Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-02
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. IA CITY IN RUINS. Charleston Wrecked By The Earthquake.
 HORRORS OF THE SITUATION. Weeping Of Women and the
 Hoarse Cries of Men. OTHER SHOCKS LAST NIGHT. The People In a State of
OTHER SHOCKS LAST NIGHT.
The People In a State of
 Despair.
THE TERRIBLE EARTHQ UA KE.

THE TERRIBLE EEARTHQ JAKE.
 Charleston Wrecked-NearIy One Hun 1 dred Persons Killed and Severa
 Hundred Injursd-Fires Add to tn TerrOr-The People Encamped i'm tn l Streets-Scenes and Inc1dents-Hov
 Other Parts of the Country Was Al ! fected.
 CHARLESTON, s. o., Sept. 1.-An earth
 quake such as has never before been know
 in the history of this city visited Charlesto
 last night, shortly after ten o'clock, causin
 more or less injury to property and ia
 more loss of life than the cyclone of yea
 before. The city is wrecked, the streets ar
 encountered with masses of fallen bricks ant
 tangled telegraph and telephone wires, ait up to an early hour it was almost impossib1
 to pass from one part of the city to another
 The first shock was by far the most severe l Most of the people with their families passed
 the night in the streets, which even this morn
 ing are crowded with people afraid to reente
 their homes. More than sixty persons, chief
 ly colored, were killed and wounded. Amon{
 the whites killed and fatally injured are NJ. J | Lynch Dr. R. Alexander Hammond, Aims | parts of the city immediately after the earth quake, and some are still burning, but there
 is no danger of their spreading. There is nc
 way of leaving the city at present.
 Many people are seriously, if not fatally 1 injured. Broad street presented spectacle ! of the utmost horror. Women armed with hatchets fought valiantly to rescue imprison- l ed unfortunates. Meeting street, from Broad l to Hazel, is a wreck and lined with unfortu- l mates. To add to the horror of the scene, l many fires broke out and were Intellectually | fought by our fire department. Up to 10 8. m. to-day there were ten distinct shocks The damage is estimated st $2 ,000, ,000.
 F. m.-At precisely S:25 this morning | another wave swept over the city, coming, as did the other, from the southeast and going in a northwesertly direction. By that time on the public parks and open places all night, had ventured into their houses to get clothing and something to eat. The ap- proach of the shock Geralded by the usual rumbling sound resembling distant thunder. Then it gradually approached, the earth quivered and heaved, the sound dying out in the distance. This is the only wave felt since 2:30 p. m. It was not de structive, all the destruction having been done at 9:55 last night.
 The city is 8 complete wreck. St. Mi chaels and St. Philips churches, two of the most historic churches in the city, are in ruins. So is Hibernian Hall. The police station and many other public buildings and fully two-thirds of the residences in the city are uninhabitable, being wrecked either to- tally or partially. It is impossible at this time to give correct estimate of the casual ties. It is expected that between fifty and one hundred people have been killed and ad Ia nf the first shock fires broke out in five different places in the city. About twenty houses were de- stroyed by fire. Scarcely one hundred houses in the city are occupied at this time, the people being all encamped in open places All the stores are closed and scarcity of provisions is feared, not from 8 want of provisions, but because no one can be got to reach the stores and sell them.
 JUNCTION, s. o., Sept. 1.-11:45 8. m. (Six miles from Charleston)-Telegraph and telephone wires in Charleston are badly blocked with fallen buildings. Another shock was felt this morning. The principal business part of the city was destroyed. Hundreds were rendered homeless The main station house, the City Hall, Hibernian Hall and many other we'll known public buildings, including St. Michaels church, weIe irreparablY damaged.
 Business is entirely suspended People generally remain in the streets in tents and under improvised shelters and will camp out to night fearing another shock. The gas works are injured and probably the city will be without light tonight. St. MiehaeI's church is shattered and the steepIe will come down, likewise the steeple of St. Phillips. The steeple of the Unitarian church has fal len. The porticos of Hiberian hall and the There is much injury to mansions on the east and south battery. The portice of the Ravenal mansion is down. Hardly and many so shaken. and cracked that @ hard blow would bring them to the ground.
 The shock was severe at Summerville, and Mount Pleasant, and Suliivan's Islanc, but no loss of life is reported there.
 There are Assures in the earth from which fine sand, apparently from great depth ex- udes. A sulphurous smell is very noticea- ble.
 Two slight earthquake shocks have been felt here since the one at 8:20 8. m. They occurred at 1 80 and 5:20 D. m., but were very slight and did no damage. At 5:30 p. m slight shocks were felt at Columbia, s C., and Augusta, Ga. At the latter place the vibrations were noticeable for two minutes.
 Two slight earthquake shocks have been felt here to-day since the one which occurred this morning. They were but slight quakes and neither did further damage. Not even during Major Gilmore's bombardment of this city has there been such q deplorable state of affairs. The city is literally in ruins and the people are living in the open squares and public parks. There is 8 great rush to the railroad depots to get away, but owing to the damage to the railroads no trains have been able to be despatched from the city. Photographic communication is also cut off save one wire of the Southere Tele- graph company which is crowded with anxious private messages. It is impossible to depict the ruin and desolation that prevails. Not single place of business is open save the drug stores, which are busy preparing pre- scriptions for the wounded It is impossi- ble at this writing to give any correct esti- mate of the killed and wounded as bodies are constantly being disinterred from the debris. One undertaken who was interviewed this af- ternoon stated that he had furnished eight coffns up to noon. Many of the dead of the poorer class of colored people lie unburied, awaiting burial by the county There arc not 8 half dozen tents in the city and women and children are experiencing great priva- tions in consequences, and as night comes on most of the heads of families are trying to construct tents of beds, spare awnings and any material that comes into their hards. The sun is about to set and another night of horror for Charleston. Heaven only Knows what it may bring forth, even without further violent shakes, apprehensions of which present in the minds of the people here.
 CHARLESTON, S. O., Sept 1, 9p. m-The alarm and apprehension among the citizens continues unabated. The impression has spread among the people from some cause that the shock of last night is likely to be re- peated tonight and this adds to the prevail ing anxiety. The streets present a sad pie ture of desolation and ruin. The parks and open places are camping grounds for thous- ands of poorly clad and discouraged people There is general desire among the more well-to-do classes to get away from the city and as soon as railway communication is re- established there will be exodus. This will be the case independently of the present feeling of panic for even after this passes away there will be many families who will remove temporarily while the restoration of the city is being carried on. There are many visitors who no charm in the place now and will hasten away north south. A we'll known citizen thus describes his exper- fence during the shock last night:
 "We all made rush for the street but when we saw buildings swaying and walls toppling into the streets in every direction, feeling of despair seemed to seize upon every body. I for one realized the uselessness of attamnti0o to esraue and I SAW others also