Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-01

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Gnnoe 1Aoeks Of earthquake
~ hogo ainoo midnight The
o91Rey minutes fst three 4 m.
~ Wsre q short duration and
~ pooDls srs stu greatly ex.
II Gn1nU oat n the streets and
oUWGlnG around the telegraph
e o0oeA No word can be OBJ
~ ohnflestCo. The general Inn
- ~ city has suffered seriously.
1oopd thas The cable under the
{lV~ y broken. At Tybree island, at
= - ~ Savannah river, the lenses
NxEt houeo- -wsr6 destroyed. The
~ - I'D tslephoned to this city
~ h state of terror There can
montcl1ions with the mainland for
- on1 III the Inhabitants are as
1 - high land. The island was
= udal wavo In August 1881 and the
1bnt al1nilar disaster now.
~ ocmansss1ssa Win Uharleston.
NnxEtMurcz, 3. G., Sept L--9:40 A. NJ -
~ hous ns6lher Autograph company has
111o - ~ word from Charleston.
o16et = hoing made by the telegraph
- y reseh the city. Great excitement
)uGo hoEo and the widest rumors are
~ but a. course there Ii nc foundation
xiW YonK, Sept L--Up to five o'clock
MGgn1ng no news could be obtained
UhnEieeton. It 10 impossible to reach
~ ~ wire There are the grsvest sp
onG1on for the safety Of the inhabitants.
aro rumoe5 from adjoining towns Of an
1850 ada wave, but the lack OF tele-
Aio 1bcilities makes the confirmation OF
1o IMPORTS impossible. A dispatch re-
)yoQ nom Savannah at 4:30 q N. says that
oooo exCltemeut prevails there The peo-
- rushing wildly about the streets,
- with terror. Another slight
- Wo1 felt at l:30 q m. but
III - severe % the first one Many
~ however, that there will be q re-
4ouAl Of tho disaster before daylight
{ 1Nunnah hes attempted to communicate
H. ~ Charleston, but without success The
eest = feared.
= dispatch from Augusta, Ga, timed a
eeys that ct Langley, on the South Caro-.
- Nilroad, Is miles from here and l25 miles
- Charleston, the earthquake destroyed
- NH dam and the water washed away
8 80 md bed. A railroad train dashed into
- Hood and the engineer ana fireman W ere
01oWned The engine 10 now under 40 feet
- watsr.
A rnrticulars Of the Awful Disaster
{ CHARLEsToN, 8. G., Sept L--Shortly after
- last night an earthquake OF such violence
- ~ never before been experienced in this
so1ly occurred. Tha whole city was shaken
H1oaently, causing q heavy loss of life and
4Deng immense damage to property. The
~ = one mass Of wreck. The streets are
1ompletely blockaded with the debris OF
lNansd houses, telegraph poles, trees, wires,
Feea Vehicles Of any kind cannot be driven
4rough the streets while pedestrianism is
soeeh dangerous and difficult The people have
- In the streets since the occurrence of
~ nnt shock wringiDg their hands and
crying aloud to God to save them. Whole
fannilies passed the night cuddled together in
Z 0pen spaces, some Of them praying continu
10y imploring divine intercession. Opin-
Iona difler As to the number OF shocks which
occurred. Some assert that there were only
tWo while others are positive that there were
three A great many iusist that there were
erou more. However this may be, the first
Was the most severe and did the most
damage There are large number OF build
1noD wrecked, but 1t Is Impossible to ascer-
1ein IN The present state OF excitement how
many. Several of tho wrecked houses
caught f1re and are still burning in various
various parts Of the city, but no fears are
maintained Of the Ares spreading. So far as
harmed some sixty to seventy persons
have been killed and wounded, and
rs - feared that when Q canvass OF the wreck
- oiDtr1Cto are made this number will be
moferially augmented. A lew OF the names
those who have either lost their lives or
we'd fatal injuries through the destruc.
VAN. their dwellings, and among them are
-. f01tpR !: E ]. Lineh, n- Alexander
Hammond and Ainsley Robinson, all white.
= majority Of the victims are colored peo-
pa It y impossible to give any estimate of
~ los to property at present, but 1t is
oolteved Il will reach far up in the millions
ne oity y completely isolated, and at pres.
enH there y no means OF either entering or
leaving the city.
Another shock This Morning.
A $40 precisely this morning, another
Wave swept over the city, coming as the
0thoes did from the southeast and going In
Fuoethwest direction. BY that time the
seople, who had been out on the public
uks and open places all night, had
any OF them ventured into their
I-cuses TO get clothing and something to
~ The approach OF the quake was heralded
~ the usual rumbling sound, resem bling
distant thunder. Then 1t gradually ap-
proached. The heearthquaked, ,quivered, ,heaved,
and in three seconds it had passed,
The sound dying out In the distance.
This u the only wave felt since 2:SO this
Rso9ntng. 1t was not destructive, all the de-
suction having been done at 9:55 last night
~ city il complete wreck. St
eichssrs church and St Phillips, two OF
tho most noted historic churches In the city,
Ioro In ruins 30 is the Hibernian hall. The
1lice stations and many other public build.
a. fully two-thirds Of the residences in
9 city are uninhabitable, wrecked either
itnIly or partially. 1t Is impossible
- this time to give q correct estimate
- the Casualties 1t il expected that
botweeu 30 and 100 persons have been
killed and several hundred wounded. At
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