Daily Republican., 1886-09-20

The announcement tina; DIR. Rodd
OBJ II. jackson and other visitors to |
he earth quake IN ined city Of Charles
ON Womb tell what they saw thsre,
lied tho Opera House to overfiowipe
Afternoon. The First Regt-
mont band WIS on hand with It's ex oel-
emit music. Upon ,he stage wore no
iced . large number OF ministers and
eading citizens, amongst whom y sre:
George w. Bush, John g, Baker,
President Eckel and r. B. r. NJ Her OF
City Council, ex Postm aster Swiggett,
John 7. Davis, Henry @. Robinson,
Job II. Jackson, Mayor Rhoads, Will
lam N Field. j. T. Mullin, Washing
ton Hastings, Collector Pickles, Ben.
amin Nields, E,q Austin Harrington,
Esq W. I. Lyman. E-q. Edward II
] Ames, Drs. Bush, Wilson and Speck,
w ashington JUnes, John P. Almond,
II. Curry, George Richardson.
Ed ward Belts, James l.. Devon, Will
Clark, John II Moore, the Rsvs. Jacob
ii. Moore, the Revs Jacob Todd ID. ID. I,
w. l.. 3. Murray, H. A. Monroe, G. w.
Broadie. K l.. Hubbard, John Shock.
ley, Oity Auditor Ball, Chief Engineer
Isaac T. johnson, james
Scott, W. H. Mullen, j. Paul brown.
A. G. Robinson, Isaac Woodrow,
Squire Vsndegtift, Edwin Kershaw,
James II. Morgan ard David Lemon.
Mayor Rhoads, foremost in making
arrangem ens for the meeting, called It
TO order, and ut his instance Washing.
ton Jones was chosen to preside. Mr..
Jones acknow edged the compliment,
and said tbAt avery body had. read the
accounts Of the disaster, but
now Ihty would hear something from
some OF the ci.izsns Of Wilmington
who went to Charleston 10 see for them
selves the ruins OF the great earth
quake. There would be no collection
taken up, NJ d rs Tor the meeting being
held Oh Sunday he had no apology 70
make, as he had been taught that 1t was
right To do good on the Sabbath d ~.
Mr.. Jones then introd uced Rev. JAcob
Todd TO the audience as the ii rst speak er
Of the afternoon.
Rev. DR.. Todd stated that he arrived
At Charleston soon after the earthquake
With a letter OF introd uctiOu from
Mayo Rhoads. He found the city stu
sted much the same as New York. 1t
is wen built, its strt cts are paved with
Belgian blocks, with street car lines
running In different directions, and 1,
has hne public buildings for Ito size.
The population is some $1,000. One
corner Of the depot where the Will.
IL ipetor iAns arrived WAS In ruins, and
scarcely . house was found In the city
uninjured. This hospital and jail were
one mass OF ruins, and there Was not q
brick OF either to stand up. The city
academy wse in ruiIs The Orphans
House WAS full OF seams and cracks
The four corners OF Broad and Meeting
streets were an entire mass OF ruins, In
G. uding tho City Hall, st. MichAel'i
church, the station and Court House
IS. NichAsl's church with Its HreciAI
portioo was perhaps the most uniQu,
ruins in all Charleston. The First and
Westminster Preeby terrain churches
Hibernisn Hall and the Young Mem
Christian Association building wer
ruined. The stlcco oornice OF tn
Charleston Hotel was Carried away o.
that any ore can look into the uppe
story.
He said the ruins were deceiying, a
every now md then a building seem
TO have escaped undlsturbed. This
however, ouly leads to mistake, 70
he did not believe single stone o
brick building escaped injury. u
East Battery a large dwelling hous
was rounded like q bay window An
sunk. Strange freaks were playe
along Fayette street where Who'll
blocks can be seen with their wall
bullying out. There does not appare ri ii
seem TO be- q crack in the wallt, but
one will but reflect the damage can b
realized, because brick walls cal c OF b
bent without seams opening outside c
the bricks being crushed Inside. In
homb s rdment. portion OF house
do, t Dyed in q cJ clone roof may
carried Oh, but in az e2rtl
quake there ID hot souni brio
certain afterwards. There ras doub
sympathy for the man who We hou,
was knocked down aud then took Il
and burnt up, and yet they were 81
more fortunate, az they will receive Il
insurance On their buildirS, wherei
there IL no !nsuraL ce against The eartl
quake Tue man whose house 10 knocl
cd down entirely IL better of than Il
man whose house 10 standisg as Il
latter vii. be ri the additional xpen
Vi DuIllDK LIE Lbust uONu. IUb Enlu
neys are all knocked down and |
around in q unique mauusr. Some
them crushed through the roof Al
through the II DOT down into the celia
where they lie without having fallen
pieces.
Rations were distributed III abunl
aace from the Phoenix Engine House
ABOUT 600 people, nearly all color,
= people. The whites have found frieD,
t In the country or in other towns of d
State. these needy c)lored people 81
L few whites, march through the enRi
house in single Ale with bask et on tint
= arms, into " hich Is placed n bundle co
tairing bacon, flour, corn mtal and NJ
: tatoes. They go 10 their huts on Il
!, ltquare, where they have built II
place with the fallen brick they Il
= thereon iron rods which they have pic
ed from the ruins upon vhichthey 70.
. their bacon. DR.. Todd gave 8 We
am using description Of the construct
OF many of these butts There were
least 20, 600 people without hcmes, /
:. not more than 7 200 destitute Of victua
Oae woe IL past, but another Ia co
iug, said DIR. Todd. We are apt OF
TO think of the pre- sent damage TO p
cons The city sustained q loss q
year ago by . cyclone Of 81, 500, 600, |
~ here IL q loss OF II, 600 600 InDIe to a
10 no TO It, There were 80 persons kill
he outright and % died after W ards fr,
Injuries and fright. Bnt greater
lamity threatens Char lesion. So
the negroes were orderly. They W
panic stricken by the earthquake a
,.s they have done little since but to oil
Is, aud pray and shout. Even the ga
bleTs have thrown away their ca
and have gone 10 praying. The g.
T order that exists Is due to religious
:, lci,ement, but as soon as the scare we
er, IF. which will be coon, and then th
&c. 900 or Z 900 negroes are liable to r
sack the city and exposed goods
many of the wrecked houses.
There are fears that this pilfer