The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-09

ance of desolation As the eye takes In
the length of 8 street It is met by heaps OF
debris OF every possible description.
Bricks, stone, plastering, laths, shingles,
lumber, household and Office furniture,
and all kinds of building material are IN
mass Whole fronts or sides of buildings
have fallen out, leaving the furnishings
in some instances intact. A two story
brick building on State street, between
Broadway and Chambers streets, presents
an interesting appearance of this descrip-
ton: The lower floor IS used for mer-
chandise and the upper floor as 9 resi-
dence. The whole front fell out leAv-
ing the interior exposed to
view. The pictures and mirrors
are on the walls and the chairs remain as
they were left by the fleeing family. The
and the view of the store room Is as when
the first shock came. Evidently the owner
has not gained courage to warrant his re-
turn.
The most alarming feature of the pres
ent condition of affairs rests In the shaky
condition of the buildings. Nine
tenths OF the brick structures are cracked
through and through and threaten
to tumble and chimneys that have not ac-
tually fallen are badly careened and would
fall If touched. A reporter who has Just
most dIsastrously damaged states that the
structures are mostly fifty years
and more of age. Not g
single substantial building was
seen which had suffered materially from
the shock.
ANOTHER SHOCK.
- WASHINGTON, Sep Sat about IL
O'Clock tonight another shock of earth
quake was felt all along the southern
Atlantic coast. 1t was unattended by
any dAmAge so far as can be learned,
but it was strong enough to cause q
stampede from the instruments of tele-
graph operators in Charleston, Augusta,
Columbia and perhaps other places.
They soon returned, however,
and resumed their business. The
shake was felt from Jacksonville tC
Washington. 1t was perceptible In
Washington but not so strongly as on
Wednesday night.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., Sept. 3.-At 10 :5e
passed over the city. CONSERVATION
again prevails. People camping in the
public squares are singing and praying.
RALEIGH, N. G, Sept. 3 AT II :0l
to night q well defined shock was felt
here. Il was preceded by q light rum.
bling noise The oscillation of build
ings was marked on the upper floors.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 3 AT 10 40 an
other shock was distinctly felt. The
streets are again filed with people.
WILMINGTON, N. O., Sept. 3.-An-
other distinct but not severe quake
was felt here at IL p. m. Much alarm
Was created, and people rushed from
their houses 10 the streets.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. 3.-Ai
10 :02 tonight distinct shock of earth
quake was felt here, lasting five Sec
Onds. 1t caused great excitement.
RICHMOND, Sep. 3,-At IL :03 tonight
q shock OF earthquake was felt here.
In some places in the upper part of the
city it was as severe as that of Tuesday
night, people in some cases leaving their
homes and rushing into the street. The
oscillation is said to have been very per-
ceptible from southeast to northwest.
No noise accompanied the shock.
CHARLESTON, Sept. "a sharp shock
was felt just before IL Tonight. Two
buildings fell. A white woman, name
unknown, was buried by falling wall
this evening.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The first pas
sengers coming north from Charleston
S. c., arrived this morning. They were
unable to leave Charleston until yester-
day morning on account of the inter-
ruption in railroad communication.
O@~O ~
these passengers, gave q reporter an &C
count of his experience.
~ was stopping st the Charleston no.
tel" he said, sand l was in my room
which WAS on the third floor. When
Lit nv gas I heard q noise and sup
posed I had broken something, bu
could find nothing broken 1 wen
to place my hat on bureau and just
then the shock came. would have fall
len if had not thrown out my hands
and chung. 1t seemed IS though the
hotel was lifted up and swung backward
and forward q distance Of fifteen OF
twenty inches at each vibration. At the
first shock the lights in the house all
went out, then the plastering began to
fall. got out into the corridor and
CROPPED my way in darkness amid the
falling walls. Other people in the house
were likewise cropping their way out. All
around was q terrible roaring and moan
ing sound, and the din was heightened
by the falling of tlmbers. found the
front door of the house closed, fOrtu-
nate thing for me, as it saved my life. L
took me . moment to find the knob anC
as was looking for it tons of brick fell
from the upper part of the house In from
of the door. / ran out through
the heaps of falling bricks and fell
twice in getting to the middle of the
street. There was not q house IN
Charleston that had lts chimneys left
standing". Mr.. Tolson said that be
thought the published estimate Of the
damage was too low, and that three
fourths of the city would have to be re-
built. The people killed were killed
while leaving their houses by the falling
debris. All who could leave the city
were leaving yesterday.
Mr.. P. T. Benneu left Charleston yes
to- day on the first outward train. There
were five cars packed with refugees. Fol
the first two miles the train moved very
slowly, the rails being twisted as the
train went along. The people in the cars
noticed another shock. This further
twisted the rails It was, however, pos
sible to proceed slowly. The peo-
pie are at work digging in the
ruins for bodies and until
that work is completed 1t will be impos-
sible to tell or even guess accurately the
number of casualties.
Have The reports Of the disaster been
exaggerated?
Not bit of it. 1t would be impossi-
bic to put ipto words any description OF
one house in ten that will not have to be
rebuilt.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Sept. ga special to
the Chronicle from Beaufort sAys: Near
COosaw mines there is q crack in the
earth 200 feet long and ak inches wide
at the top. On ST. Helena island, OF
Beaufort coast, several large openings
were made. and piles Of mud and sand
were forced up.
The city council to-day adopted the
following:
Resolved, That in response to the nu-
merous Offers of assistance AID sympA-
thy from our sister cities and from citi-
zens from this aud other cities, the may
or is authorized to state that great suf-
fering exists among our citizens in con-
sequence Of the earthquake, and that
we gratefully accept the aid thus ten
dered.
The following additional casualties are
reported: Miss Lucy Eliot, ankle frac-
tured; VIM. Fidds, knee dislOcsted; Jas.
. allGihan, seriously injured in face and
Jaw; Geo. Webb, skull fractured; Fred
Simpson of New York, double fracture
OF left leg; Maggie Sanders, white, am
putated foot; 81. B. Bull
werkle, head bruised and hip
injured; Harry Aarons and Sally
white children, cut and bruised I;
Moses Brown, colored, leg amputated /;
Louis James Judson, colOred, fracture Of
skull; Sam Wakens, colored, arm and
leg fractured; Charles River, colOred.
leg amputeted; Eliza Flowers. colOred,