Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-16
RESULTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
Rain from CioudIess Sky ana Wells
without Bottoms-other Phcnom-
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Ever since the great earthquake
shock of Aug, 81 tho most remarkable
natural phenomena. in various portions
Of the south Atlantic and gulf states,
have been reported. writes corre-
spondent of The NeV York Tribune.
In several Instances the statements re-
lative 20 these phenomena were so III
credible and extraordinary that de.
tcrmined personally to investigate
some of thom, A careful reseach, COW
ering n period Of nearly three weeks,
has developed some exceedingly inter.
csting facts
One Of the most ineNplicable Of tho
many phenomena is to DO seen ut the
house OF Mr.. NJ, p. Hoylo, who resides
within hundred yards of tho corpo.
rate limits Of the town Of Dawson,
this state. Here Is seen constant fall
of rain from cloudlcss sky. The
area of Mr.. Hoyle's premises that is
covered with the shower Is about Ga
feet square, Many OF tho bcst and
most trustworthy citizens Of that
neighborhood testify that there is n
genuine and almost ccascless fall Of
raindrops, aud that the strange occur
renee has been going on nearly, or
quito. a month. At times tho rainfall
Is much more dense than ut others.
Usually tho heaviest fall OF rain Is
when the sky Is blue and absolutely
cloudloss- days rs come frequent
ly in the south during tho autumn
months. Mr. Hoylo does not pretend
to account for tho rainfall, and says
that thousand people at least have
visited the spot since tho rain began
dropping day or two after the Char
lesion earthquake.
| James Majors, who lives four and q
half miles from Laurens, s, G., dug n
well on his farm tho day after tho big
earthquake. Tho we'll was located on
u small hill, some distance from, and
elevated above. n small creek. When
he had reached d,pth Of sixteen feet
the earth in which he was digging be-
gan to sound hollow, and In n few mo-
ments his pickaxe cut through and q
mass Of dirt fell into seemingly bot.
tomless pit below. Mr.. Majors pro
cured u long line, but could not sue
coed in touching the bottom OF the pit
Just then rumbling was hear aud
water began to r,so. In another mo-
ment the we'll was full anu Overlooking.
Since then water has continued TO flow
from the well with no decrease Of force,
All attempts to find bottom have sig.
nally failed.
At Shallotte. In Brunswick county,
North Carolina, n strange ''sink"--so
called by tho nativcs-has appeared In
the main road about two miles from
that place. Tho earth has sunk down,
leaving II holo about five feet In dia.
meter, full of clear cold water. There
Is apparently no bottom to II. rs every
/ attempt to fathom 1t has proved utterly
unsuccessful,
A short d stance from Ninety.six, In
South Carolina quite famous in Re.
volutionary history. is another strange
phenomenon, which local scientists are
yainly endcavorlng to explain. During
the war an old negro, who lived In tn 1
suburbs OF Nincty-six. claimed that he
could distinctly hear lighting at Char
lesion every time there was an engage
ment or the discharge Of artillery
there. In those days there wa, no tele-
graph line between the up.country and
1 tho City OF tho Sea-" and the only ac-
curate information TO be had was OBJ
tanned through the Charleston daily
newspapers, which reached Ninety-six
the day following their publication. Tho
old negro. who was named Walker,
noted for his truthfulncss, and he soon
became the wonder OF the community.
Each day he would como to town he
would tell the exact number OF guns
fired that day; the hours at which the
firing began and tho exact time at
which 1t ceased. The next day. when
the papers came, the negro's stories
were invariably corroborated. When
asked how he could hear distance OF
nearly two hundred miles the old dark
I ey would declare that he dome heard
IL" and everybody believed him. Since
the Charleston earthquake family liv'
ing on the same plantation where
Walker formerly dwelt have experience
cd some remarkable sensations. Al.
most every day they hear rumblings and
shocks Of earthquake, accompanied by
q noise similar to the growing Of an
approaching storm. II Is now claimed
that great subtcrranean passage exists
between Charleston and Ninety-six and
that the sounds are thus communicated
Several times when shocks were felt at