Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

Charleston. and have either been cut OH
at that end OF the line or have gone TO
lcok after their homes. 1t is probable
that the service will be arranged so that
mails will be sent out promptly to-day.
CONDUCTORS EXPERIENCE.
Conductor Groyenstein, OF the Central
railroad, was making his usual run from
here to Atlanta on Tuesday night. At the
time of the first shock he was running at
the rate OF thirty miles an hour, and was
passing No. 2, about twenty miles west OF
Savannah. The train did not stop there
but ran on to No. ~, where people
crowded to the train, many expressing
astonishment that it had got that far and
wondering how it was that it was
not thrown from the track. "Where were
you when the shock camep "Dtd 1t
shake you up much ?' "Is any one hurtF"
were asked of everybody. Conductor and
passengers were alike puzzled, as not the
slightest shock had been felt by any OF
them and they had no idea that they
had just passed through a severe earth
quake, Great was their astonishment,
and some were inclined to treat the mat
ter as huge joke, when told of what they
had passed through. Conductor GroVen-
stein says that he did not experience any
sensation at all other tnan the usual Jar
and motion of the train. This was the
uhANClcdl cApCIICuCC VI bhC PeooSH 80 ~
The motion of the cars must have over
come the shaking up of the earthquake.
The same statement was made by a
gentleman who was on the train running
from Jonesboro to Atlanta. 1t seems
strange fact that train of cars in mo-
ton was not affected in the least by the
shaking up.
THOUGHT IT WAS DYNAMITE.
The people of Jesup We're probably as
badly frightened as was any place visited
by the earthquake. About a week ago
$50 pounds of dynamite were billed from
Chicago to Jesup, Wis, but through some
mistake came TO Jesup, Ga. 1t soon be-
came generally known and for several
days kept everybody in a state OF excite
ment for fear the stuff would explode and
blow the town to atoms.
A gentleman who was at Jesup and eX-
perienced the shock related his expert
ences to a NEWS reporter yesterday.
"There were probably forty or fifty peo-
pie" he said, "standing in and around the
depot awaiting the arrival of the train
from Savannah. Some one picked up
lamp and went into the warehouse, where
the dynamite was stored. This OF itself
made everybody feel more or less
scared. A few seconds later the
first shock was felt. Everybody broke
and run for their lives, not dreaming OF
an earthquake, but thinking they would
be blown to pieces the next minute by the
100 pounds OF dynamite. Pretty soon the
man who went into the warehouse with
the lamp caught up with us, and we were
puzzled to know how he had got away
alive. About this time we felt the rum
bling and shaking more plainly, and
somebody cried out, 1T is an earth
quaker Then we were scared, sure
on hr1t I ha1 ha- f,
quake any day than a can of dynamite.
Jesup was as badly scared as it could be,
but there W as no damage done and nobody
hurt. 1t turned out that we were all
frightened about the dynamite for moth
ing, as IL had been shipped on Tuesday,
though OF course we did not know it,"
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.
A well-known Congress street merchant
voucnes for the truth of a story which he
related to a NEWS reporter last night.
On the day before the earthquake a lady
member OF his household put away in a
closet number of books. Among them
was a Bible. Yesterday she had occasion
to get one of the books for a friend and
found the whole pile on the floor where 1t
had been shaken by the earthquake. The
first book that she picked up was
the Bible. 1t was open at the 9th chap
ter of Ezekiel, descriptive of Gods judg-
ment upon Tyrus. The first verse that
met her eye was the 9th verse,
which reads, "Thy riches, and thy fairs,
thy merchandise, thy mariners and thy
pilots, thy calkers and the occupiers OF
thy merchandise and all thy men OF war
that are in thee, and in all thy company
which is in the midst of thee shall fall
INFO the midst OF the seas In the day of
thy ruin"
The succeeding verses are prophetic of
the destruction of Tyrus. The lady Is not
inclined to believe that the accident has
any relation TO the recent earthquake or
to any calamity that may befall the city,
but regards it as rather remarkable CO.
incidence.
SEVENTEEN SHOCKS.
Two more tremOrs were felt yesterday
morning between and 4 O'Clock. Very
few observed them except those VINO were
in the upper stories OF high buildings.
The record thus Tar stands: Six shocks
and tremors for Tuesday night, six tor
Wednesday morning, two Wednesday af-
ternoon, one Wednesday night, and two
yesterday, making seventeen in all.
HELP PROBABLY NEEDED.
The Finance Committee appointed at
the citizens meeting on w ednesday after
noon is awaiting a report from the Relief
Committee which went to Charleston yes
terday before making a further canvass
for contributions. No reply had been re-
ceived to the messages sent to Mayor
Courtenay up to last night. Between 10
and IL O'Clock Mr.. George c. Freeman,
President OF the Citizens Benevolent AS
socation, received the following dis
patch:
CHARLESTON, sept. ., 1886.
George O. freeman, President BeEeOoIent As
s0ctHtion:
Accept on behalf of our citizens my CRATE
full thanks for your telegram. | fear that we
shall need help, rs the aggregate loss is al
least 5000, 900, The bulk of which falls upon
per.ons OF small means or in Strengthened
circumstances. Will advise you further to-
morrow. +. ". DAWSON.
AN OLD SEkMAN's STORY.
The boatswain OF the revenue cutter
Boutwell, is at the st. Joseph's lnfirmary.
He is named hayden, and has been q sea-
man for years. For a long while he was
in the English service, and was around
the Philippine and neignDoring Islands.
He passed through the terrible earth
quake at Manila seven or eight years
ago, and he says that the natives OF those
islands always expect a second shock
1--WE days after the first one. Taking Tues
day nights shock as the first one of the
five DAYS. a second one would be eX-
pected sunday night. The first earth.
quake, however, felt in this section was
last Friday morning at Summerville, $.
&. From the time that one occurred
until 9:2S Tuesday night was ITO hours or
i've days all TO ten hours. 1t is therefore
reasonable 10 suppose that Tuesday
nights shock was the inevitable second