New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-06
WANT IN CHARLESTON.


remarkable and lite experiences Will 90
perhaps long A. the event that caused It's peouA
Nea 49,.
There 10 little change in the appearance Of thinss
here since yesterday. Tho excitement 10 sa"suine, emu
,.ons are bex,ppinR to look around and count ther
iossra Many have vepturod back into their shs'-
tered homes ard gone to WORK ceAr'us 'ao
wreck The consequence 10 that thoso "no
remain on the squares and green's arc ehao'ou W n
th.u,e,vss more comfortable In their tents and Wig
-.w.- rhose who have been fortunate enough 10 Sc
curs ,;ovsrument tents comparatively welinouseo
and ICED not the september storms ABOUT VINO"
there has much apprehension There 10 evon AUS
MAY OF cheerfulpess here and there, which 10 sus
taiued by OF the terrible night In when 'he
ludcrous predomn mates. Even an earthquake. desruo
tive A ut Charleston Quench tho sense OF
humor IN the human organism.
Doubt has been cast the "sbower OF peoples
which has OF the DISPATCHES ssnt from
here and nsanced another super aatnra vista
ton upon the doomed city. 1t is now said that the
"shower" WAS the work OF some small boys.
Tho Relief Committee has begun It's investigations,
and will ct proceed bestow the bounty which Is
flowing from ali quarters among the needy ana dest
tute people The city government has boon tsrdy III
organlziug for relief and the decentralization OF tho
police has subjected the people to bardsnips ana
privstons that might easily have been avoided. HAD
Mayor Courtensy been here the circumstances would
have been difrrent. He energetic officer OF nne
executive ability, and the people are anxiousy
awaiting his arrival Europa There 10 no doubt
that former estimates OF the loss BY the earthquake are
far below the mark The City Appraiser VINO has gone
over the whole cy ana IL familiar with the value
OF prop>rty, estimates that IL will cost at Toast
S5OOO,oO0 put Charleston In q position rs good
a that which It occupied ouly week ago Buildings
which considered entirely safe are now discovered
to be in gerous condition, and persons who thought
that they had escaped without injury fnd them-
selves confronted by damages which are entirely
beyond their means to repa II 10 for THIS reason mat
there lie 30 much anxiety. Two OF the Government
engineers expected and In addition u
these the Secretary OF the Treasury has been requested
to-day detail number OF competent civil engineers
from the Office OF the Supervising Architect OF the Treas
ury TO assstn the Of examining thoroughly every
buting that the extent OF the injury ana whether
the building habltabc and can DO allowed 10 stahd'
may be definitely asosr tanned. The Relief Committee
with tho assistance given aud promised. will be able
shortly 10 provide adequate shelter for the homeless
refugees and can furnish them also with such food
they require There to-day in Charleston many per
sons who suffering for wan; OF bread aud meat and
who are unable to help themselves Their wants. now
ever begin be known and will be quickly mot 1t is
calculated tha at least 5000 persons will need shelter
for weeks 10 come; and 1t is proposed to erect
huts the public grounds for the accomm odstion
OF whom Government tents will not suffice
Am pie will be provided for the cOored
refugees as well for whites. 1t oan be seen at
glance that even the generous assistance given to
Charleston by warm hearted people throughout the
United States will be entirely Inadequate to meet this
emergency II Charleston TO be rebuilt, II the shat
tered houses be restored II those that are IN
DANGEROUS condition are be made safe, Charleston
must have early day the command OF at least
g. 000 TO be loaned at low rate OF interest," upon
Abe securty OF property be rebuilt or restored
The Charleston Hotel is attending to Its guests Many
OF injured but these eau easily be re-
paired and popular caravsnsary made habitabe for
ali who may desire TO pstronize H. The Pavilion Hotel.
.nly
ter-kuown competitor. Jared worse, and will
need much repair to be wholly taken down.
The Victoria Hotel and Waverly House were hardly
touched by the shaKe-up Tho earthquake appears to
have been disastrous in the fashionable and bus-
ness localities than elsewhere. the destruction beue
marked ID East Bay Broad-st Meeting-s. and at the
Battery otherwise called White Poiut Garden. The
"Burut strict" sdjoins this section OF the city, aud
made a great gap, which disdgured the city oy It's
uusigbtly rulus long after the War The District"
was mat burned bv the great fire OF 1861. which
swept away the hsndsomot dwellings In the city, and
which were finer than those cracked twisted and
destroyed
The prevailing belief tonight that the worstis
over and that the inhabitants are reasonably secure
from further vsitatons OF earthquake Ths belief is
based mainly upon OF scientists, who say
there only the slightest prob ability OF recurrence OF
the more powerful shocfs after the lapse OF 81 much
time. with feeling OF comparative security thus
engendered people who left the oity IN
hot haste elude danger have begun 10
return In small numbers and visitors ana
sghtseers are appearing. Four times as many people
were registered the hotels to-day as at any
time tho frat visitation OF the earthquake, and all
the available rooms at the various obstetrics are en-
gagged for tonight Few II any OF these rooms would
be occupied Of another shock, and that may
come with the pressure Of the tide at midnight. Few
of the regular Inhabitants Will return their homes
during the week fact 1t is the most daring OF the
strangers who yet venture Inside Of building, and
these have true appreciation OF the
effect that severe would have this time when
tie houses hang together by slender threads
All OF the one or hundred incomers OF to-day
pressed surprise the proportions Of the de-
struction
Pedestrians In their wanderugs through theIuus to.
discovered many new freaks OF the earthquake.
Some them found at the residence OF Major j.
II. Robinson, well-knOwn resident The building
Oaay Wrecked IN so%s places .s.a w1 ,";.,Y IN
In Of the house the strangest freaks imax
.YVk w4s o the wall w such
destroy the canvas ana crush the iranes WINE on
slender tll vase, which retained It's perpendicular
position. On another wall In the room Two or ihree
farbed. ppwnll. within three feet of them the
pa,,erng was as were wfsnehed on ana grynnI INTO
nailed torn out OF It's place lounge WIS hurled
few feet away were not even verturnrd. 10 some
places gAte-post on one side OF an entrance was
feet distant was neither loosened nor cracked
The motion places throughout the city seemed TO
have been like quick short pufs from bellows. whie
IN others long and reg uar resident describes
the sound OF tue most damaging shock to have re-
sembs the noise by ball ten-pn alsi and
the trenor have been like the motion of window
nan the thumb passed firmly over IL IN such
way as make harsh rattle The climneyt frouts OF
buildings walls brick fences DID indeed fall like ten
pins The terrific destroyer came wlrilng under tue city
like ma seemingly but short distance heneath the
eurftc~. No one wonder why tho popu'ce wero |
looked the or the
aser and eau resist the impulse 10 run up n the
approach OF any resembling that OF an earth |
CumDrrlaHd-st,
OF brick concrete In the eighteenth
century, which stood as monument among the |
landmarks OF the city. having westhered three |
and the many earthquakes aud cy- |
o. tho country IN us tnIe |
and winch carried Its wall shell from British