Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-06
SHOW ERs OF PEBBLES,
savannah, Ca, shaken Up Last Night
Another Shock Makes Charleston Peo.
pie Nervous-Some Peculiar Effects of
the Great shock in the Vicinity of
Charleston.
SAVANNAH. Ga. Sent. 4.

Morning News building almost continuously.
Whlle there vas general stampede at the
tirst shock the editorial and typographical
forces nevertheless returned to their posts
and stick to them.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 4.
Last nights shock has greatly impaired pub
lie confidence. The slightest noise, such as
the Earring of door, will empty any house
| of its inhabitants.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.
Tne following despatch was received here
this morning from Augusta, Ga: The shock
last night has upset everybody again and We
all feel more or less nervous, Remarkable
reports reach here relative to the earthquake
One despatch from Summerville, S. c., SAYS
the earth is cracked IN many places, but the
rushing water and sand has ceased The town
has been the most alarming scene of the
earthquake, not house being tenable. The
forces or the gas of the earthquake found a
vent there. The first train from Charles
ton since Tuesday night arrived
here at noon today with few few refugees
The engineer says that when ten or twelve
miles from Charleston the earth perceptibly
yielded to the weight of the engine, and he
put on all the steam possible to shoot over
the heaving ground. Special dispatches from
every town In the State give accounts of the
| N"A'"fN"nSb ocsCIlDe scenes ana IN
Juries to property similar to those which
occurred in Columbia
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept 4.
A special report from Mount Pleasant,
opposite Charleston, says that a sink near the
German church, which on Tuesday was per-
fectly dry sand, is now full of fresh water.
Near Shell street there is a cabin occupied by
colored man that is completely surrounded
by yawning chasms extending through the
earths surface for ten feet or 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. just alter the first shock on
Tuesday night there was a decided and dis
tlnct smell of escaping sulphuric acid gas
over the entire village. The smell lasted
throughout the night, and was distinct in
those localities where the cavities in the arth
were most numerous
Not far from Charleston, on the road to
Summerville extensive mounds of clay were
thrown up, and hilocks of sand, in most
cases in the shape of inverted cones, the hol-
low paris of which had evidently been formed
by the action of the water returning into the
| depths from which it had been raised. In
many cases the erupted matter had streamed
| away from the breaks in the surface of the
earth to distance of from 20 to so feet
There was also little shale and in general
the mud resembled that which is thrown from
the bottom of the phosphate pits along the
| river.
These evidences of the great con, lson
are not sporadic; they extend far and near
in every direction of the city limits of Charles
ton to Summerville, and at the latter place it
was found from Trustworthy information that
the cracks and fissures are everywhere visi-
| htn flr ,IAo
water emitted in the low places, where it
might be expected to exist all the time, but
on the top of the highest elevations the mud
could be seen. This latter fact indicated
that the force was being exerted at rather
more than the depth that was at first thought
to be the limit of the force.
The shock last night caused great alarm
on account of the shattered condition of the
nerves of the people. Those persons who
had ventured back under their roofs hurried
into the streets which presented for few
minutes as tragical an appearance as on
Tuesday night.
The sensation to-day is the falling of show
ers of pebbles in a part of the city. The
first fall was at half past o'clock this morn
ing and the second at about / o'clock. They
appeared to fall in a slantng direction from
south to north. There are morsels of flint
among them and all are plainly abraded and
worn by the action of waters. Some few
have sharp fractures and have evidently been
recently broken. The fact of the fall is
vouched for by several trustworthy persons.
The bulk Of the pebbles fell around the
News and Courier office.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 4. slight earthquake
shock was felt at Lewickley, Pa, twelve
miles west of this city, last night at IL 05.
The shock was not perceptibe in this city.
New YORK, Sept. 5.
William A. Courtenay, mayor of Charles
ton, S. c, arrived this morning on steamer
Etruria from Liverpool, ,and proceeded by the
first train for Charleston. He authorized the
statement that he will receipt and be respon-
sible for all tents that may be forwarded by
the national guard to Charleston, where they
are imperatively needed by many suffering
and homeless people. To secure this he has
appointed the following gentlemen to act as a
committee of arrangements
VIM. HASTE of Charleston, S. c., and W.
Fl. Rhett and |. B. Lanneau, headquarters of
the committee, at 3l5 Broadway, n. Y.
Tents will be forwarded by steamer Della
ware, pier 27, North river, of the Charleston
line, tree of charge on Wednesday, Sept. s,
or by express if they can be procured
sooner.
| III all lHtSTfleW, Mayor COurlendy sdlO
knowing the endurance of our people as do
their GOODNESS and bravery under all crcum
stances, am satisfied from the news found
here on my arrival up TO Saturday afternoon
that the sufferers require immediate and sub
stantial relief. Many thousands of people
must be provided with shelter from tht
weather at once. Hundreds of houses viii
have to be rebuilt and very mnch largel
number cannot be inhabited until extensive
repairs are made. 1t is case Of urgency
and if fully understood will, am sure, bs
| fully met.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 5.
Charlestown is quiet today the Sabbath ST.
lence only being broken by singing at the
| different meetings which have been held in
the open air. Hardly church in Charleston
| is considered safe for occupancy and minis
| tiers of the different denominations have for
| this reason held services in the different pub
| lie parks and in the grounds adjoining the
churches. There is no doubt that the esti-
mates of loss by the earthquake are far below
the mark. The city appraiser who has gone
over the whole city and is familiar with the
value of the property, estimates it will cost
SIS 900, 900 10 put Charleston in the position
it was a week ago. Buildings which were
considered entirely safe are now discovered
to be in dangerous condition and persons
who thought they had escaped without injury
found themselves confronted by damages
which are entirely beyond their means.
The relief committee, with the assistance
given and promised, will be able very shortly
tn nrovide adeouat shelter for the homeless