Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-02

molished. Sixty lives were reported lost
in Charleston aud the city almost de-
stroyed. The widest terror prevailed,
and all sorts of reports were circulated
and credulously received.
AROUND THE BULLETINS.
A large proportion OF the people of Sa-
vannah appeared to have lost interest in
local affairs in their anxiety to hear from
Charleston. The bulletin boards were
visited by hundreds and everywhere
solemn and anxious faced groups Of people
could be seen, the universal inquiry being
Have you heard anything from Charles
tony"
AT 10:45 o'clock Manager Dillon, OF the
Western Union and Savannah Telephone
Exchange, received by the Southern line
the following message from Superinten-
dent Easterlin of the Charleston Tele-
phone Exchange: "Did earthquake hurt
you? Ask Jacksonville. IL not, send
all good men here you can get"
Manager Dillon's little son was in
Charleston visiting at the home of Mr..
Easterlin, and the dispatch was CRATE
fully received as an assurance that tho
loved one was safe from harm up to that
hour.
Manager Gustln of the Savannah Tele-
graph Company received the following
bulletin from the manager OF his company
at Charleston:
"Terrible earthquake last night at $3.50.
Principal business portion of the city de-
stroyed. Hundreds rendered homeless.
Men are frantic, women are beseeching
mercy from the Almighty, children are
in tears. The main station house, the
City Hall. Hieernian Hall and many other
we'll known public buildings
damaged. Many people are
seriously. if not fatally, injured.
Broad street presented spectacle OF the
utmost horror. Even women armed with
hatchets fought valantly to rescue the
imprisoned unfortunates. Meeting street
from Broad to Hazell is a total wreck and
is lined with homeless unfortunates. To
add to the horror of the scene fires, broke
out and were Intellectually fought by The
brave tiremen. The night was hideOus
with howls OF the dying, groans of the
wounded and prayers OF the uninjured.
1t Is impossible TO estimate the loss or per-
sons or property destroyed at present.
SCENE OF RUIN.
At 1850 O'Clock the following bulletin
was received at the Southern Telegraph
| office:
"At 1925 precisely this morning another
wave swept over the city, coming as the
other did, from the southeast and going
in a northwest direction. BY that time
| the people who had been out on tho pub
! lie parks and open places all night had.
many OF them, ventured into their houses
to get clothing and something to eat. The
approach OF ofthe'quake was heralded by the
usual rumbling sound, resembling distant
thunder. Then it gradually approached.
the earth quiversd, and in thirty seconds
it had passed, the sound dying out IN the
distance. This is the only wave felt since
2:30 this morning. 1t was not destruct-
i've, all the destruction having been done
at 9:55 last night. The city is a complete
wreck. st. MlohaePs church and St.
Philips, two ofthe most historic churches
in the city, are in ruins; so is the Hiber-
nians' Hall, the police station and
many other public buildings. Fully
two-thirds of the residences in the
city are habitable-wrecked totally
or partially. 1t is impossible at this time
to give a correct estimate of the casual
ties. 1t is expected that between 80 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 twenty differ
ent persons were destroyed by fire.
| Scarcely one hundred houses in the city
are occupied at this time, the people be-
| ing all encamped in the open places. All
the stores are closed and a scarcity ofpro-
visions is feared because no one can be
got to reach the stores TO sell them"