Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-09-11
DEATH I DESTRUCTION /!
CHARLESTON, 8. c., VISITED BY AN
EARTHQUAKE

CHARLESTON, 8. c., VISITED BY Al
EARTHQUAKE.
he City Almost Entirely Ruined Present
ing New IN Unexampled Scene of Desola
taon--Thirty-Three Killed According t.
OM0ial Figures.
CmunasA11, O., August 3l.-A shock o
earthquake was felt here. The printers il
he Stn Office etarted to run down stairs
hinking the building was falling. Tt
shock was quite perceptible at the telephone
exchange and other buildings, but it was no
noticed much BY people on the street.
CLEVELAND, O., August 31.-9:S p. N. Al
earthquake shock, lasting about one minut.
has just occurred here. Buildings swayel
perceptibfy. No damage is yet reported
People left the theatres and ran into thu
streets, and great excitement prevails.
DE1Bor1, Mich, August 81 AT 8 O'Clock
tonight shock of earthquake caused con
short duration but was distinctly felt in thu
Free Press building. The editorial force
made a stampede for the street.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 31.-An earth
quake shock was distinctly felt here about
5:52 O'Clock. portion of the cornice of the
Denison hotel was displaced, falling to the
pavement, and the tower of the court house
rocked to such an extent that the fire watch.
man on dlty fed down stairs.
ST.. LOUIS, No., August 31.-A very dis.
tinct earthquake shock was experienced In
this city this evening at 8:53 o'clock. The
shock was not at all violent, and resembled
the motion Of series of water waves. The
guests occupying the upper floors of the
Southern and Lindell hotels rushed down
stairs. At the Masonic hall, where COM
pany of Knights Templar were drilling, the
pictures swung inward from the walls.
It also touched Chicago, New York, Mil
waukee, Columbus, Memphis, Nashville,
Charleston, w. Va, Richmond, Washington
md other points.
AT CHARLEsToN.
CHARLESTON, s. c., September 1, II a. IN.
An earthquake, such as was never before
known in the his DRY of the city, swept over
Charleston last night, causing more loss and
injury to property, and far more loss of life,
than the cyclone of the year before. The
with masses of fallen brick and tangled tel
egraph and telephone wires, and up to an
early hour it was almost impossible to pass
from one part of the city to another. The
first shock was by far most severe.
Most of the people with their families,
passed the night in the streets, which,
even this morning, are crowded with peo-
pie afraid to re-enter- their homes.
More than sixty persons were killed and
wounded. chiefly oolored. Among the
whites killed and fatally injured are: M.
]. Lynch, DR.. r. Alexander, Harmon
Ainsley and Robinson. Fires broke out in
different parts of the city Immediately after
the earthquake, and some are still burning,
but there is no danger of spreading. There
is no way of leaving the city at present. 1t
is impossible to give a correct estimate of
fifty and one hundred persons have been
killed and several hundred wounded. At
the time of the first shock fires broke out in
five different parts of the city. About TWEEN
ty houses were destroyed by fire and scarcely
one hundred houses in the city are occupied
at this time. The people are all encamped
in open places. All the stores are closed and
a scarcity Of provisions ia feared, not from
want of provision, but because no one can
be got to open the stores to sell them.
CHARLESTON, 8. c.. September, l, 6 p. H.
Two slight shocks of earthquake have been
felt here since the first at 9:25 this morning.
and one at sbout / 80 p. m, neither doing
any further destruction. Not even since
General Gilmore's bombardment of the city
has there ever been such a deplorable state
of Affairs here. The city is literally in ruins
and the people are living in the open squares
and public parks. There is great rush to
the railroad depots to get away, but owing
to the earthquakes no trains have been able
communication is also cut Of, save one
wire of the Southern telegraph company,
which is crowded with anxious private mes
sages. Il is impossible to depict the ruin
and desolation that prevails here. Not q sin
gle place of business in the city is open
except one drug store, which is busy pre-
pairing prescriptions for the wounded. 1t
mate of the killed and wounded, as bodies
are constantly being disinterred from the
debris of wrecked houses. One undertaken,
who was interviewed, stated that he had fur
nished eight collins up to noon to-day. Many
of the dead are l, ing unburied, these being
of the poorer classes of colored people, who
await burial by the county. There are not a
half dozen tents in the city, and theawomen
and children are experiencing great privation
in consequence. As night approaches most
heads of families are trying to construct
tents out Of bed sheets, spare awning and
other material that comes to their hand. |
The sun is about to set upon another night
of horror for poor Charleston. Heaven only
knows what it may bring forth. Without any |
lOrL06H Violent SHOCKS Oh cAILnQuako, IL Is
calculated that at least three-fOurths of
the city will have to be rebuilt entirely, |
IL the houses are to be inhabited. |
The city is wrapped in gloom and business |
ls suspended. People generally remain in |
The streets, or in tents and under improvieed |
shelters, and will camp out tonight. fearing |
another shock. The gas works are damaged,
md probably the city will be without light |
to-night St. Michael's church is shattered
md the steeple will come done. Likewise
The steeple Of 81. Phillips. The steeple of
The Unitarian church has fallen. The porti-
ooee of The HiberniRn hall and the Mansion
house are demolished. There is much in
Jury done TO the mansions of the east and
south battery. The portico of the Ravenal
mansion is down. Hardly a house in the
city escaped injury, and many are 80 shaken
md cracked that hard blow would bring
hem to the ground. The shock was severe
1t Summerville, and at Pleasant and Sulli-
vans islands, but no loss of life is reported
here. Fissures in the earth are noticed,
from which fine sand. apparently from a
great depth, exudes. A sulphurous smell is
Very n0ticsable.
CHARLESTON, s. c., September l, Has p.
n.-R peated earthquake shocks of a mild
character have been heard and felt within |
he last hour. Owing to the demoralized
>,n1itSon of overvthin0 here II ia in1pO<6ible