Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-02

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ing, at Bay and DraytOn street. is slightly
damaged. A wall next to the printing
office OF Mr.. George n. Nichoisiell, crash
ing through the roof Of the adjoining
building. A number of buildings on
lower Bay street are cracked and Chin
neys are falling everywhere.
PULASKI MONUMENT SHAKEN.
One of the most convincing proofs OF
the great force Of the shock is at the
Pulaski monument in Monterey square.
The statue OF Liberty, which surmounts
! the monument, was moved six inches
from its pedestal. The monument
| WAS shaken TO its foundation,
but to all appearances, a careful eXani-
nation not yet having been made, it Is not
otherwise injured. The other monuments
are uniniured SO far as can be seen.
Fears were had for the safety of the
Cathedral, and st. Johns, the Indepen-
! deht Presbyterian and other churches,
but so far nodamage mas been discovered.
Most OF the churches were inspected early
this morning.
II was stated later on that the east wall
| OF Christ church was cracked from the
| roof half WAY TO the ground. A crack
twenty feet Iona IN the ground near w ar
rem d Axson's Office on the Bay was re-
ported.
AT THE ORPHAN AsYLuMs. .---~~f
The Orphans Asylum at Bethesda did
| not escape the shocks. The main build
ing was not injured, though it shook vio.
! lently, but the wing shows slight crack
in one end and the ceilings OF the dining
room shows marks OF the roof having been
| strained. The boys were not much
alarmed, and thought it was quite frotic
TO be allowed TO get out of bed and run
about the house.
There was general CONSERVATION among
the inmates Of the asylums in the city,
The children were frightened but were
looked after as best they could be. Many
Of them did not realize the danger, not
knowing what an earthquake Is. So far
as has been learned no one was injured.
AMONG TIE CoNvToTs.
Mr.. George Wheelock, Quartermaster
at the convict camp on the Bee road came
into the city early in the morning. The
shock, he says, was very severe at the
camp, particularly the third shock. The
prisoners were very excited, and the "trus,
Ties" who were not ironea attempted to
get out OF the lookup. The entire force
OF guards was up and kept the prisoners
at bay, and after talking to them they be-
came tractable. All Of them went tn
praying. keeping up their devotions until
daylight. The force was set to work at
the usual time at the camp in Teynac's
swamp.
JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOWS.
There were many amusing occur
rences. Services were being held in the
cOlored church at Isle Of Hope, and when
the first shock came the worshlppers
rushed for the doors. The windows were
open ahd many jumped through them.
One old daTkey, who was among the first
out OF the door, turned to a brother, who
had taken quicker way and said: 81
tot you was q Christian, brudder John.
and here you feared TO trust de Lord in
His own house and jump out ob de win
der"
There is great CONSERVATION among the
country negroes, and thousands came
into the city. "De good Lawd help us"
cried one old woman who had tramped in
on the Augusta road and reached the
city about daylight, "Gabriel am coming
suah nuff, de Lawd help US POI cullad
folks"
DAMAGE ON BRoUGHToN STREET.
The greatest damage reported to any
building In Savannah Was to the one
story brick building 10. l54 Broughton
street, occupied by NJ. L. Byck as a store.
The place narrowly escaped being com-
pletely wrecked At the first shock half
of the west wall was thrown down and
the roof crashed in. All along the north
and northeast sides Of the store the pias-
ter was knocked down and the goods were
covered with dust and mortar. Luckily
the store had closed for the night. Had
ID been open loss Of lie would have been
inevitable. The cashiers desk is Ia the
northeast corner OF the room and right
over is a skylight. Lying on the floor at
the side OF the desk is a large fat stone
weighing almost 100 pounds. 1t had
been a capstone on the top OF the wall Of
the adjoining store on the east which is
occupied by Jacob Cohen and A. J. Mil.
Ter. That building is a three story brick,
and the capstone had crashed down from
the top through MIR. Byck's skylight
and just grazed the cashiers desk. Had
he been In his chair hs would almost Ger.
tainly have been killed. The goods and
building are badly damaged. Mr.. Byck
estimates his loss at 81 900. lie says that
he has considered the west wall unsafe
for several months. The building can
hardly be repaired for less than $500.
THE INJURED.
The injured In the disasters of Tuesday
night are none of them likely to die. Mrs
Smith, who jumped from a second-stOry
! window at Broughton and West Broad
streets with her child in ner arms, was at
tended by DR.. Purse, and will recover Her
injuries are not as serious as IL was first
thought. Those who were injured in the
panic at the First African church are ia
a fair way TO recovery. No other casual.
ties than were announced in the NEWS
| ItbLtIUay nave Detn iepOI b6us
Many people were slightly injured by
falling bricks and debris from the roofs
OF houses but none seriously.
Sergeant Killourhy, oil the police, stated
that the policemen this morning reported
no additional accidents TO persons or pro.
perty other than those described in the
NEWS.
WHAT THE SIGNAL OFFICERS SAY.
The Signal Service men We're at sea Oh
the subject, so TO speak. There is no way
to tell tue approach or the duration of an
earthquake. The only thing that can be
done ie TO draw ipferences from past
earthquakes. In the earthquake belt
shocks are liable to be felt for two or three
days at varying intervals. The meteoro.
logical department has never made a sps-
cial study of seismic disturbances, rs
they are technically termed. The Japa.
Dese have devoted more time to that than
any other people, and the study is more
advanced there.
OF the present disturbance Messrs.
Graham and David said thar they were
unable TO make any forecast. Ii is most
likely that the worst il over and that only
tremors and slight shocks Will be felt
until the disturbance is wholly over and
the forces in the interior OF the earth re.
sumo their normal state so far as the
crust Is concerned. A marked rise In the
harauafar WAS a nnlicpabp incident TO