut,d Nuslns
o,o o., -, ~ Ir,.yrrp G. ~,
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| ArrrNrr ru Hruy THE NrwnrRpy Uorr1.-
| ON Wednesday last ,b,ut midday while urorlv
cvcrvbody's attention was attracted to the fire
! cn,inr rrmuju,t the water ont of The cjsicrn
| Glow The Court House an attrmrt was made TO
set fire to the Ncwbcrrv Hotel. MIR. j. X. p.
Gorrans. who was unwcl, was living in his
| room when his attention was n,tractc hv the
crocl;ljnr of flames and lv ,,ok cnni,,., ihrruoh
| the ,ransnn over his door and .,os oh,u, to
| rive the alarm. when the cham crmoil rns.cl
! nlnuo. the hall and discovered n Lloyr in orr of
| tho iru.,l lark rooms in Tho rc,r rnrti', of
| the hotel The iuccudiary had taken an c,uuty
! soap box of white uinc. a pine board. pnrcr and
Two SFi'' "V''"'" c,'''S' P.''' mem '"E''e' anu
| one Of the ,hnir bot,oms had been consumed. as
well as the paper, and The box. board ani re-
naming portion OF the char were in big blaze;
. \ 'ncNcI or two OF water PIT out the iirr' Hal
thc hrc not hcch d'scoNrrcd hel"r" Gc'tlh& hhI'r
h'HlWay tHc consequences would nave been