Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

in Charleston was not greater than those
who were imprisoned there TO know the
fate OF their friends at home. UP 10
Wednesday night nothing cou d be heard
from Savannah. No trains were sent out
and the telegraph lines were all down.
The first train left Charleston at
yclCck yesterday morning and arrived
here at O'Clock III the afternoon. IL was
Then that Col. Walker learned for the nrst
lime OF the safety OF his family here. Inc
morning after the earthquake he walked
through the streets of Charleston. Inc
squares were filed With terror-strlcken
people. Buildings that have withstood
the cyclones fury were twisted upon
their foundations, and everywhere the
scene was one of devastation and rum
THE WRECKED BUILDINGS.
Old St. MichaePs, st. Philips, st.
1uke's and half dozen other cnurcnes
were shattered. The station house ana
the News and Courier building. formerly
the old Southwestern Bank building, upon
which Col. Walker worked fifty years ago,
were badly wrecked. A block OF granite,
IS feet long, 8 feet wide, and weighing
three tons, which the Colonel placed IN
the News and Courier building In 1885,
was hurled into the street when the walls
of the building fell. These are but
few of the buildings that were shattered,
but they show the Unreasonable force oil
the shock. Many buildings escaped, and
the effect of the vibration seemed TO De
visible in streaks. After the first shocks
q cloud of fine dust from the mortar In
the falling walls and chimneys settled
over the city. There was a strong sui
phIirous smell that was almost suffocat-
ing.
Along the line of road this side of
Charleston are immense assures or
cracks IN the earth filled with water in a
state OF agitation.
A DRUMMER'S EXPERIENCE.
Among the passengers who came over
from Charleston yesterday afternoon
were Mr.. j. +. Tully and f. j. Wright. The
former travels for a jewelry house and
the latter for chocolate firm. Both gen.
tlemen say that Tuesday night was the
worst they ever spent. Mr.. Tully was
stopping at the Pavilion Hotel. and when
the first shock came he hurried out into
the street. When the quake was over he
tried to get darby to go into the hotel
and get his trunk, which contained sew
eral hundred dollars worth of jewelry.
Finally ole was hired for dollar to 90
up stairs. The man got the trunk to the
head of the stairs and let it roll down.
Then MIR. Tully had it carried to the park.
and he got man TO watch it all night and
the next day.
CRACKS IN THE GROUND.
In the neghborhood of Ashley
junction and RavenePs worKmen
were busily engaged in stralghten-
ing the track. At one point Mr., Iully
says that he went out In a field to spot
where there was a deep hole, which
every body said was the largest one any
where around. 1t was as thick as his
body, he said, and was surrounded by
pile OF mica, which had been thrown out
as lava is thrown from volcano. NO
one ever supposed that there was mica
formation under that part of the country,
as nothing of the kind was ever found
around there before. Many OF the smaller
wells, of which be saw thousands along
the railroad, are still flowing. They are
believed to be at least 1000 feet deep, as
the artesian wells in Charleston are from
800 to 1900 feet deep and even deeper.
The water tastes of alum and soda.
SCENES IN THE STREETS.
Mr.. Burgess tells graphic story of the
excitement Tuesday night and Wednes-
day. The colored folks sought safety In
prayer, and he states that he saw three
darky girls kneelIng Mlkado-like around
a lamp post and praying.
Mr.. Wright tells OF a narrow escape he
store and as he ran out building next
door toppled down. He says that the first
reports sent out were exaggerated as to
damage to buildings and lives lost. The
new brick buildinrs and the wooden
houses stood the shock very well. 1t was
next to impossible, he says, to get any
thing to eat. TIE cooks were AFRAID to go
into the hotels, restaurants and houses to
COOK.
UPHEAvAL OF THE GROUND.
He states that the upheaval of the
ground appeared to be two feet. Several
OF the streets we're impossible on account
of the debris.
One gentleman says that he saw
heavy iron pillar lying in the street twen-
" feet from the house where it had been.
The strangest thing about it was that
the column got over an iron fence aoound
the yard without iDjurIng the fence. The
plate-A lass windows in C0rrington 81
Thomas store front, on King street,
were smashed to pieces, but the building
was scarcely damaged. Almost adjoin-
ing is another store which was almost
wrecked, but the front windows are in
tact.