Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-05

been heavy tidal wave to the land. A,
1t was there was nothing but the rebound
OF relapse OF the outward tidal wave. This
rebound was caught BY broad shoals for
over one hundred miles along the Atlantic
In TINS region there is shoal of sand hal
mile IN width. This would break
TREMENDOUS TIDAL WAVE.
but hardly as heavy rs the one which went
10 sea when the heaviest shock came on
Tuesday night. Tidal waves are likely
TO come at any time in this region from
this settling of the earth, and there is dan
ger OF submersiOn. In New JERSEY whole
forests have been sunk beneath the water
along the coast, and small trees are vet
growing beneath it at this time"
Tonight the city is quiet but the people
are-yet sleeping out, not that they fear an
other disastrous shock, but because their
houses are unsafe from Tuesdays shock.
The government tents are expected to-
night and the people will have more COM
fort and safety in their sleeping.
Although il is now impossible to make
any approximately accurate money esti-
mate of
THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY DESTROYED
it becomes palmer with every DAVIS deyel-
opmentS that the blow is one from which
the city will not recover in many a year.
Although but few buildings were absolute
ly levelled TO the ground it is not extrava-
CANT to say that fully twO-thirds of all
there are here will have to be either torn
down and rebuilt, or nearly so, so that the
difference IN the cost will be but trifling.
The very heart of the city seems to be ut
terly shattered and wrecked. 1t looks as
though it had been riddled and honey
cOmbed by bomb shells from
HUNDRED BATTERIES.
Lofty church spires hanging in air by mere
shreds OF masonry, great massive pOrticOs
with tottering pillars, broken and all askew
and trembling beneath their burdens ut
every jar, whole blocks with the fronts
showed down and lying sprawling
in unsightly heaps of. brick and mortar in
the street below, with the furnished rooms
which 50 recently were shelter and home,
now all bare to the light of day; bent and
broken palings and awning rods, lamp
posts twisted into all conceivable shapes
and standing at all possible angles. That
Is all that IL left Of what week ago was
one of the most picturesque and beautiful
of Southern cities. The railway trains are
now making regular trips. but for seven
teen miles before reaching the city, the
effect OF
THE EARTH'S RECENT COMMISSIONS
are perceptible. There are rents and fs-
Sures along the track. through which a
wet muddy sand has boiled and heaped it
selfupin little hillOck. The rails and ties
have been bent and twisted and moved
about, until the work of repeated repairs
has given the rOadbed the appearance of
being newly constructed, and the trains
crawl slowly along, creeping timidly over
creaSing bridges and now and then coming
to a dead stop, to make sure that all is safe
before them.
SCARED CORRESPONDENTS.
4 half dozen newspaper correspondents
from New York and Washington are quar-
tered at the Charleston and up to 11o'clocli
last night have chilled the inhabitants by
their cold blOoded demeanor toward the
earthquake They insisted upon occupy
ing their rooms in the hotel last night not
withStanding the admonitiOns of citizens
to the contrary. When the shock came
they lid pcll nell with the crowd and
spent the night in the streets. They are
very well satisfied to remain out OF doors
nov. Eight distinct shocks were felt at
SOmerville last night and this morning
three of them ut IL, and o'clock were
very strong.
An unknown white lady returned to her
home on George street late last night to
get some bed clothing The wall of her
house fell in and she was instantly killed,
Robberies are frequently reported and the
police fear that the criminals who escaped
from the city prison on Tuesday night
have organized to Systematically pilter all
the available places.
ANOTHER SHOCK.
Another shock was experienced ut =
o'clock this morning, and although but
slight, it served to complete the demorall-
zation of the frightened people. Since
this latest shock surprise Is expressed that
other ofthe quakeS which have figured ut
Someryille during the past twenty-tOur
hours have not been felt at Charleston. 1t
is believed that the disturbances at Somer-
Vile, the center of the quakes, originate
from some cause more local than those
affecting this city.
As soon Is the crest Of the excitement
was lulled this morning the resident and
visiting photographers began street work,
and at this writing cameras can be seen IN
every thoroughfare. Many Of the artists
are working for New York and other pa
pers, and are confning themselves to the
most completely wrecked buildings.