The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-09

thS DQ1lo1ngs OF w a1ker, Evans and Boys
wen have also suffered, while the heavy
Of the News and Courier building lie on
the sidewalk, leaving the slate roof and
portion Of the attic floor exposed.
Almost the entire front OF the building
occupied by Myers organ store and
Smiths stencil establishment Is torn out,
leaving the upper floors exposed. The
Plenge building; the corner OF Church
street, was badly damaged. Most Of the
buildings on the street are more or less
damaged, but the violence of the earth
quake Is most perceptible at the historic
intersection OF Broad and Meeting
streets.
The police station is q most complete
wreck. The court house building is
badly damaged, the walls being cracked
in several places and portions Of the roof
and gables being thrown down. What .
scene Of desolation the fashionable boule-
ward OF Charleston Is at present Com
menoing at Broad street one passes
through Q block of burned houses. The
fire, starting at No. lis, the third build
Ing from the corner OF Broad street on
the east side, consumed the entire row
Of buildings as far north as LuIly's old
stand. next to the Quaker grRvey ard.
The few houses left on that side OF the
street are more or less shattered and
Quilted.
The few houses on the west side Of the
street north of Broad street have not
escaped the general fate, although the
damage Ii not as great as in other por-
| lions of the street. The immen sc vacant
| lot on the west side Of the street ia oc-
cupied by the families who lived in the
burnt houses and who are eamped on the
sWard with the few household effects
saved from the flames.
From Queen street TO Herbauck's alley
almost every house is shattered.
A special report from Mt. Pleasant,
| opposite Charleston, says that sink near
the German church, which was on Tues
day perfectly dry sand, is now full OF
/ fresh water.
| Near Shell street there is cabin &C.
cupied by q colored man that is. COM
| pletely surrounded by yawning Chasms,
extending through the earth's surface for
| ten feet and over. All around this there
are sinks Of fresh water and masses of
mud, with queer looking soft substances
that have never been seen before. 1t is
commended by many that the mud and
other substances found around the village
are volcanic matter.
just after the first great shock on
Tuesday night there WAS decided and
distinct smell Of sulphuric acid gas over
the entire valley. The smell lasted
| throughout the night and was distinct
the earth were most numerous.
Not far from Charleston, on the road
| to SummerVi1e, extensive mounds Of
clay were thrown up and hiliocks of
sand, in most cases in the shape OF in
verted cones, the hollow part of which
had evidently been formed by the
action of the water returning
| raised. In many cases the erupted mat
| ter had streamed away from the breaks
| IN the surface of the earth for a distance
Of from two to fifty feet. In other places
there were assures, almost invariably
extending from north to south.
These tracks were not wide. The
matter that was thrown up was Of
dull, dark slaty color and was mixed
with gravel. There was also a little
slate and in general the mud resembled
| that which is thrown from the bottom OF
| the phosphate pits along the river. The
| water in some places had the taste of
our artesisn water. but in many
instances it was just as clear and
nmpid as from q mountain stream.
are not sporadic They extend far and
near in every direction, from the city
limits Of Charlestown to Sunmerville,
and at the latter 1t was found from trust
worthy information that the cracks and
| assures are everywhere visible for miles
and miles around. Strangely enough
some Of them were In active operation
| and the constant shocks which were felt
| at Summerville sent the water out Of
! these assures in Jets to the height of
from ten to twenty feet. On top of the
| highest elevations the mud could be
| seen. This latter fact indicated that the
force was being exerted at rather more
than the depth that was at first thought
| to be the limit OF the force.
/ hill faSa Il
occurred on Tuesday night. The down
Columbia train jumped the track. The
| engineer (Burnes) and the fireman
| (Arnold, colored) were badly injured
| by the tremendous leap which the tram
| took in the dark under the unseen in
fluence Of the shock that dismantled the
road. 1t is SAID that the earth suddenly
first plunged down the temporary
decliVity. It was then raised on top Of
the succeeding terrestrial undulation and,
having reached the top Of the wave, q
sudden swerving Of the force to the right
and left hurled the Inflated train down
: the embankment. The train at the time
of the earthquake was running along at
a mile south OF Jedburg it en-
countered q terrible experience. 1t was
freighted with hundreds Of excursionists
| returning from the mountains. They
were all gay and happy, laughing and
| talking, when all OF q sudden, in the
language of the eXcursionists, the train
| appeared to have left the track and was
| the. rising wave. Suddenly it descended
as rapidly. 1t was flung first
violently to the east, the sides Of the Car
apparently leaning over at less than an
| angle Of forty-fiVe degrees, then there
was q re1ex action and the train righted
and was hurled with roar as Of a dis
charge of artillery over to the west and
finally subsidized on the track and took q
plunge downward, evidently the des-
cending wave. The engineer put down
the brakes tight, but SO great
was the organic and added momentum
that the train kept right ahead. IL is
said on trustworthy authority that the
train actually galloped along the track,
the front and rear coaches rising and
falling alternately. The utmost confus-
ion prevailed. The train was taken
| back in the direction of Jetburg and on
the way back the work of the earthquake
was terribly potent. The train had
actually passed over one OF the serpen-
tine curves already described.
New YORK, Sept. 3, 1915 q. m.-The
following has just been received by the
Western Union from Charleston: No one
| at the Mills house was injured. All
guests and other occupants are safe, but it
Is difficult to find them, they being en-,
camped some where in the streets. Peo-
pie this morning have apparently thrown
off their fear and gone to work clearing
| up the debris and removing the dangerous
! walls. The city shows a scene of great &C.
tivity.
CHARLESTON, SPIT. 3-There is no
special change in the situation this morn
ing, but as there we're only two shocks,
| and these very light ones during the
night there was a little more confidence
than yesterday. Sympathetic articles In
newspapers, and offers of aic from differ
ent quarters are great encouragement to
the stricken people OF Charleston. The
most urgent need now is for an early re-
pair of the injured buildings, to make
them hsbItable. High winds and heavy
rain Epuld bring many shattered build
ings to the ground. and ipjure hundreds
of residences which have no roofs. It
would be of great service if q
corps OF government engineers could
be sent here at once to examine houses
and other buildings and determine which
of them can ne safely occupied or allowed
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