The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-09-10

who will hasten to their homes NORTH
and South.
A weIl.known citizen thus describes
his experiences during the shock Tuesday
night: 1--WE all made Q rush for thu
street, hut when VIC saw buildings sway
ing and walls toppling into the street, in
every direction, q feeling OF deepail
seemed to seize upon everybody. l, fol
one, realized the uselessness Of attempt
ing to escape, aud Jaw others stop and
stand still n Il giving themselves up Il
whatever fate had In store for them. Thu
sickening sensation caused BY the move.
ment OF the earth was hardly more ap-
palling than the terrible noise which nc
c0mpanied the shock. This was no
very loud, but was like low and threat
ening grOwl under the earth. Thu
piercing cries Of frighte net
women and children, and tho
frenzied shouts of men calling to one an
other and attempting to organize some
trast to this subterranean thunder. PEG
pie stood despairing for q moment, ant
then tumultuOus rush was made fol
open spaces. ran as fast as any body,
yet recall wildly the horror pictured Oh
the faces OF those near me. The thing
has made an indelible impression on my
mind, and even now look for that ON
nous roar. The weeping OF women ant
the hOarse cries Of the men As they raj
hither and thither among the wrecks Of
walls and telegraph wires can never b,
adequately described"
The largest crowd of fugitivcs collected
in Marion square in the center of thu
city. Three shocks followed one another
at short intervals, and hardly had thu
panic caused by one partially abatet
when another tremOr of the earth renewed
the alarm. So frightened were the wait
ing crowd that they hardly perceived thai
each shock was somewhat lighter than
its predecessor. 1t was only late In the
morning that the prayerful and despair.
ing thrOng. finding the earth Once
more solid for many hours, gath
cred courage enough to ngaini seek the
of their shattered homes.
Shocks Mt Other Points.
COLUMBIA. S. c., Sept. 1.-Just before
nine o'clock last night this city was
visited by terrible earthquake. The first
two shocks were fe arful. Buildings
swayed from side to side; the earth rose
and fell like the waves of the ocean
People rushed madly from their houses
into the streets. Some sprang from win.
dOws and were injured. The experience
Of those In buildings at the time of the
first shock was that of being rocked as If
in ship at sea. Many Of the most sub
stantial buildings were shaken to their
and their walls were cracked
and sprung.
Five minutes after the first shock. the
second came, and In ten minutes third.
Other shocks followed until :05 a. H.,
when the eighth shock was felt. This
one lasted for a minute and a half. AT
four o'clock this morning the ninth shock
came, and at $3.50 and 1920 a. m, the
city was again made to trembie. Very
little sleep was had by any of the in.
habitants of Columbia last night. Ne
grOcs thought the end of the world had
come. They held prayer meetings CT
street corners.
All communication was cut off from
s. c., until nine O'Clock this
when the Southern Telegraph
COmpany's line was opened and the ter
rible news came that that city had beer
nearly demolished last night. From
reports come that nearly O
hundred lives were lost.
Summcrviilc, 4 fiOurishing town TWEEN.
y-twO miles from Charleston, it is re-
ported has been nearly destroyed.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 1.-The earth
quake shocks here, commencing at hall
past nine last night lasted several min.
utes. Several slight shocks. were felt
later in the night. When the guaking
first began men, women and children
rushed into the streets where many re-
NAMED until daylight. The negroes
we're terror stricken. Bryan Street
Church (colorcD was badly cracked, and
the plaster falling upon the congregation
within, caused terrible scene
If confusion. Many negroes thought the
lay of judgment had come. In another
,OlOred church where there was a
panic and stampede followed
he first shock, and several were trampled
Upon and severely injured. Very little
damage other than cracking walls and
alling plaster is reported here, and no
ives were lost.
Reports from the suburbs of the city
md adjacent towns tell of severe shocks.
,ut no loss of life or any considerable
lamage to property.
At Tibee Island, at the mouth of the
savannah river, the lenses in the light
lousc were destroyed. The people on
he island have telcgraphed TO this city
hat they were in a state Of terror. There
AN be no communication with the main
and for some time, aud all the inhab-
tants are assembled on high land. The
sland was swept by a tiial wave in Au.
:ust, 1881, and the people fear Il similar
disaster now.
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. l.-Thrce distinct
hooks of an earthquake were felt he.e
bout eight o'clock last night. One
Ouse was shattered to pieces. The SIX
himneys on the Constitution building
ell with a crash. Window glass, dishes
I'd clocks were broken.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. IAN earth
uakc shock at eleven O'Clock last night
aused a scene of indcscribable horror.
he penitentiary alarm bell and the fi'e
ellis were rung and people rushed out Of
heir qnaking houses clad only in their
i.ht clothes and shrickinc with terror.
he eight hundred convicts in the peril |
,ntiary were maniacal with fright, and |
heir shrieks for aid led to the rumor |
nat they had escaped and were in revolt,
nus increasing the CONSERVATION of the |
ty's inhabitants. Only the determined |
forts of the home militia succeeded in |
estoring quiet. At Lynchbrr. the shocs |
as SO violent that bricks we're shaker,
ON cbimncvS.
CINCINNATI, O., Sept. AT few
inutcs past nine o'clock last night there
rs quite aperceptible earthquake shock,
ut there was no panic. Printers at /
DIRK on the morning newspapers rushed
Ut Of the comnosinr rooms aud sar,n