Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-02
F3FIibIe Earthquake Shocks Through
out the East and South.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY REPORTED.
The City of Charleston, s. O., Prob
ably the Worst Sufferer.
TEE NEGRO ELEMENT THINK JUDI
MENT DAY HAD CINE.
Great Damage Done to Rail
roads.
PEOPLE TERRORiZED IN SEW
ERAL SECTIONS.
ESPECIAL TO TIL sENTINEL.l
Heavy Earthquakes East and

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. lat lV:lo
o'clock lass night q severe shook Of earth
quake was felt in this city. creating the
greatest excitement known here in many
years. The shock lasted about three min
utes. Men, and children who had
retired jumped from their beds and rushed
out of doors. Ex.State Senator Atkinson
saws glasses and other articles On his
mantel were dashed to the floor. People
in bar rooms said they thought they wero
drunk, asa their feet became unsteady.
Decanters and glasses clinked, and con.
sternation prevailed for a while. Broad
and Main streets are yet lined with excited
people. The guards at the Virginia
Prison, in their fright, opened the cells OF
prisoners, and 1t is now said the prisoners
are frightened and unruly.> The militia
OF the city has been called out, and there
is the widest state of excitement through
out the place.
LATER-A dispatch from Charleston
| dated l P. NJ. says that at o:45 A. NJ. pre-
cisely this morning another wave swept
over the city. coming as the others did
from the southeast and going IN the north
RoHt. Dy LUht tIulO VIC pOOpAO WdO ~
been out 10 public parks and open places
| all night had ventured into their houses to
get their clothing and something to eat.
| The approach OF the quake was heralded
BY the usual rumbling sound, resembling
distunt thunder. Then it gradually ap.
preached The earth quivsred and heaved,
and in three seconds it had passed. the
sound dying out In the distance. This Ia
| the only wave felt since $50 this morning.
II was not destructive, all of the destruo-
ton having been done at 9:55 last night.
| The city is q complete wreck. st.
| Michael's Church and st. Phillips Church,
two of the most historic churches in the
city, are in ruins, as ID also the Hibernian
Hall, police station and other public
buildings. Fully two-thirds Of the resi-
dences in the city are uninhabitable-
wrecked either totally or partially. It ID
impossible at this time to give q correc,
| estimate Of the casualties. Ii is expected
that between so and 100 persons have been
killed, and several hundred wounded. AT
the time OF the first shock fires broke out
in five different places in the city. About
20 houses were destroyed by fire.
RALEIGH. NO, Sept. IA shook Of
earthquake hero rang church bells. II
also threw down plastering and rang door
bells in houses. The second shock CAM
at 1906 p. n. yesterday and lasted aboul
half a minute. The third shock did MOI
come until 1890. and was very light. A
shook houses very sensibly however. TIE
movement of the earth was from the west
aud was very peroeptible. In the frs
shook houses soon acquired q swinging
movement, the steadiness OF which wal
remarkable. There was q pause for
quarter OF a minute in the first shock
when thelearth seemed. II the phrase can b,
used. to balance itself. The excitement q
l0:45 p. NJ. was not oil abased. Very few
people could sleep. and nearly all Of tht
houses were deserted. Some people viii
remain out-of doors all night. no doubt
through fear.
NEW YORK. Sept. LIN New York ant
Brooklyn the shock of earthquake was no
generally felt. except where there was
qnietness and ON high ground, or in bigt
buildings, There was q stampede In ar
eaat side tenement house. during which
fire alarm was turned on. Electric lights
in some instances went out.
2:15 A. M.--There has been no communi-
cation from Charleston. The bridge thai
fell carried the telegraph wires into the
| city. A report has been received from q
i pUiLIb Cd IulIc6 iIbHu bdC Clty tnht tuo Ihti-
road tracks leading from there to Charles.
ton have beef submerged.
IS A. Mt-Telegraph officials in this city
report that the earthquak a shocks con-
tinued on the South Atlantic seaboard
during last night, and great excitement is
reported. Negroes were paralyzed with
fear, and all classes Of people slept in
open squares during the entire night.
MOBILE, Ala. Sept Mobile had a
light shock. The movement was from the
southwest. II wgs noticeable in the top
floors OF houses making chandeliers swing
and giving people a distinct sensation of
moving from side to side. One shock only
occurred. lasting about two seconds.
AUGUSTA, Sept. LAT Leangly, on the
South Carolina railway, Is miles from
here.sau earthquake destroyed a mill-dam,
aud the water washed away the road bed i.
The train dashed into the floor. and the
engineer and fireman were drowned. The
engine il now 40 feet under water.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l. At 9:56 p. M.
yesterday a shock Of earthquake was felt
here. Telegraph operators in Atlanta.
Ca, a few minutes before this bad notified
the Washington operators that a shake was
coming, and to look out for 1t, but no
attention was paid 10 IL, as Ii was regarded
as q joke.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Sept. IA shock
was most distinctly fell by people living
in the eastern section OF the city, which is
on high ground. 1t was accompanied by e
rumbling sound, and for a few moments
the inhabitants were considerably alarmed,
many rushing wildly into the streets.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. Ill A.. NJ
Such an earthquake has never before been
in the history OF this city as that
swept over Charleston last night shortly
after 10 O'Clock. causing more loss and
injury to property and far more loss of
life than the cyclone Of a year before.
The city Ia wrecked. The streets are en-
numbered with masses of fallen bricks and
tangled telegraph and telephone wires. and
up 10 an early hour it was almost impossi-
bic to pass from one part of the city to
another. The first shock was by far tho