Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-09-09
THE RUINED OITY.

ID CLOCK. WHICH AENA7 NlAe+ANA1 ~--N
Inc worst shock beneath the immense tow /
er. The building Is separated several men
rs and the structure Is ru n. IL was
about the centre Of the most Vloieu' io'0o'
10 IS not exaggeraung 20 say tnaI l"O-
thirds of the brick buildings, wnich consul
tute two thirds Of the city, will have 70 DC
pulled down. Only three or iOur shl@'Sl
brick buildings were absolutely DESTROYER
shaken down 10 the very foundation, out as
many as twenty thTee-stOry buildings nave
tbe whole front knocked right out. On
East Bay street, near Chalmers, saw
three-storv residence with the entire front
from gable roof TO the very pavement out
The room looked like those represented In
houses ON the stage. There were the Oric-
a-brac on the mantel, little pictures on 'le
wall. the rocking-chair drawn 20 taOIe'
and smashed lamp on the floor. On Ming
East BAY. Meeting, and Broad streets Two
rbird, of the houses are badly wrecked
The tou-stories of them are lrreparaole.
Indeed the t0p-stOries, to use hloeihl-
ci,m. are on the pavementS. Hioernlan
Hall ON Meeting street Is "a spiendldly Oullt
fvo-.tarv building. Before 10 were round
pillars of brick nearly three feet IN diane
Ter. The pillars were snapped OH IN tne
middle and the violence OF the iaIl sna'-
tered the top halves into separate bricks,
tearing down a massive iron fence lhaI
stood I'm trout and pulling the IRON gate
pillar, from their sOldered stone iouhda-
lions The front wall Is LETT with green
harp ON gold background glarug out I'D
the FUN moon as mute as lara n"'P
Across the street. nearly opposite Hloer-
uian Hail. IS the county auditor $ ouIulns'
d three-story iron and stone structure
,u0Wn familiarity %, the hre PROOF ouliolus'
lt, tlp story Is wrecked. Massive s'onos
hat were rive,ed aud cemcnted rs cappihs
BE- crushed ON the pavement the ya"nlus
caps in the third story seeming 20 'ooA
,sha,t 40 the broken pile OF rock beneath.
81. Phillips Episcopail Church splIe Is
rddleI With assures, aud third Oh the
very highest part. where there was q zoos
,ur i. clrn away. IL isan utter RUN. Inc
.plendd Charleston Hotel, with lts twenty
Observation-Disclosures columns, running from
he pavement to the roof Is beyond repair
10. corner facing TWO streets, is ShatteItu'
and ueither GUESTS, servant, or proprietor
will sleep I'm it. A competent archltect says
two-,h.rls ol fully thousand ouudlnss
win have t0 be entirely rebuilt, ana lhat II
would Dee d doubtful and dangerous eNpeu
nent Co. risk inhabitng uiue-lenths oil them
without entire rebuilding some few PROB
,biv one hundred. might be repaired.
Those that hardly lost % brick are ia
l.r, lanocrou, condition than some whose
ntire top story WAS shaken down. Nearly
UI tle houses have three-wndow iront'
AMI g., is noticeable that they are all crack
% ut the second story window, and, say, at
be- middle windows. This indicates that
the houses are loosened at every point, ana
chat they are beyond repair
The people seem less respondent than one
would expect They are So glad that they
ir. alive. that they were not enguiied mo
he bowels Oi the earth, that they do not
think of the enormous loss of property.
while thev have recovered from the panic
of Tuesday night full mental equilibrium
ina, NOT been restored Nearly every one
seems daltd.
Ten thousand people are sleeping in the
open place, and In chairs in the streets to-
iieht Coartney's Park and Marion aud
Washington Squares are crowded Win peo-
Die. living "a, thick as sardines ln a box.
some have mattresses, others straw, some
blankets. aud other, are lying ON the naked
grass.
I'm the squares the scene suggested the
gypsy camp in "Romany Rye, save that
-here r, not foot of space between the
tents. The tents are made of varlega'ed
l.d-ouIt~. lap robes coarse sacks, cotton
bfI.nr. and faded calico dresses. Truly q
molly group.
TO describe these camps accurately IN dee
.ai. would seem like eNIr-erduOn. Negroes
and whites DE down side by side, IN some
instance, sharing Che same oit ot tent, straw
bedding or blanket OF course, rs gen
.r1l tauc. the uegroe, keep 90 themselves,
DO. there is BOO earthly disposition TO draw
le line of class. race, or color
Marion square. the campus of the cadets,
.0ver. about fouc acres. II presents %
weird scene tonight Four thousand peo-
Die are crowded together there. Along ev-
rv street. from ul 10 o'clock, could oe
seen streams OF people trying blankets,
pillows and 0vcrc0at- to make their beds ou
Doe campu, ior the night The little child
rom t0lding at thejr mothers heels, their
athcr, Zoo the lead with the bedding.
There absolutely seems tO be no thought
IF the future + ervone Is looking for an
other shock. It will take fully week for
he peonle o. recover fail >elt-conrciouSneSs.
even where there are One-Story frame build
NOS iu the heart of the city the people are
oo much frightened to sleep IN door
ook i1 % side strceta half hour AGO negroes
md poor white people occupy the little
nmc .hautics. All were ON the pavement
some sat in chairs. others lay on benches,
md some sat ou the curb> with their heads
n the laps off those iu the chairs. Where
t.ev were awake hushed-voices talking of
he awful calamity could be heard. Each
,ue wa, relating his experience. Four-hiths
,f the city seemed 90 have been awake
when sine shock that did the damage was
r.t. Au speak of the awful dread that
overlook chem Certainly tew ever expect
.i to see another day. The dread OF that
.yyfuI moment has shattered many a system.
The effect on the earth of the shock can
better Doe seen outside the city and IN a few
mDayed back yards, where assures in the
ar.h may De seen and several different coll
,red sands are to be seen. ] came here this
morning from Savannah From ravines
V.utr-fve miles south of here to this city
inc evidences are numerous OF the violence
IF The shock The entire TWENTY-FIVE miles
PRESENT long cracks and some large assures
o. the earth Most of the sand belchcd
0r,h WAS ot tbe very finest grain and snow
white. ln many places it was piled Seyeral
Ieet aud shaped hike ant hills. They were
evidently sand geysers. examined one
..-.. H-.-,r, b. ,r4- fy-nvfv wards long and