The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-07
THE sEDALIA WEEKLY BAzoO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

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have never BEEN seen before. 1t is conten-
ded bv many that the mud and other sub
stances found around the village are vol
canic matter. Just after the hnt
great shock on Tuesday night there was a
decided and distinct smell OF escaping sui
phuric acid gas over the entire village.
The smell lasted throughout the night
and was distinct in those localities where
the cavsties in the earhwereimost numerous
ON THE ROAD TO sUMMERvILLE,
extensive mounds of clay were thrown mp
and hillocks of sand in most cases In the
shape of inverted cones the holme past of
which had been formed by the action OF
the water returning into the depths from
which il had been raised. In
many cases the cretaceous matter
has streamed away from the breaks
in the surface of the earth for a d stance
of from twenty to twenty five feet in other
places there were assures almost invar-
ably extending from north to south. These
cracks were not wide. The natter that
was thrown up was of dull dark slatey
color and was mixed WI h gravel. There
mud resemblcd that which is thrown
LIbul tie VI lAc GOdl pkt
al ong the river. The water In. som
places had the taste of our artesian water,
but in many instances il was just as clear
and limped as from a moustain stream.
These evidences of the great CONFUSION
are not sporadic. They extend far and
near In every direction from the city limits
of
CHARLESTON TorSUIMMERyILLE
aud at the latter place ii was found from
trustworthy Information. that the c. acks
and assures are erery whe fer miles and
miles around, strangely enought, some of
them were in active operation and
the constant shocks that were felt
at Summerville sent the water out of these
assures in jets to the height of fifteen to
twenty feet. On top of the highest eleva-
tiOns the mud could belseen. This latter
fact indicated that the force was being ex-
was first thought to be the limit of tue force.
Near ten-mile hill III e. .-
A FATAL ACCIDENT
o. CURED on Tuesday night The down Col
umbia train jumped the track and theengi-
neer Burns and the-ireman Arnold, coiored,
were badly injured by the tremendous leap
which the train took in the dark under the
unseen influence of the shock that dis
mantled the road. 1t is said that the earth
suddenly gave way and that the engine
plunged down the temporary decllyIty.
1t was then started on the top of the sue
ceeding terrestrial undulation and having
reached the top of the wave a sudden
sweeping or the force TO the right and the
left hurled the Inflated train down the
embankmenI. The train at the time of
the earthquake was running along at the
usual rate of speed and when about mile
south OF JedbRrg it encountered
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
1t was freighted with hundreds of excur-
sionists returning from the mountains
They were all gay and happy, laugh ing
and talking, when AL of a sudden in the
language OF one of he excursionists "the
train appeared to have left the track and
was going zap, up into the air" This was
the rising wave Suddenly it descended
and as it rapidly fell it was
flung first violently, over to-
the east the sides. of the car apparently
leaning over at less than an angle OF forty
i've degrees, then there was a reflex OF &C
ton and the train righted and was hurled
with roar as OF discharge of artillery
over to the west and finally suhsided on the
track and took a.plunge downward evil
IDENTIFY the descending wave. The engi
neer put down the brakes but
50 great was the organic and added mo
mentum that the train kept right ahead.
Ii is said on trustworthy authority that the
train actually gaIloped, along the track
the front and rear coaches rising and fall
ing alternately, The utmost confusion pre-
vailed. The train was taken back In the
direction OF Jedsburg and on Its way back
The work of The earthquake was terribly
patent. The train had actually passed over
one of thes serpentine curves alreday
described. -,
Additional deaths are reported John Cook,
= co 'ored fisherman, Sarah B, daughter of
Isaac Switz a colOred barber and
a colored baby OF Mrs. Barnaba.
Offers OF ass stance are coming from Diff |
ferent quarters and it is expected that the
city council viii organize a relief commit
tee tomorrow. '...