The Press., 1886-09-09

 felt at nearly the same hour. It came at Charleston at 9.5b, and at Hartford (ac- cording to a watch agreeing with the same time) al. 9.57.
 But the curious thing is that the wave felt by the writer in Hartford was distinct ly from west to east, slightly towards the northeast. There could be no mistalSing the direction of the sickening, undulating motion. And if the writer is not mistaken, this would seem to show that the motion in Hartford was secondary, communicated to the New England rocks by the main wave that passed, hundreds of miles away, to the northwest. If tho rehl wave had struck the Connecticut coast, Hartford might now be in the condition of Charles ton. The extreme rapidity or movement is evident when we consider that the reflex motion was felt almost simultaneously here with the main shock at Charleston. That it was reflex we think is evident from the direction of the wave. Hdrtford C0urdnt. .. ....,
 A report from Mount Pleasant, opposite Charleston, says that sink near the Ger man church, which on Tuesday was per fectly dry sand, is now full of fresh water Near Sbell-st there is cabin occupied by a colored man that is completely surround ed by yawning chasms, extending through the earth's surface for ten feet and over All around this there are sinks of fresh water and masses of mud with queer look ing soft substances that have never been seen before. 1t is contended by many that the mud and other substances found around the village are volcanic matter. Just after the first great shock of Tuesday night there was a decided and distinct smell of escaping sulphuric acid Ras over the entire village. The smell lasted throughout the night, and was distinct in those localities where the cavities i'm the earth were most numerous. Some say that portions of the mud thrown up by the water spouts are strongly impregnated with sulphur, and that small portions of sulphur can be found in the mud
 Not far from Charleston on the road to Summerville extensive mounds of clay were thrown up and hillocks of sand, in most cases in the shape of inverted cones, the hollow parts of which had evidently been formed by the action of the water returning into the depths from which it had been raised. In many cases the erupted matter had streamed akay from the breaks in the surface of tho earth Co distance from twenty to fifty feet In other places there were Assures almost in. variably extending from north to south. These cracks were not wide, and extended always in a slanting direction. The matter that was thrown up'was of a dull, dark, slaty color, and was mixed with gravel. There was also little shale, and in general the mud resembled that which is thrown from the bottom of the .phos- phate pits along the river. The water of some places had the taste of our artesian we'll water, but in many instances it was just as clear and limpid as from noun tain spring. These evidences of the great convulsion are not sporadic they extend far and near Tn every direction from the city limits of Charleston to Summerville, and at the latter place it was found from trustworthy information that the cracks and Assures are everywhere visible for miles and miles around. Strangely enough some of these were in active operation and the constant shocks that were felt at Sum merville sent the water out of these Assures in jets to the height of from fifteen to twenty feet. '. "''"
 This was evidently the result of the cracks being filled with water and then the sides opening and closing by each suc- ceeding shock. These appearances were, of course, suggestive of still more violent eruptions, and there was n constant dread everywhere that there would be general inundation caused by some extraordinary force of the earthquake. Not only was the water emitted in the low places where it might be expected to exist all the time, but on tops of the highest elevations the mud could be seen. This latter fact indi- cated that the force was being exerted at rather more than the depth that was at first thought to be the limit of the force.
 Near Ten Mile Hill q fatal accident oc- cured on Tuesday night The down Col umbia train jumped the track. Engineer Burns and Fireman Arnold, colored, were badly injured by the tremendous leap which the train took in the dark under the unseen influence of the shock that dismau- tied the road. It is said that the earth suddenly gave way and that the engine first plunged down the temporary declivity. It was then raised on the top of the suc- ceeding terrestrial undulation, and having reached the top of the wave a sndden swerving of the force to the right and left hurled the ill .fated train down tue embank- ment. How it was done was plainly indi- cated. In many. places along the track of the South Carolina and Northeastern rail- roads, and for spaces of several hundred yards in width, the dreadful energy of the earthquake was expended in two particu- lar ways. First, there were intervals of hundred yards and moro in which the track had the appearance of having been alternately raised and depressed, like a line of waves frozen in their last position. The second indication was where the force had oscillated from east to west, bonding the rails in reverse curves, most of them taking the shape of n single, and othens of a double letter s placed longitudinally. These latter incidents occurred almost in- variably at trestles and culverts There
 were no less than five of them between the Seven Mile Junction and Jedburg. In other places the track had the appear ance of being linked for miles ssii5
 Hartford Post: Earthquake insurance
 is nowhere known, and the Hartford fire companies, with ali others, pay no losses
 by fire in buildings that have fallen.
 There is special clause in all their poli-
 cies specifically mentioning this excep-
 tion. The philosophy of it is that ruins
 are not the building that was insured, and
 if burnt mass were to be paid for, the
 question of it's value would be an almost
 never ending subject of content. Losses
 by fire upon standing buildings are paid,
 through the fire be communicated from
 ruins. There are number of these in
 Charleston and others of the recently wis
 ited earthquake cities, that win fall upon
 Hartford companies, but they will be
 slight. There IS yet DO way of ascertain.
 ing them. If one company bad them all
 1t would not suffer.