Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-03

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been stripped of on oil sides.
The handsome block Of stores from
Beaufsir to Wentworth streets have
been
sINGULARLY PRESERVED,
very few of the French. plato-glass fronts
being broken, although here aud there
the parspet is thrown down and bricks
displaced from the walls.
The Masonic Temple seems to have
escaped any damage to the building.
Between this point and Calhoun street
the damage seems not to be so great, as
far as outward appearances go.
In Wentworth street the handsome
hall Of the German artillery has been
badly damaged. Tho northeast and
northwest corners Of the building are
both gone. Coming down Meeting
street from Calhoun street, signs OF the
earthquake are very plain. Both the
High School and the Freundschattshuud
Hall are comparatively uDipjared. The
building Of the Charleston watei-woiks,
in George street, is uninjured.
A special report from Mount Plea
SAINT, opposite Charleston, says that the
sink near the German church, which on
Tuesday was perfectly dry sand, is now
full Of fresh water. Near Shell street
there is a cabin occupied by a colored
woman that is completely
SURROUNDED BY YAwNING CHAsMs
extending through the earth's surface
for ten feet and over. All around this
there are sinks Of fresh water and
masses Of mud, with aueer.looAiDg soft
substances that have never been seen
before. IL is contended by many that
the mud and other substances found
around the village are volcanic matter.
Just after the first great shock on
Tuesday night there was q decided
snd distinct smell Of escaping sulphnrlc-
acid gas over the entire village. The
smell lasted throughout the night. Ii
was distinct in those localities where
the cavities in the earth were mos.
numerous. Some say that portions Of
the mud thrown up by the water
spouts are strongly impregDaied with
sulphur, ard that a small portion
Of sulphur can be found in the mud
Not far from Charleston on the road
to Summervillc extensive mounds Of
clay were thrown up, and hillOcSs OF
sand, in most cases in the shape Of in
yerted cones, the hollow part Of which |
had evidently been formed by the &C
ton Of the water returning into the !
depths from which it had been raised. |
In many cases the eruptod matter hal |
streamed away from the breaks in the !
surface Of the earth 70 a distance OF |
twenty to fifty feet. In other places !
there were assures almost invariably |
extending from north to south.
These cracks were not wide, and eX
tended downward always in a slsntiag !
direction. The matter that was thrown |
up was Of a dark, slaty color, and was |
mixed with gravel. There was also
lutte slate. and in general the mud re-
scmbled that which is thrown from tho |
lotion Of phosphatc-Pi's along the
river. The water in some places had a
taste Of our aItesian water, bat in msUy !
instances was Just as clear and linpid Is
from mountain spring. These
LVIDFNCTs or TIE GREAT cos.
VUISION
are not sporadic. They extend far and |
near IN every direction from TIE city /
limits Of Charleston to Summeryiil3, !
and at the latter place it was found ,
from Trustworthy information that |
cracks and assures are every where yi>I-
Die for miles and miles around. |
Strangely enough some of these
were in active operation, AMI |
constant shocks that were fel. /
at Summeryille sent water out Of these
assures in Jets to a height of from r.
teen to twenty-five feet. This was evil
IDENTIFY the Iesul. Of the cracks being
filled with water and then the sides
opening and closing BY each succeeding
shock. These appearances were Of
course suggestive of still more violent .
eruptions, ana there was q constant /
dread everywhere that there would be
a GENERAL INUNDATION
caused by some extraordinary force Of
earthquake. Not only was water emitted
in low places, where it might be ex'
pocted to exist all the time, but on the
tops of the highest elevations mud /
could be seen. This latter fact indl-
Gated that force was being exerted at
rather more than the depth that was at
first thought 10 be the limit Of tho
force.
Near Ten-Mile Hill
FATAL ACCIDENT
occurred On TUESDAY night. The down
Columbia Train jumped the track. En-
gineer Burns and Fireman Arnold lcol-
oIed) were badly Injured by the tre-
mendous leap which the train took Ia
the dark. Indcr the unseen influence
Of the shock that dismauted the road,
it is said that the earth suddenly
gave way, and that the engine first
plunged down temporary decliS-
ity. IL was then raised on top OF
succeeding terrestrial undulation, and,
having reached the top of the wave,
the sudden swcrying OF the force 70
the right and left hurled the Inflated
train down the embauknent. How 1t
vas done was plainly indicated. In
many places along the track Of the
South Carolina and Northeastern iall-
roads, and for spaces Of several han
dred Yards in width, the
ENERGY OF THE EARTH'
QUAKE
was extended in two particular ways.
First, there were intervals OF hun
dred wards and more in which the track
had the appearance Of having been /
alternately raised and depressed, like a |
lire Of waves frozen in their last posi-
tion. The second indication was |
where the force had oscillatod from !
cast to vest, bending the rails Ia |
reverse curves, most Of them taking !
the shape Of a single and others of
double letter 5 placed lOngltudinally. |
These latter accidents occurred almost |
invariably a. trestles and culyertS.
There were TO less than i've OF them
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