The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-09-23
r.E LAST SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
At Charleston So Far As Learned VIII
Do No Damage.
The Remarkable Courage of the
People, and the ir unshaken
Confidence.
An Estimate of the Loss in Towns
About Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S. C.-Sept. 22.-The Sc
we're earthquake shock of yesterday morning
has not been followed by any marked re-
currence of the disturbances, although some
persons say there was slight tremOr at
O'Clock this morning. The courage OF the
people is remarkable. and their confidence
in the future is mistaken.
Cotton is coming in quite freely, and the
work alongshore will soon be in full swing.
The way of the people of South Carolina to
belp Charleston is to send their cotton mere
and buy their provisions and supplies from
the old city by the sea. The cotton presses
are all at work, the cotton warehouses are In
good condition, and large heet Oh ocean
tran1ps will soon be in port,
The executive relief committee had long
and interesting meeting yesterday, at which
various matters of detail were discussed.
About 800 applications for relief have been
received from real estate owners and refer
red to the two master mechanics who nave
been employed to investigate and report the
damages
The committee on subsistence is endeayor-
ing to curtail their expenses as rapidly as
possible, and about 20 employees were dis
Yesterday. They are also reducing their
expenses in the way Of purchasing provis-
ions, with a view of closing their work by
the first of October. -
Bishop How has received about $4,000 In
answer to his appeal in behalf of the strick
of the contributions are for the repair OF the
church buildings, the only churches partlc-
ularized being St. Phillips, st. MichaePs and
Calvary (colored) church.
Among the most touching of the contrlbu-
tions is one from the Home of IncurableS
in the diocese of New York.
Bishop Paret of Maryland has ordered
special collection to be taken up in all the
churches of that State for the benefit of the
shattered South Carolina churches.
mn EarRV
bridge, Mass. have sent $125 to Mrs. ST. J..
Ravenel, to be spent according to her dl-
rections.
Major Courtenay has received the follow.
ing from Mr. Edwin ID. Metcalf. mayor oil
Springfield, Mass, under date of September
16:
Last night | telegraphed you to draw
upon melfOr $500 more, thus making ALL up
to date, the sum of $4,000 You may ex-
pect a still
Further Contribution from Our Citi-
Our Catholic churches have made collec-
tions that have been forwarded direct to
their societies in your city. | wish to call
your attention to one contribution that L
have received from the w0rkmen at the Uni
ted States armory of $324.50. we are all one
nation yet, and the strife OF the past VIII DC
forgotten in the future"
Mr. j. st. Julien Yates, the first vlce-pres-
ident Of the South Carolina division of the
Travellers Protective Association OF the
United States, writes as follows: :.
"Our association is composed OF State dl-
visions, every State in the Union being rep
tesented, and we number $1,000 members,
although there are 259 900 commercial travel
lers in the United States. | received letter
to-day from distinguished and wealthy
member of Philadelphia, MI. Gharles L.
Baker. who informs Inc that the Pennsylva-
mia division has taken the matter IN hand,
and that he, as chairman, is now issuing to
every State division a circular letter appeal
ing for help for Charleston. l believe that
you can safely expect that S25,OOO VIII pc
contributed in response to these appeals.
Eighty-seyen buildings were inspected by
the government engineers in the first ward
Yesterday. Most of the buildings examined
were on Church street, East Battery, East
Bay and along the wharveS. To-day the en-
gineers will finish up Ward l and start on
the buildings in Ward 3.
The front wall of the hospital building on
MaZyck street, used as dormltory Tor the
trained nurses is being torn down. ms
building is perhaps the most striking exam
pie of ssBuddensiek" work that has yet come
to light. The bricks are held together, or
rather KEEP apart, by layers of sand,. so dry
and crumbling that in many places the work
men were able to dislodge. the bricks with
their hands, and no matter now large mass
that came down in it it was almost Impossible
reaching the ground.
Mr.. Sloan, who is still engaged in making
observations for the United States geological
survey, took trip up the Ashley river, go
ing as far as Lambs, on the South Carolina
railway, and thence up the east bank of the
river on horseback. Mr.. Sloan reports that
most of the old mansions and historic places
up the river have been destroyed by the
earthquake. Middleton Hall is badly injured,
while Dr. Bakers handsome old English
house and the Cohen place are hopeless
wrecks At the Cohen place he found an old
well, which had been filled in for number
of years. In filling up the well the trunk of
an old pump was buried in it, so as to be com
pletely hidden from view. The earthquake,
however, has forced the top of it up feet 3
inches above the surface Of the ground.
Mr. Sloan also discovered between Lambs
and Ten Mile Hill, a large hole in which sew
eral small
pine Trees Have Been EnguIfed.