Telegram-herald., 1886-09-06

CHAHfusroy. sept ga belief prevails
tonight that The worst is over la Charleston,
and ttat The ptople are reasonably secure
from the destruction u earthquakes. This
belief 5 based mainly upon the assurances
Of scientists, who say there IS bat the
slightest possibility OF a recurrence OF the
powerful shocks after az elapse of 50 much
time With this impression Of security
citizens who left lhe city in hot haste TO
eludr The danger have begun to re-
turn in small numbers, end visitors
and sight seers are putting in an
aruearanCe -Four times as Hany people
are registered for dinner al the hotels today
than AZ any time since The iIst shock OF the
earthquake. and all Of the available rooms
are engaged for tonight, although lew
any would be occupied II there should De-
another shock. and that may come with The
pressure Of the tide Al midnight Very few
0f the regular inhabitants viii re-
tGrn 10 their home. during the
week In fact only the most
daring q The strangers Will venture
inside Of building and they DO go because
thev .ack a true appreciation % the horrors
of an earthquake, aud the effect good
sized shock would have az this time when
the houses hang together ny tender threats
AL OF TIE one or two hundred incouers OF
today expressed surprise A. The enOrmity Of
the destruction. why, said one from
Washington. Il bad 10 idea that
What read Was true the peO-
pie In The North, especially New Eng
land believe The aeWspaper men
have been lying about the extent OF the
destruction. The accounts in the press are
read with great interest but no one has
any idea % The true condition Of Charles
ton
In this connection 60 - proper 20 state
tbat no reports have been received OF
material mis.tstement by newspaper rep
rs.entafivss The dispatches sent ont
have treated The occasion very fairly
Difficulty would be encountered IN ex-
szgsrauug The condition Of Char
lpsfcn AZ this time History
fals to record anything in the appearance
of The ruins of P0mren more horrible or
dishearfen irE than car be seen here s. tins
moment Pedestrians in their wanderin e
through tbe ruins today discovered many
new and interesting freaks II the quakes.
some 81 them we're found q the residence
Of MsIor Jss I'll. Robinson, one Of The best
uoNn citizens The building was very
aad.v wrecked IN some places, while In
uflers 70 seemed to escape. Tn one
oed room 90 the house the
s-snxssr freaks Imaginable were cut on
rne side of the chamber oil paintings were
thrown from the wall With such force as ID
.srroy the canvass and crush the frames
while 90 che mantel 2 ece a few feet away
and Ia The same room. stood slender, tai
vase which vas not t0ppled over. on an.
other val iu che room two or thrse small
photographs hung in frames and were lef
urdisnrnei while within three tee
40 them the plasteriug vas Fr nchec
oF and ground into dust
Az fhe ,csuting on which The isth7 were
nsa ed we're torn from their places A Ioung'
vas .ossed acrDss the room snd broken 81
pieces while chairs a foot away were no.
even turned over. Tn some piaCes gate
post on one sids ~ an entrance was twiste'
~ aud he ofh-r post probably four iee
distant. Nss not i0osened or cracked. The
motion in some places throughout th'
city seems t0 hsve been very me
While others 10 vas long and regular. :
native describes The sound 1i the most dam
azinr shock to have resewo.ed a ball in q
tan-rir aHaT The fremor to have initiates
trs motion af window pane when th'
thumh !. passed firmly over 20 in such
w.V AZ to make harsh rattle lruiy df
fha rhfmneVs fronts of huitinEs. walls an
brick fences fail Ike trupins. Th'
terrific destroyer came wairtng un
der ne rifV Ike mat. seemin 5. .I
erfa short distances beneath the crust o
earth 50 ore.xt' Wonder Why the populac
xsro fe--orIred after he .ooSs over he sesn
II The isssfer ard no one who csn rsa. n
+ra usrlr Which ansuef on lleslsr NIGH
car -esist fke imru 80 to rln 1pon ths ~
r.-rern 20 anv sound -eseT sing "a earth