Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-02


wan nnt mura maxhad. kgwspeRs thAn
uozld be eansst - he paslaEe g =
street, ear e. drag aaoag ne slro4A. 1hs
menA Than ~ swiff dearees, @. paE-
haps, al e onss--if s d1Mazlt . say
Whi1h-the ao1nd o2eDe1od II p1laule.
tha tremor 6eeans nnufe daelds1. and
ths ear oAnaht nhs raaais af uindoW
sazhe4 90 4xtu1oa und olhoR iooaa
aFli1laa. Tha nnan d NJ oezes Rinnasd
hurrtedly q eaah cthsx and apranR =
their fsst with tbs Startled qassnlau
and answer, @Whai h thatf@ An eaFah-
quake.~ Thea al waa ksuildsrmeus
and aaafnAian. 1hen tAe io1R roll
daapaned and sprsad into an awful Fuaz
ihAt aeeued a ones % peExado ne
lEoobled ear and tie ar steve a1e
aro1Ad Iha tEemQr wal now Enda.
Eapid culver fhAf agisa1ed rs whole
lofly and strong Walled building a1
thsaRh i Waa hei1R sAaksn b lne hana
q an nnnaeasaEahie powex wlth 40 -
te0t - tea4 ita ioinAa asnndaf ard acat.
ier ils slanas and bricks aru1nd - Ne
tree casts ogss.Eipenea fEuit bsfore she
hsea1h 81 tha gala TheFe waa 20 in.
termision 10 the vibration Of tne
mtghty suhteEFanaan enRins2 from
1Esf % las i Was o0Atin1ou8 jar.
only ad9inz fneoe a every noment. and
ag lt appFoanhed and reached tha climax
of IT. manifest SETON. it seened for z
fsu berfibls seconds thai ~ woEk Of
humaM hands soald possibly aurvivs Tie
ah0ck. The Goofs Wera waving lnasr
foot; the slEfonndina wailn and parti-
tiona vizlhly suayod % and fro; the
crash AZ falling masses of stone and
brick and "a moEaaF wag heard oEerhaad.
and without. tne terrible rear nllsd TIE
earth and seemed 70 al the cir, dazing
tie pEacsption and bewildaFlnQ tb01Ght.
For q few bteafha, o. while you held
your breath Ia Dreaded nutioipafion Of
immediate Aad oE1el dealh, you felf - -
life was already past and waited for the
end, ~ the viesim With bis head On the
block Waits foE the nplifasd axs.
Il not asgsa 20 many msn % lock
IN tie face of the destroyer and yet
live, bat q is littls % nay that he
struna men Who atood TIE oxpoFa
snoe above fnintly described Wih carry
wlth tham tbs Eeeaileekion Of thai %
preme nomenf % thair dying day. None
expected % escape. a saaden rush vas
4 .4NA4ANZNANA
attain she open sir and dec 10 place
Of safety, but before the door vas
reached al stopped. feeling thai hope
vas vain aud that L was Only . qnes-
tion Of death wishin the building OF
o. crushed b. topplinR uallA
Ths npEqar slowly disd away ln the
distance. fha earth vas etili and q
blasssd Relisf Waa that stiffness. Bat
h0u Fudely Was the Stiffness diaterbsd
a. ~ dashed do4n the stairway and
out into the street. Already on every
aide aKosa the shrioka, cries Of pain and
fear, prayers and WailiaQa Of teFri1od
Women and ohildron, aomminaied with
tha hoMEas ahouia Of oxeited men. Oaf
h the streets q eload oe dry, sitting
dust aRosa from the Iims and mortar e
the shatterad masonry, which, falling
on the pavement And Bt0na roadway,
had basn Eedunad % powder.
Thro1Qh this oloud. denee as
foG, the gas lamps hiakerod
dimiy, 50 that yoa stumbled at every
gtep over piles 81 brick, o. became en-
tangled ia the hnea Of telegraph wire
than were suspended IL every direction
from their br0kea supports. On every
side were harFying foFms Of men and
women. barehead Z, partially dressed,
some almost nude. ana many orazsd
with fear OF exoitamonk Women ara
seen on the paVementa With upturned
faoos and outs1Fetuhod hands, and the
crowd passes them By fer the time, not
pansing b sss whether thsg be alive oE
dead.
saddsnIy . light flashes throaRh .
q window overlooking the streets; is be.
comes momentarily brighter and she cry
Of Ore Fesounds ffsm the multitade. A
rush Is made towards the spot, bat at
this mement, eomewhere, out et sea,
overhead. or deep In the Hroand, is
heard agaia the log, ominous roll which
is alresdy toe veil known 10 be mis1ak
en-. ID grows leader aad nearer. like
the gFowl Of q Wild beast swiftly ap-
proAchina lie pssy and Ell else Il forget
Ten aaain In q franxisd rush for the
open spaoos, where alone IA hopa Of
safety. faint th0aah it Be. The tali
baildinRs on either hand blot ouf
the skies and seem 70 oVeEhana svaFg
faot Of ground bsiweaa them. Their
shattered ooTniesa seem 70 pitch from
both sides 10 the center of tbs street.
Et seems as II Z toaoh gould Sad the
shattsrad masses down on the people
below, who look "a them aud shrink 10
Rs9hoF as the earthquake again passes
under them Il passes away and again
Is expressed q feeling Of oaliveranoe
from the prevailing calamity. Old and
young. stFang and fssble. alfka esll for
hslp from their fellou orsaiurss, and
raise thsiF angaished voicas IN petitions
10 Heaven foF raeroy WHARF ne human
aid could avail. II is not q ssens 10 Be
Described By any mortal tongue e. pen-
TIE hrst shock oc5uKfed at seven min-
utas before ten. ~ vas Indicated this
morning b. TIE puelie cloeks, the hands
on all Of which had slopOed - that
hour. The eaeond shock, which Vas
but faint echo of shs drsA. vas fols
eight minutes later. Aa Il passed away
the writer started hons aud cav The
ssanas enacted on Broad stsoee. around
TIE Ness aad Coarisr ofiss repeated 81
every step Of ths way. 81 Mishasi's
steepie touered hiRh and white above
the & oom. sssminRly aniniufea. The
station house, q massive hFiok 6aildiug
across The stFsss, bad Apparently los
tss roof which had fzllsa aF0and
Il. a little farther the Foof Of pertioo
of HibsEniAn Han. handsome
builatnR en- tka 0repiaa gtyis. bad
crashed 70 the ground. carrying down
part Of ahs massive aFsnita piilaFs with
ik Antne var 40 MeetEng street, Which
IN Fespeot % he general ksastal dlrso-
ton aud impoFianoe nag - oAlls4 he
= BroAdway Of Oharleston,n tha road
way vas piled with debris fr0m The tops
of TIE walls. Ia paasinR TIE OhaFloston
Holsi. which, 70 earry cut the oompart-
son Mbavs indisaasd, ec9apies the paat.
ton Of StsWAxt'a nptown store, TIE Third
shock sAs felk. about tea minutes aftsr
the ssc1nd. This, of o0uFna, eaased
Ehs grsaiess alarm N THAI naaghhor1ood
e. elsswhara.
AZ Marion Square . Rrsai erowd bad
eollealsd. e. even the edges of tee vide
apase embfnosd IN it eOnid not b
reashed by tba nearest baildings in the
ssanf a. thaiF fall EFo4 thls e-ouds
sompoasd oe men. womsn and children
o. bath raosa. rose tneezaant 0Aii8, 0rie8
and iamsneatioo8 uhils over the naif-
dreassd thFong Ihers uss she'd tie l1rid
iishs 81 q eeaaAGEssioa Whieh bad
broken cut iasG ssyond the aHaARe
immaaiAksly afseE Ne Ara eneok and
bad noe wkoIly eENelop14 esEeral
bailainas IL AsmaA Ia threa olhaE
aaMFaeFs uR teen a. toe sane tine