The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-03

OF the earthquake being the same in nearly every
instance. The front wall of Dssass uares resi-.
dence has been thrown down, leaving the attic
floor exposed. and several buildings on the south
side Of the street have been similarly treated.
West of King street the most serious damaceia
to the Episcopal residence The gable end has
been thrown down, the walls falling on the roof
of the spacions porch ard crushing 1t in. The
new and handsome residence of Captain f w
Wagner, and that Of Mr.. Arthur Barnfel i'm.
mediately opposite, do not appear to have been
seriously damaged She second floor veranda Of
Captain Wagoner's house. on the west side, has
been crushed in, but beyond this the building
shows no signs of the terrible shaking of Tues
day night
What scene of desolation the fashionable
boulevard of Charleston presents Commencing
at Broad street one passes through block of
burned houses. The FIRE, starting at No. lis.
the third building from the corner of Broad
street on the east side, consumed the entire ROW
of buildings as far north as E. Tulay's old stand
next the Quaker graveyard. The few houses
left on that side Of the street are more or less
shattered and Quilted. The few houses on the
west side of the street, north of Broad street,
have not escaped the general fate although the
damage is not great as in other portions OF
the street The immense vacant lot on the west
side of the street is occupied by the families who
lived in the burned houses. and who are camped
out on the sward with the few household effects
saved from the flames.
From Queen street to Horback's alley almost
every house is shattered, the tops of the walls
near the roofs being thrown down. The large
building at the corner of Clifford and Kina
streets, formerly Simcoxs furniture store, has
to all outward appearances, miraculously es-
capped From Horbaek's alley to Market street
the damage is not as great as it might have
been. Robbs lot, on the east side of the street,
is occupied by several hundred people camping
out. The Victoria Hotel seams to have escaped.
and the Academy of Music shows no signs Of
earthquake, on the outside, at least.
From Market to Hazon streets the damage
done does not seem to be as great as in Other
portions of the city The Waverly House is ex
ternally uninjured. The large red brick board
ing house, however. Immediately opposite and
| next south of the corner Of Beaufain street.
has suffered badly, the top of the wall under the
caves having been stripped off on all sides. The
handsome block of stores from Beaufain ia
| Wentworth streets has been singularly pre-
served, very few of the French plate-glass fronts
| being broken although here and there parapel
| is thrown down and bricks displaced from the
walls. The Masonic Temple seems to have es.
capped, and the damage to the buildings between
this point and Calhoun street seems not to be
great. On Wentworth street the handsome hall
of the German Artillery has been badly dam
aged, and the northeast and northwest corners
of the building are gone.
Coming down Meeting street from Calhoun
street, the signs Of the earthquake are very
plain. Both the High-school and the Freund-
schaft Bund Hall are comparatively uninjured.
The building Of the Charleston water-works, on
George street. is uninjured, and so, strange to
say, is the immense 5000 gallon reservoir on
the premises The shock on Monday night
| severed the pipe through which water was
forced into the stand-ppe, and during the prog
ress of the fires, the pressure was applied di.
rectly to the main. This pipe was, however. re.
placed, and the stand-pipe which was uninjur
was filed with water. All over the city the in.
juries are of the same character
There were l01 burial permits issued to-day,
but, in spite Of all the real destruction the city
has not an air of gloom The people are tina
pluckiest ever seen. They surely cannot yet be
awakened to the fact that the magnificent city ia
| almost total wreck Every park and
square in the city tonight is filled with men and
children sleeping under tents improvsed from
counterpanes, quilts, sheets and canvas stretched
upon poles erected at short notice
Everybody is afraid to trust to
houses, lest at any moment another tremor
should return and envelop them in mass of
debris. and plaster AMI timber The whole city
presents the appearance of tented field, upon
which are resting human beings, anxious to
know what the next moment may bring forth,
1t is truly curious sight, that cannot
be portrayed in words, and yet
so great is the elasticity of human nature. that
all, young and old, seem perfectly contented,
not realizing their losses, and confident that, in
some way or other, they will be provided for.
The first train from Savannah came into the
city this afternoon three hours behind schedule
time