Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-09-05
LATEST DETAILS
OF the Earthquakes Ter
rible Ravages.
RAIDINs MEXICAN BANDITS.
Geronimo Wants to Surrender
The Markets, Races, Etc.

Especial TO the Herald bu the Annotated Press.
NEw YORK, September 4.--The New
York Cotton Exchange to-day sent
$500 to the Charleston sufferers. Con.
tributions still continue TO come in.
A NEW CAUSE FOR FEAR.
CHARLESTON, s. c., September A.
The great dread now is Of the approach
Of the equinoctial gales. which have
always been disastrous to Charleston.
In fact last years disasters were so
great as to attract national attention. 1t
Is estimated that every house in the
city has had it's foundation shaken by
the earthquake. Walls have been rent,
chimneys and steeples are off their
square and there is nothing sound about
the city. II an equinoctial gale
Of usual severity should strike
the city before considerable
repairs can be made, nearly every house
In the city would be blown down. The
gale comes sometimes as late as the frst
week In September, but last year II came
In the last week Of August. Tins it
will be seen that the city is in imminent
danger at any moment. This would
cause such q crashing Of timber, brick
and mortar as was never heard Of. The
temperature has changed so as to warn
the people that the storm is at hand.
The effects Of weeks storm and pelt-
ing rain upon the houseless women and
children would be appalling. Six ladies
are reported to be dying from the effects
OF fright. An effort was made early
yesterday to clear away the debris which
has been abandoned, and the people are
settling back into the melancholy of yes
terday. Two Aldermen Of each ward,
with citizens committee, have beenap-
pointed 10 condemn the unsafe buildings.
Berkeley, the Chairman of the commit
tee, has entered upon his duties. He
knows not what TO do, where to begin or
where to stop. 1t is freely declared that
II fire had swept the city 1t would have
been preferable, for in that case insur.
ance would have helped to repair tho
waste.
A PHENOMENAL RESULT OF THE EARTH
QUAKE.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., September IA
curious effect Of tho earthquake has been
discovered at the Signal Service offics.
The self.registering wind vane shows
horizontal mark, preceding and subse-
quent to shaking, denoting a mild,
steady, almost invariable breeze, but for
thirty or forty seconds the most violent
shaking. The marks indicate that the
pencil point was moved up and down the
paper many times and with great rapid.
ity. The explanation of this phenome-
non is difficult TO reach. This is the
only instrument at the Signal Office
which seems to have been affected by
the earthquake.
ANXIETY FOR THE pERMupASs.
CHARLESTON, s. c., September A.
Some anxiety is felt with regard to the
possible effect of the earthquake at the
Bermudas. The Islands lie directly in
what is now supposed to have been the
path Of the most violent agitation, and
their physical features are such as to
warrant fear that they may have ex-
Ierienced severe di.a ter.
THE EARTHQUAKE AT SEA.
WASHINGTON, September 4.-The
photographic Office has received let
ter from Captain Lee Vogel, of the
steamer City Of Palatka, briefly describ-
ing the effect Of the earthquake at sea.
He had just left Charleston and was |
about twelve miles off the hsrbor of |
Port Royal in eight and a half fathoms,
when he experienced terrible rumbling |
which lasted one and one-half |
There had been quite heavy |
Yea from the southeast, but when the |
'umbling began the wave motion ceased, |
md the waters remained perfec tly calm |
Until the noise came to an end, when |
he swell was again manifest. The wind |
was southeast and light. weather cloudy,
barometer 80. thermometer 80. The
sensation, Captain Vogel says, resembled
that upon ship scraping on pebbly
bottom. The ships vibrations were
very great.
The Light House Board has received
o report from Charleston to the effect
that the main tower of Harris Island
Light is cracked near the third landing
from the ground, and that the floor in
the watch room upon which the lens
rests is loosened. The Cape Romano
light and tower have been seen since the
and are supposed to be all
riaht