Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-09

the restoration of the city is being car.
ried on. There are also many visitors
who see no charms in the place now and
who will hasten to their homes North
and South.
A weil-known citizen thus describes
his experience during the shock Tuesday
night: "We all made a rush for the
street, but when we saw buildings sway
ing and walls topping into the street, in
every direction, a feeling of despair
seemed to seize upon everybody. I, for
one, realized the uselessness of attempt
Ing to escape, aud saw others stop and
stand still as If giving themselves up TO
whatever fate had i'll store for them. Tho
sickening sensation caused by the move
ment OF the earth was hardly more ap.
palling than the terrible noise which &C.
| companied the shock. This was not
very loud, but was like low and threat
ening groWl under the earth. The
piercing cries Of frightened
women and children, and the
frenZied shouts of men calling to one an
| other and attempting to organize some
means of rescue, formed a singular con-
trast to this subterranean thunder. Peo-
pie stood despairing for moment, and
! then tumultuous rush was made for
open spaces. ran as fast as any body,
vet recall wildly the horror pictured on
has made an indelible impression on my
mind, and even now look for that om-
nous roar. The weeping of women and
the hoarse cries Of the men as they ran
hither and thither among the wrecks of
walls and telegraph wires can never be
adequately described.'
The largest crowd of fugitives collected
in Marion square in the center of the
city. Three shocks followed one another
at short intervals, and hardly had the
panic caused by one partially abated
when another tremor of the earth renewed
the alarm. So frightened were the watt
ing crowd that they hardly perceived that
each shock was somewhat lighter than
it's predecessor. It was only late in the
morning that the prayerful and despair
ing throng, finding the earth once
more solid for many hours, gath
cred courage enough to againi seek the
neighborhood of their shattered homes.
Shocks at Other Points.
COLUMBIA. S. c., Sept. 1.-Just before
nine O'Clock last night this city was
visited by terrible earthquake. The first
two shocks were fe arful. Buildings
swayed from side to side; the earth rose
and fell like the waves of the ocean.
into the streets. Some sprang from win
dows and were injured. The experience
of those in buildings at the time of the
first shock was that of being rocked as If
in ship at sea- Many of the most SUBJ
stantial buildings were shaken to their
foundations and their walls were cracked
and sprung.
Five minutes after the first shock, the
second came, and in ten minutes third.
Other shocks followed until :05 a. M,
when the eighth shock was felt. This
one lasted for minute and q half. At
four O'Clock this morning the ninth shock
came, and at $3.50 and 1920 a. M, the
city was again made to tremble. Very
little sleep was had by any of the in
habitants of Columbia last night. Ne
groes thought the end of the world had
come. They held prayer meetings en-
street corners.
All communication was cut Off from
Charleston, S. c., until nine O'Clock this
morning, when the Southern Telegraph
Company's line was opened and the ter.
rible news came that that city had been
nearly demolished last night. From
Charleston reports come that nearly a
hundred lives were lost.
Summerville, Il fourishing town TWEEN.
ty-two miles from Charleston, it is re-
SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept. 1.-The EARTH
quake shocks here, commencing at hall
past nine last night lasted several min
utes. Several slight shocks were felt
later in the night. When the quaking
first began men, women and children
rushed into the streets where many re-
manned until daylight. The negroes
were terror stricken. Bryan Street
Church (coloredD was badly cracked, and
the plaster falling upon the congregation
assembled within, caused terrible scene
of confusion. Many negroes thought the
day of judgment had come. In another
colored church where there was q
gathering, panic and stampede followed
the first shock, and several were trampled
upon and severely injured. Very little
damage other than cracking walls and
falling plaster is reported here, and no
lives were lost.
Reports from the suburbs of the city
and adjacent towns tell of severe shocks,
but no loss of life or any considerable
damage to property.
At Tibee Island, at the mouth of the
Savannah river, the lenses in the light
house were destroyed. The people ON
the island have telegraphed to this city
that they were in state of terror. There
can be no communication with the main
land for some time, and all the inhab-
itants are assembled on high land. The
island was swept by tital wave in Au-
gust, 1881, and the people fear similar
disaster now.
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. Three distinct
shocks of an earthquake were felt hero
about eight O'Clock last night. One
house was shattered to pieces. The ok
chimnevs on the Constitution building
fell with crash. Window glass, dishes
and clocks were broken.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. IAN earth
quake shock at eleven o'clock last night
caused a scene of indescribable horror.
The penitentiary alarm bell and the IRE
bells were runs and people rushed out OF
their quaking houses clad only in their
night clothes and shrieking with terror.
The eight hundred convicts in the peni-
Tertiary were maniacal with fright, and
their shrieks for aid led to the rumor
that they had escaped and were in revolt,
thus increasing the CONSERVATION of the
city's inhabitants. Only the determined
efforts of the home militia succeeded in
restoring quiet. At Lynchburg the shock
was so violent that bricks were shaken
from chimnevs.
CINCINNATI, O., Sept. AT fow
minutes past nine o'clock last night there
was quite perceptible earthquake shock,
but there was no panic. Printers At
work on the morning newspapers rushed
out of the composing rooms, and some
jumped out of the windows.
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