The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-04
THE STATES.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHARLESTON, Sep. There was terri
BILE earthquake last night at $50. The
PRINCIPAL business portion of the city was
destroyed and hundreds OF persons were
rendered homeless. Men were frantic,
women were beseeching mercy from the
Almighty and children were in tears. The
main station house, tho City Hall. Hiber-
Man hotel and other well-known public
buildings, including st, Michael's church,
were irreparably damaged. Many people
were seriously if not fatally injured. Broad
street presented spectacle of great horror.
Even women armed with hatchets fought
yaliantly to rescue the imprisoned unfor-,
Inmates. Meeting street from Broad to
Hazel is a wreck and is lined with unfortu-
mates. To add to the horror of the scene,
many fires broke out and were Intellectually
fought by the fire department. inc nlght
was Ilideous with tho groans of the dying
and tho screams of the wounded and the
prayers OF the uninjured. 1t is impossible
to estimate tho losses of persons or property
at present. Up to 10 n. III. to-day there had
been ten distinct shocks.
| Three or four fires started in as many
sections with the first shock and the city
was illuminated with flames, thus leading
ali to believe all that was left by the earth
Iuuake would be devoured by fire. How
ever, the fire department. was so we'll di-
vided and handled that the fires We're under
control by daylight. From 100 to 2OO resi-
ldcnces and stores were consumed. Loss
by iireand earthquake cannot be accurately
estimated, but can be placed safely at $500
900. As far as could be ascertalned during
tho night 10 or 20 were killed and much
| greater number wounded in all sorts OF
| ways. Tho loss of human life will be large
and it will take days to get at the accurate
tancos twenty-five miles and have done in
tense damage to railroad and telegraph
property. Charleston is now entirely iso-
lated from the outside world.
/ KENTUCKY.
| Fulton French and Joe EverSole are rival
merchants at Hazard, tho county seat o.
Perry, IL mountain county. Some weeks
ago thoir rivalry led to nurderous fight,
in which French and his friends were
worsted and driven out. French at once
move on Hazard and in turn drive out
Eyersole. He makes Mount Pleasant
about thirty miles away, his headquarters
ch u n.s These, armed with Winchester
!, rifles, secured from Knoxville. are drll!eo
every day. They are paid from e to 500
day, and arc fully supplied with ammunl
ton. Tho roads approaching Mount Pleas
ant are pickcted about five or ten miles
out and not even a messenger or phys
ician is allowed to go into town at night
The men have taken the prisoners from the
Jail and armed them and have given Jailel
Kelly warning not to try to leave upor
pain of death. Kelly is wanted rs a wit
ness Mt Pineville but cannot make his es
. desperate gang, and is fortified in Hazard
| fierce conflict is imminent and an effor
is being made to have the governor inter
tcre at once.
ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3l.-A dispatch was re
, coiyed mt tho ,iiy hall, this afternoon, from
: the Mayor of Bell Plain, H., which states
that an Artesian well. four inches in dia
, meter had bursted when tho depth of IS
: feet had been reached when boring, and in
stantly Il volume of water was forced int
tho mir to tho distance of several hundred
J feet This gradually increased in size an'
p volume until II stream OF water fully six
teen inches in diameter was formed AM
the inward force of this stream is equal t
the powcr of dynamite. Water IN hug
volumes is spou,ing high in the air ant
the supply seems ineXhaustible. NV
gigantic rivers have been formed by thi
: water burst, which are running throug
/. town at tho rate OF twelve miles an houl
and is carving everything before them
y Houses and lives are threatened by thi
n pecu,iar freak of nature, and the citizens G
Inc town arc appalled, Mt their impendln;
4 DANGER which Mt present they arc power
. less 10 overcome. Finding 1t Impossible
y divert this damaging flood an attempt wa
J.. mado to insert l6-inch boiler iron tube
into Tho well, but these were Instant
@ blown out aud forced high in the ali
4 Finding this plan useless, tho ,errine
y people then attempted TO fill up the mug
aperture through which this torrible geyss
was shouting its deluge. Fifteen car ioat
OF stono were enptied into the well, bu
III these were instantly blown out and force
: upward rs though propelled by the lore
OF bursting magazine OF giant powae'
Bags of sand We're then hastily constfue'e