The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-17

.ena demanded that he ~
per portion q Ne structure
snould IS pulled down, ssi Was % heavy
4 might DO great damage woro u 70 AL:
Yesterdny moruing local contractor ana
builder made manv hearts beat Sass cy
going up 20 The broken columns and max
I'M 4 critical examination. When ne a.
scendsd hs announced that he could save
the stseple By pulling out the debris ano
building four new pillars. ne founo snss
The steeple Was kept from topping over
by the center post, although me snsks u
removing the debris or the pressure q :
gust Of wind might make u fall. Ger.
ssinlv such an accident would
mean death 70 all Il work above
the building. AZ this writing the debris
has been cleared away and the WORK q
building the new pillars has progNsss3
finely. All day great crowd removes
the wreck from the streets ana people
were made % shudder - they coutcm-
Mate the danger Of the men on the az
- height. walking and hammering : TOT
terlnr and honeycombed steeple seventy.
Ave feet high beginning seventv-nve iees
from the ground, and Weighing many
| tons.
| than anything just now. stin oree.s,
| such g would make windows - ~
| buildings rattle, would send crasnink -
earth hundreds Of buildings ~ TINS c'sy
which are now cracked and racked.
Architects say that but very lev o. sno
br,ck buildings can be repaired - tney
80 n old that the brick and mortar are
rotten. Not i've per cent OF the buildings
are less than twenty years old, wnhe
majority are over hfty years. =
third Of them are . quarter q
century Of age, and numoss
were construed far back In the eignteensn
century. There Is little new paint ou
| buildings here. Like meerschaum pipes
And ~hourbon." they are valuable accoru'
Inc 10 age. A gentleman upon being ~
nroached Yesterday In reference " hs
| sale Of his residence, said: ''Ine nous,
. a fortv Years old; Il cost el2,vvo.
viii take Sl7 900 for 1t since Il = Dam
| aved - The ages Of buildings, IKE ID
nedirree Of blooded animals, always &
! with transfers, and owners never ~
! sight Of them. La.
! OF that ancient landmark. St. Micnaei'
church. A gentleman who has investa
: gated Its condition, gives an encou fasInl
: account Of the state OF anairs IN tne %
! | church. in that II was found the damak
!. | which II has certainly and evidently sui
Z | Tered. will not necessarily involve On
q demolition OF the famous stecple or pei
!. hans Of 4 considerable part Of the res
! OF the building.
I AZ South Carolina, has issued an appea
., for help to repair the Episcopal churcne
here damaged BY earthquake. ne tno
4 sums up his needs;
81. Phillips Church and church nom
!. both much injured. st. Phiiiip's Is ~
= mother church OF the diocese and paris
q since 1878. st. Michael's Church, q CO.
q onial church built In 1851; the damage
\. very serious. St. Paul'y Church, IN
largest IN the city. built In 1916; vel
:. badly damaged. st. Luke's not serious
= injured but needing repairs. Color
q Church. free church for colored peopi'
= SERIOUSLY hurt. St. Timothy's Churs
- needs rebuilding. Yesterday we wo
rs shipped In the open air. with their ."
- houses not habitable, how can these Pc
- ple repair their churchesf ANY nous
NJ sent to Bishop Howe for the above Pr
- noses will lie distributed according 70 2
- hext iudrment. unless otherwise direS
ID. / think we need ct least one hu
~ drcd thousand dollars"
IL The Columbia Is. C.) Board o. Ira
- have appointed Q relief committee 70
n, - eyerv train from Charleston and ~
n, merville to meet refugees from tne
-. stricken cities and take them to comic
~ able quarters. There are about SIX o.
drea refugees IN Columbia. but Inc 3
- Gems invite many more 10 come
q. s. a. Pincknes. who lives IN oo'
III streof = few doors east OF Grace Cnur
- Was in New York when the ear
- onake came. He states tnat
~ his return he found his yard hlleo VII
~ new Kind OF soil. geyser had opei
- il the ward from which warm va
~ spouted 70 the height Of nve :
~ Mingled with this was quantity q ?
- sand such a. came from all other nssy'
Since then the assure has closed a1u
am spouting Of the water has ceased. -
also ascertained that on Meunes
' = morning quite number o. ce' .ar, !.
"a "a eiIed Nth water where there had ns
.re been water before.
orc n the most positive indication
nj | ths return of confidence and wea
! n "a Of fear OF 4 repetition Of strong qua
4 the large number OF drunken men
,.ve the streets. The police are taking Y
and n rapidly, and declare that drunken
me ana fear from earthquakes DO not 80
.dsv oether. A census Of sheltered peopi
The the city Just completed BY the poles
.her lief committee shows that 10000 on
city the so, 900 people here are under tenn
! or AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. Tone o. tn
ting rious results Of the recent disturba
2 sp- here q the change IN the topograph
I'm he country. Many houses on
sn.n ssnd hills. the aristocratic POI
!, 80 = 81 the city, which before 9
|. = not be seen from the
49, Y Are now in full view, while
49,. landmarks have disappeared. =
80. curious changes were noticed yeste
for the nrst time and attracted muc
tention. In taking bIrd's-eye We
unau the city from any point these remar'
IL changes will ct once BE- recognised
~, 20 70 prove that there has been
s ~. siderable settling Of the cartn.
;ef Of .eruusu