Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-03

have heen glmilaEiy traa1e4- Nes1 q
King gfKagG TIE mogf seEionR damage ia
20 tie Epizaapal regi1en1a.
Whna 4 aezna of deaalaAaun ~ tAn1-
icaabls boalsgGzd oE Chazleslon prs
sants Conmansina "A Brad at1ssk,
enc paaszs Ehrsneh biock cf oaEnea
hoasss. Iha IRE, skaR ina Is Ne. lis,
shs third baildfnR from ths ooEnsr of
BEuad Glfsef On tbs wsst gidss consumed
the entire rsw ef bulldiaes as far north
e. Tnlly's Old sand. nsxa 20 ths RrAya
yard. Tbs few houses left On that side
Of the Etreet ere more oE lsBa shattered
and Ruiaed Few houses en she weGf
ade north d Bread slree1 have e.
eaRed tha gsneFal fate, thg1zh The dam
ace is Eot as esnsEal as il oshsT poF-
tioaa % the gGresl Al imDeans v2eant
/ lot on he weNl sids of tie stres9 b &C.
eupisd b the families who lived tl tha
barred HOUSES and Who are eaUps1 eut
on the sWard wl1h the fsW hguseh0ld
Effects they haEe saved fFom the namea.
From Qassn street. % Haxhackaa Allsg,
almost every ho1ae u ah1t1eroo, tae
sops Of tie walls naaK TIE reef bsinR
I thrown down Robb'a lne On the eaHt
side ef the street il oeeupisd oy several
hundred peopie. camping eat. Tbs
VictoEia HsisI appears 70 have escaped
and ths Academy of Ausia shows no
signs of TIE earthquake. From MaRkst
70 Haxal stresf. tie damage done does
not saem 70 be e great aa IN other paKta
sf ths city.
cuMUUs EFFEurs.
A special report from MI Pleasant,
opposite Charleston. says thai . sax
near the GarmMn Onuruh which on Tues.
Na.fH -
fresh water. Near Shell aiFost there u
is probably surrounded By yauning
suKfAee for ten fest and over. ALI
around this there are aixns Of fresh
water. and masses Of mud with queer
looking soft Substances that haVs never
been sen before. kt is conaended By
many that The mad and othaE subsfAn-
ess found argund she village afs vol
oanio matter. Just affair The aFs1 great
shock on Tuesday night thare vas q d.
eided and distinot amell e enoaping
aniphnrie aeid gas oveR TIE entiFs vii
lace. Tha Emell lasted throughoul the
night, and vas mere distinet Ia thoss
localities whsre the cavities we're ths
mast numerous. Some Hay that poE-
ti0ne Of the mud thrown uR By The
watsrsp0uta we're strongly impEegnated
with aalphaR, and that small portions
of the snlph1F can Be found IN the mad.
Not far from Charleston, On the road
70 BummeEheld, extensive moonds Of
clay we're thrown up. snd hiliooks OF
sand. u most Gases n the shape q n
vsrted oonss, the holiov part 0f which |
had svldantiy been formed by the
aeeloa u wa9og returning into khe |
depths from which it had bean raised. /
IN many saaas The er1ptod mattar has /
skroamed away from the breaks II the ]
aaEfaoe Of the earth 20 q distance Of /
from twenty 10 City fesk. Ia othsF /
plaons tharo we're dasursa Uhioh al /
most invariably extended frem north !
10 south. These cracks were noG vide. /
aud extenaed downward always 10 q |
aiantinR directiou. The matter that /
was thrown up vas Of q dull, dark, /
slatey color. and vas mixed With gravel. |
There was also litlle ahalo In the mud. /
RESEMBLING that which is thrown from /
the bottom oe the phosphate pits along |
the river. TIE water In some places /
haa the tasla Of oar AFtesian water, but /
ia many instances Il vas iast as clear |
and limpid as from Q mountain stream. /
These evidences Of the great eonvul-
sion are not sporadic. They extended
far and near 10 eveFy direction from the /
city limits Of Charleston % Summer
vile. and At the latter place Il wss
found from Trustworthy infoFmation 4
that cracks and hasarea are everywhere /
visible fer miles and miles around. i
Strangely euoagh, the constant shocks
felt at snmmeFVilie esut the water out /
cf theaa fssaFss In Jets 10 heiRht Of /
some Is 0F 20 feet. fhis VS. evidently /
the Fasall Of she oraeka being dlled with /
water and their sides opening and /
closing with cash suocoedinQ shock. /
Ehesa Appearances were, OF eo1rae, sag
QaativB Of still more vielent eFupti0ns, /
and there vas q constant dxead every /
Whsre that there would be Q general 10 /
undation caused By some extraordinary /
fgFce Of the earthquake.
Not only was water emitted from the /
l0g phases where is might b expeeted /
10 exist at the time. bat on the t0cs Of |
the higher elevations mud could be |
seen. This latter facs Indicated that /
force vas being exertsd at rather . /
greater dsp9h that vas AZ Grsi th0aght 1
to BE the limit Of he foroa.
DAMA0R TO rnAcK AND TRAEx.
Near Ten Nile Hill FaIl an aesidsns |
ooeuFred on Taesday nigat. The down |
Columbia train Jumped tue track. Ea-
gineeF Burns and Fireman Arnold Were |
badly ini1red by 9 tremendoos leap /
which the train took IN she DARK undeR /
an unseen inanenos that aismantlsd /
the road. Il is said that the eaFth sad /
denly gave way, and that tue engine |
1fsi planRsd down q temporary eeoiIvi. !
q. fl vas then raised on top q the |
sueoseding terrestrial undulAtion. and /
having reached the top 81 ne uaVs. 3
aaddsa sweKVina foroe 10 the night and 1
laft hurled it aown The embankmenk |
Hog it Was dsns Was plainly Indicated 4
IN raany places aloaG TIE track Of tAs 1
Soaih Oaioliaa 4 Northern 4 silfosd for 4
Spaces of several handred yards IN
width.
me dreadful enefsy Of tha eaFth- /
quake waa expsndsd in two partisalaE /
WAya: hrH2, theFe Wers intervals uf q /
hu8droa yards O. more Ia which ths /
traak had the appaaranaa % being alter /
naisly Fais.d and deprssssa Ike hoe /
Of waves fEnNan Ia tAetr lass position, /
aRd ssooad, intervals indiaatine WhaEe /
sha force has 0soillAtsa from east 10 |
Wsst. bending she rails II EaEeEse carTas, 1
moss Of them taking the sAapss Of /
singh and osbsFs Of q doa6is lettar 8
piassd l1naituainAlly. Ths fAttoE aoei- /
aanas oesuFssd almost invariably at TIE /
tFasales aHd calserts. TbaFa were net /
less than 6Ve cf then between tba Sew 1
en- Miis Juncti0n and 9edborR. 10 4
ether places the tracks bad To- appear |
anss q beiag kinksd for miles. bai /
always 10 thsss oases in he aiFoetion /
Of The rails.
Ths train q ths time ef tha earth- /
quake uaa rnnninz elong al ths usaal /
spsed. and whea aaoat q m1la esHth Of
1edaurR if enooantsFed . terrible sx
psrieaea. IL vas fraiRh9ed vita ban
dre3a of exc1Fsienista tetuFntng tr0U
the mountAina They we're al say, /
happy en1 lau1h1nR, W131 ali Qf a1d-
Den. IN ths lanrnaQs % cue of tie n |
sursioaists, tha train appearsa % hare
left the traak snd Waa Roing -, ap ~. /
fu.s.a fhsa a7p Tnfa WHn ~ ftnfun Waua. !