The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-08


The night wore on slowly and painful
ly, At ll.5O p. m. heavy earthquake
passed through the city. Its coming
was prcsaged by quite number of ex
plosions, dim and distant, which com
menced to be heard fully five minutes
before the vibration was felt. The wave
was somewhat more pronounced than
the two which had preceded at 8. q
Il. IN. and the other at 5.15 p. m.-and
as it passed by to the northwest there
followed sounds which indicated falling
walls or buildings. This WAS the last
vibration last night.
Soon after it had passed man ap-
pcared and advised the people to go to
their houses, stating that he was the only
scientific man i'll the city and that he
was authority for the statement that there
would be no more shocks. This advice
was unhcedcd, very few people leaving
the ground.
AT daybreak there was movement,
and as tho sun rose and as there had
been no additional vibrations, many of
the people pulled up their tents and de-
parted to their shattered homes, in the
earnest hope that they had participated
III their last picnic III the park.
During the progress of the fire in
hlnS near Broad street, Oh Wednesday
morning, II woman who occupied the
second floor of one of the burning build
ings, tied her infant child in a feather
bed and threw it from window to the
ground. The child was unhurt
No damage of consequence is reported
on the sea islands.
The following is the official list of
those who were killed by the earthquake
or have since died from their injuries:
WHITE. Peter Powers, Mrs. G. B..
Barker, Ainslcy II. Robson, Robt. Alex
andcr, Chas. Albrccht, B. p. Meynardic,
Patrick Lynch, Annie Torck, Mrs.
Rachael Ahrcns and Goldic Ahrcns, a
child Of Mrs. Barnwcll.
CoLoRED. -Thos. Wilson, Wm. Deak,
Anna Glover, Il. Sawyer, VIM. Grant,
Alex Miller, JOS. Rodofr, Hannah
Smalls, Marie Barnwcll, Maria Barnwell,
Jas. Brown, Angelic Davids, Eugcnia
Roberts, Robert Redoff, Grace Fleming,
Rosa Murray, Oliver McKclbcy, John
Cook, Clarissa Simmonds, Hannah Har-
rls, Sarah Middleton, Rcbccca Ward,
John Cook, Sea B. Sawyer, colored
baby.
Mrs. David of 6S Nassau street died in
thrce-quarters of an hour from nervous
shock.
A special report from Mount Pleasant
says that sink near the German Church
which on Tuesday was perfectly dry
sand, is now full Of fresh water Near
Shell street there is cabin occupied by
a colorcd man that is surrounded by
yawning chasms, extending through the
earths surface for ten feet and over. All
around this there are. sinks of fresh
water and masses of mud with queer
looking soft substances that have never
been seen before. 1t is contended by
many that the mud and other substances
found around the village are volcanic
matter.
just after the first great shock on
Tuesday night there was decided and
distinct smell of escaping sulphuric acid
gas over the entire village. The smell
lasted throughout the night.
Not far from Charleston, on the road
to Summcrvillc, extensive mounds of
clay, were thrown up, and hillocks of
sand, in most cases in the shape of in
vcrtcd cones, the hollow part of which
had evidently been formed by the action
OF water returning into the depths from
which it had been raised.
The evidences of Il great convulsion
arc not sporadic. They extend far and
nc1r, in every direction, from the city
limits of Charleston to Summervillc, and
Mt the latter place it was found from
information that cracks and
iissnres are everywhere visible for miles
and miles around. Strangely enough
some OF these were in active operation,
and the constant shocks that were felt
mt Summcrvillc sent the water out Of
these assures i'll Jets to height of from,
fifteen to twenty feet.
The horror Of the situation in Sum
on Wednesday was much intcn-
sliled by certain manifestations that were
not observed III Charleston to any great
extent. All during the day there was n
constant series of dctonations, now east,
now west, and from all possible direc-
tons. 1t rcscmblcd the discharge Of
heavy guns Mt intervals of about ten
and was like the sounds of a
at II great distance. All
of the explosions were not accompanied
by trcmors of the earth, rs it was only
occasionally that the earth would quake
from subterranean discharges.
- i'tCU WIS Ill IOu1n-
merville in respect to the bulging of the
water from the interior of the earth
Nearly of the wells had been Mt low
water. There was sudden rise III all
these wells, and the additional water was
pure.
In st. Andrews Parish, for ten miles
on the other side of the Ashley River
bridge, the country is cut up by small
assures and mud holes of from an inch
to two feet in diameter. People living
i'll the parish say that the mud and water
boiled up from five to ten feet in height,
and they all seem to be in most de-
moralized condition.
One old negro woman said that the
view of the city was most appalling;
that after the shocks were felt cries from
the city could be distinctly heard, and
that almost Immediately the light from
the fires lit up the heavens over the city.
The colored residents of the parish
thought that Judgment day lad come,
and commenced crying and praying for
mercy.
T.