New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
PERPETUAL RAINFALL FROM CLOUDLEsS
SKY

WELLS WITHOUT BoTToMs-A NATURAL TELEPHONE
Fish KILLED BY METEOR
fFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rnrDuSEl
ATLANTA, Ca, Nov Aver stree the great earth
quake shock of August 81, the most remarkable nat
ura phenomena, in various portions OF the South At
antic and Gulf States have been reported In several
instances the relative to these phenomena
were so incredible and extraordinary that deter
mined personally to investigate some OF them care
fu research covering period OF nearly three weeks
has developed some exceedingly interesting facts
One of the most nexplicable of the many phenomena
is to be at the home OF Mr. NJ. p. Hoyle who re-
sides within few hundred yards of the corporate
limits of the town of Dawson this State. Here is
constant fall of rain from cfoudess sky. The area,
Mr.. Hoylcs premises, that is covered by the
shower is about twenty six aud halt feet square
Many OF the best and most trustworthy citizens OF that
neehborhood testify that there is genuine and almos
ceaseless fall raindrops and thai the strange
currence has been going ne arly quite q month
At times the rainfall Is much more dense than at
others. Usually the heaviest fall of rain Is when the
sky is blue and absolutely cloudless-such days as
come frequently in the South during the autumn
months. Mr. Hoye does not pretend to account for
the rainfall and says that thousand people at least
have visited the spot since the rain began drop ping
day or tv after the Charleston earthquake.
James Majors, who lives Iour and half miles from
Laurens, s. c., dug we'll his farm the day after
the big earthquake. The we'll oca ed a small
hill some distance from and elevated above, small
creek When he had reached depth OF sixteen feet
the earth in which he was digging began to sound
hollow and in trw moments his pick cut through
and OF dirt fell into seemingly bottomless pit
below Mr. Nabors procured long line but could not
succeed in touching the bottom OF the pit DUST then
a rumbng heard and water began to rIre. In
Gno'her moment the well full and overflow ing.
Since then the water has continued TO flow from the
well with no decrease OF force. All attempts TO mud
bottom have slgnaly failed.
At ShallOtte, in Brunswick County N. c., strange
" sink 80 called by the natIves-has appeared IN
the main road about two miles from that place. The
earth has sunk down leaving hole about tive feet IN
diameter, tuIl OF Clear cold water. There ID appar-
emily no Ottom to IT, every attempt TO iath0m 1t
has proved utterly unsuccessful.
short distance from Ninety-six, in South Carolina
quite famous Revolutionary hisiory-is another
stI ange pheu which local scientists are vany
endeavoring to explain. During the war an old
negro who lived the suburbs of Nlnety-sx claimed
that he could distinctly hear -hghtn5 at Charles
ton every time there was an engagement or the dis
charge OF artillery there. In those days there was no
telegraph line between the up-country aud the City
by the Sea and the only accurate information to be
had was Obta ned through the Charleston DAILY news
papers, which reached Ninety six the day following
their publication The old negro who was named
Walker. was noted Tor his truthiuness and he soon
became the wonder OF the community. Each day he
would come to town he would tell the exact number
OF guns nred that day the hours at which the nrng
began and the exact time at which 1t ceased The
next day. when the papers came, the negTos stores
could hear distance OF nearly 200 miles the old
darkey would declare that be don- heard 1t and
every body believed him. since the Charleston earth
quake family living the same plantation where
Walker formerly dwelt have experienced some
remarkable sensations. Almost every day they near
Llings and shocks of earthquake, pmpaned by
"A noise similar " the growing OF an approaching
storm. IL is claimed that great suot-rranedn
passage exists between Charleston and Ninety
and that the sounds thus communicated. Several
times shocks felt at Charlie stOn they were
perceptDle at Niaety-siX ana at no other place IN
the country. The matter has created consilerab g
excitement in the South Carolina mp country and sci
entists will be called upon TO explain the matter
In Catawb ba County y. c., about six miles from the
little settlement OF jacobs Ford, Is arge mill pond
covering an of halI The day OF the earth
quake John Henderson moved into sIali house near
tue edge OF the pond That nght about hail an nour
before the shock, huge meteor was seen falling
henderson declares that it lel III the pond and that
nexu morning he gathered half a bushel OF dead hsh
that bad been killed by the seethng mass when II
struck the water On the coast too below Charl estOn
several tons dead sh reported TO have been cast
up on the shore by the waves, the day following
the seismic disturbance.