Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-09-08

confederation which had broken out just beyond
the square immediately after the first shock.
and had now wholly snTe!sped several build
ings in flames.
In three other quarters of the town, at the
same time similar largo fires were observed
under full head way, and the awful slgn1fic.spes
Ct the earthquake may be most fully appreciat
ed, perhaps, when it Is said that with THESE
tremendous FIR blazing Up all at once around
,h' y, and threatening their property with total
Aestrrc ion, the peoi L. whom you met on the
streets or saw gath red together in grours
III the open places evidently did not
tiye thent a thoat ht. No one watchea tne
fuddy flames ~ the Pill airs of cloud rising
high into the sti' Malt air. Each was too in
t'nt on listening with rtreincd senses Tor the
dreaded recurrence of that Horrible grow or
Croan of the power under tie seas auo Under the
land TO give thought to the new terror though
it had threatene / his own home and many homes
in the doomed city. The crowds poured in from
every direction to the square Just described, rs
though it had been indeed charmed circle,
nnd life depended on passing within its grassy
bounds. street-cars, carriages, nnd other We
! hic,es were ranged In Inca on the streets sur
, rounding tie square While the horses TODD
! though smiling the Sroun1 in anxious inquiry.
Tie colored people ev .ywhefe were loud and
! iucre 8 ag in theft deaIainGtions of alarm,
| in the singing Ct hymn, ard in tervg mt appeals
| for Gods inercy, IN which htpeals God
knows, many q lroud heart who heard
| III III Arising in the night, and in the hear
o; His wdndrons might doyoutly and humbly
! and S merely joined Danger brings all Of US
to TIE level of the lowliostr There were no
! alst II iitpNs OF iitc or power, T.lt" OF chste
I in thu asa Inbiages that were gathered togsther
in Charleston ON Tuesday night, 1t was ii curl.
Gus spCcta to 10 k bnck Upon. 1t is good
Cns to remember fUr white and black alike.
IhSre were instances OF Gnrelfish devotion, OF
I kIld and LOVING regard between master and
servant, mistress and maid. in the IN sence of a
counLon i'll aud OF threatened ri.n that showed,
rs nothing else could show how strong
- tue tie that binds our white
p o.le an our blnsh people together
enl this lesson OF the dread Wis tor
sc may hops too viii rever be forgotten. Ar
ri5i,s ut his home. ths writer found the same
sores ~ dstraC on and wreck which marhe
y every hOtne In the city. All the houses
in the Leishf orhood had suffered ser. orslv end
EIeats, yGfds. and gardens were filled with the
tllt:n chimney 8 and fragments Of walls, hile
the wal, tlat were LETT standing were rent
asl Ddor in marty eases from top TO bottom and
We're Eudly shattered i'll every instance
v omen and children, reused from sleep on in
III pied u thu ir evening pursuits by the
saGn,t OF tho ruin being effected above ant
arouilb tbsn'. rushed ont into the streets and
hid PED tJF-,n 4 awaiting the end, whatever Il
Mi 1t be Hiy. ds we're bruuc ut ont mat
& srcs and deposit d ca the roadway, NJ
thought was 10 tho Treasures lot behind
in ctjn+t 70 SAKE tie peculiar treasure OF life
itself, suddenly become precious III the eyes
OF ell, the inyniid woman and the robust
Elan aiko. Until long after midnight the
streets re fled with fugltyes in aearct
Uf tn IL homes. Through the long hours
that followed few were the ewes, even Of child
| hood. that were closed in sleep. Charleston wa
full f those who watched for the morning, ant
fever IN any city, in any land, did the first gray
shades thAt mark the approach of dawn appea
| so beautiful aud so welcome to eyes as they ap
ptarcd t. t4e Thousands 81 people who HAILED
them this morning from the midst OF the count
less wrecked homes i'll thrice scoufged bu
still patient still brave still hopeful, still beau
tiful city by tie sen.