San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-02
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| Brief Notes From the Shaken District
Wide Extent of Territory Shocked.
Other News.
The earthquake shock which passed
down the north Atlantic sea board
Tuesday night, extending as far inland
as st. Louis, Memphis and Louisville
was more severe at Charleston, S. c.,
than at any other point. The city Ia
described as wrecked, huge masses Of
brick, stone and mortar encumbering
the streets In every quarter of the city.
The people were terribly alarmed and
escaping to the streets and open spaces
as quickly as possible, spent the night
there. Fires broke out Immediately
after the first severe shock, but they
have not spread sufficiently to do ma
terial damage. The city is isolated, and
there is no means Dfleaving 1t open to the
inhabitants. Telegraph communication
is cut off, save one wire of the Southern
Telegraph cOmpany's lines. Latest adj
vices indicate from 40 to 80 persons
killed, and damage ranging from
$S,000,O00 to 100000 900. This city was
the center Of the disturbance.
Cincinnati experienced two slight
ings were stampeded and plastering
knocked from walls and ceilings. No
casualties.
Efforts are being made by the signal
service to have systematic reports OF the
various shocks felt, their character and
duration, so as to determine as accurate
ly as possible the boundary Of the dis
turbance.
Summerville, Ca, was badly wrecked
and several persons are reported killed.
Columbia, s. c., reports Is slight
shocks following the first severe one,
which threatened the entire city with
destruction. Clocks stopped, bells rang,
chimneys toppled over, glass was shat
tered, and two rooms in the governors
mansion wrecked. No lives lost.
New York kilograms report the re-
marks Of those whose residence in cOun-
tries subject to vOlvanic action and
earthquake disturbances have rendered
them somewhat familiar with the atmos-
pheric conditions preceding these dis
turbances. All concur in saying that
our protracted drouth and dead air are
sure precursors Of such phenomena.
At Cummingsville, Ohio, lights were
put out, bottles broken in drug stores
and some windows broken.
At Hamilton, Ohio, half the popula-
tion rushed into the streets, and walls
swayed one and half inches from the
perpendicular, oscillating like u pendu-
lum.
Cattlesburg and Ashland, KY, and
Huntington, W. ", were very sensibly
shocked. The walls rocked rs though
falling, and the people rushed screaming
into the streets. No lives lost.
Savannah, Georgia, felt three distinct
shocks, short and violent. The lenses in
the light house were destroyed and ter
ror reigned throughout the city. A re-
lief train was sent to Charleston, all tel
egraph communication with that city
being cut OIL.
SMYRNA, Asia, has been earthquake
shocked. No damage.
The highest peak on the Island of Gal
ita, in the Mediterranean, is In state OF
eruption.
Lawrence county, Pa. reports volcanic
rumblings and in places the earth is torn
violently asunder and clouds of dust and
smoke are emitted.
Several we'll defined cases Of yellow
fever have appeared in New Orleans.
This is official.
Il. c. Crittenden, residing five miles
from Bonham, Texas, suioided on ac-
count Of being in debt, yesterday.
The Waxahachie convention will turn
out Beckham or dark horse. The can
cision OF the convention.
The Mexican train robbers and wreck
ers who got in their work on the Mex
lean National at Lajarita nearly three
years since have been sentenced to
hang.
Arrests for resisting evictions are being
made in Ireland by the score.
The Austrian minister of war has or
dered an increase of troops in Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
The English section OF the Afghans-
Russian frontier commission has been re-
called.
The Italian frontier has been officially
declared free Of cholera
The centenary of New South Wales
will be celebrated January, 1888.
Ssueral Belfast rioters receive SEN
fences varying from two to nineteen
months.
Victoria wants branch Of the wealth
er bureau; and talks of running an inde-
pendent candidate against Gen. Wood
ward for the state senate.
The burned out oil wells at Houston,
will be rebuilt.
The Houston Light Guard will retire
from active service and enter no more
competitive drills for the next two years.
Parkins and Jones are running neck
and neck race for congressional nomina-
tion by the democrats of the third dis
trict.
Gus Wilke, contractor on capitol, Aus
It'd, has been sued for $l6,925 breach of
contract, by Chas. Leonard. 1t grows
out Of the substitution of brick for con-
crete in the filling of the arches.
Confederate Home gifts arrive at Aus
tin in consider able numbers, for the Oc-
tober lottery.
The twenty-fifth senatorial conven-
ton at San Marcos is In full blast. j. V.
Hutchins and Geo. Pfeuffer are candi-
dates. First ballot standing 12-3.5 for
Pfeuffer and SO 5 for Hutchins.
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