Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-04
From Friday Evenings Extra
Edition.

from HfiuaN evenings Extra.
Edition.
| CHARLESTON, Sept. 3.--Accounts sent
from this city give but faint idea Of the
extent of the great calamity. Aside from
the immense damage to property, which
win foot up far into the millions, 1t VIII
be years before confidence can be berestored.
Many old landmarks which have been the
pride Of the people are damaged to an eX-
tent that will necessitate their entire re-
mOval.
WILL HAVE TO COME DOWN.
| st. MichaePs church and st. Phillip'A
church, and hundreds of buildings, will
| have to be taken down to their founda4
tions. 1t is low estimate to say that $780,.
600 will put the well.known Charleston
Hotel in presentable and business condi.
| tiOn. Buildings still standing are bent
! from top to bottom, aud had they been
| Of modern construction the city would TO.
| day be nothing but mass of ruins, and
thousands OF its people would be buried
| beneath the debris. The great fire of 1861
and the bombardment from the Swamp
Angels, and the epidemics which have
afflicted the city IN years past
did not do one-thsusandth part OF the
injury that the one minutes earthquake
shock OF Tuesday night did. The peOs
pie are still fearful of another shock, and
last night the public parks and vacant
| lots were crowded with refined ladies
and their little ones. over whom stood
| guard their male protectors. In the same
| parks were colored women and men stay.
ing side by SIDE with the white people.
HOW TREY WERE SHELTERED.
Thousands OF shelters made OF quiIts
and blankets set up ON sticks were crowd
ed together in these open spaces. Strange
were the scenes and sounds. In one
place the mother hushing her
just be heard amid the shouting OF
The negroes in the weird songs OF suppli-
| cation. Lights IN the tents and camp fires
scattered here aud there lent effect TO the
scene. The piotare will never be forgot
! ten. Lite, such as was TO be seen, was on
the Battery, on Marion square, Artesian
square, ana in other vacant spaces. The
hotels we're as quiet as though il were
the dead hour OF night. The only guests
were a dozen newspaper correspondents.
who had come in late on Thursday.
THE DESERTED STREETS.
| Except for gas lights and an occasional
| pedestrian, the streets presented the aps
pearance that they did during the bonn
bardmeDt. The police force are quar-.
tered In the streets, the relief sleeping In
the City Hall square, and the fire Depart
ment in squads Of two or three. En-
gines are stationed in vacant lots in diff
ferent parts OF the city. The side.
| walks are filed with bricks
and tangled telegraph wires,
| making the roadways and many streets
| impossible. However, this morning
much OF this is being cleared away. and
| probably all that Will remain In a few
| days showing the disaster Will be the gap-
ing walls and tottering parapets and
| steeples. A commission or experts will
| probably be appointed at once to devise
| means TO remove dangerous structures.
| The two old churches Will probably have
TO be blown down with dynamite, or
their towers and porticos battered
| down by artillery, as IL Is not safe to at
| tempt To take them down the ordinary
way. They now endanger the surround.
| ing houses. There will be q meeting OF
| Council to-day to consider what IS best to
| be done, and to take action in regard to
the assistance protfered the city by other
cities. Twenty thousand people are vir.
tually houseless, and will have TO live in
tents until their late dwellings are made
secure, or until new houses are erected.
A REGULAR ENCABIPMENT.
Tents have been ordered and a regular
encampment will be laid out. The earth.
quake's outward signs are visible for
circuit OF twenty-five miles. Tne erup-
tions have damaged every railroad lead
ing into the city. Thousands OF geysers,
dIsehargiDg water and sand, appeared ali
over the surface, and in some places, inn
mediately when they disappeared,
hole similar 10 the lime
sinks Of Florida remained to mark
the spot under the tracks. The tracks on
some OF the roads sunk In many places, tor
a distance of 1000 ieet. Bridges as well
as tracks are thrown, not inches but feet,
out OF line. AS late as Thursday after
noon tracks that had been repaired Were
again displaced, showing that up TO that
time the movements OF the earth still con-
tinued.
AN APPEAL TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
The Secretary Of w ar has been appealed
to for engineers TO examine and report
upon the condition OF damaged buildings.
The principal damage, as has already been
stated. Is IN the city below George street,
and west OF King. Theupper part, where
the buildings are nearly all OF wood, is
not damaged except in the loss of cnim.
news. Wooden buildings are in demand
Reports from Summeryille stats
that the shocks continue in THAI
vicinity. 1t Is probable, however,
that the worst is over. Among other well
known buildings badly injured besides
those mentioned are the News and Cou-
rier and Walker. Evans & Cogswell.
NO SAFE BRICK BUILDINGS.
II there should be heavy wind or ram
there would be great danger OF loss OF lie
in the streets from falling walls, bricks
and stones.
This morning drays are busily engaged
In moving goods from badly shattered
buildings. / don't think there is 8u absO-
iufpiv eafe brick huiidine in the aitv.