The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-11

DAy-SSAriy tn9 SAtE IN
Ru,ns-A Night of Terror-shocks
Elsewhere.
The night of the 31st ult. was tia
most disastrous in the history OF
Charleston, s. c. Dispatche report
that not even during the lombard
ment OF the city by Gen. Quincy A.
Gilmore III the civil war, nor at the
time or the great cyclone a year ago,
was there such havoc wrought. About
III O'Clock IN the evening when the
streets We're being gradually deserted
and most OF the city's inhabitants
were preparing to retire for the night,
tho eartn shook violently. Business
blocks and public buildings swayed to
and fro and crumbled into ruins.
Even private dwellings were shattered,
burylng the inmates in the debris
The streets were filed with masses OF
fallen bricks, timbers and tangled tele-
grarn and telephone wires, making
progress from one part Of the city to
another almost Impossible. Practi-
caily, the city was laid in ruins in the
twlnkling OF an eye. To add 10 the
horror OF the situation, fire broke out
IN various parts OF the city, and about
twenty houses were burned before
the fire department could check the
flames. The people were terror
stricken, and all who were able rushed
wildly into the streets. Men were fran
tic with fear, women screamed and
tainted and children sobbed. The
groans and sArieks OF the wounded
We're heard on all sides. The skies
hyJvh+lr slI,,x,cAl
burning buildings and it seemed as
though what the earthquake had
spared would speedily be devoured by
the names. About two-thirds OF the
buildings IN the city are IN ruins. The
balance are either entirely wrecked o.
so badly damaged as 10 uecessitate
tearing them down and rebuilding
The loss OF life cannot be definitely es-
tlmated, different statements placing
the lgures all the way from so to 200
Inc loss by ire and earthquake is
placed at s., 600, 600.
The remainder OF the night after the
first shock was spent by the people in
the streets and vacant lots OF the city.
When daylight came the people etadu-
ally recovered from their fright. 1t
was then found that st. Michaers
Church, St. Phillips Church, Hiberni-
an Hall, the police station and many
other prominent buildings were either
wholly or partially destroyed. There
was much injury to mansions on the
east and south battery. The portico
OF the Rayenal Mansion is down.
Hardly house in the CITY escaped in
Jury, and many are so shaken and
cracked that a hard blow would bring
them to the ground. Broad Street
presented a spectacle OF the utmost
horror. Even women armed with
hatchets fought valiantly to rescue
the imprisoned unfortunates. Meet
ing Street, from Broad to Hazel, was
a wreck, and was lined with unfortu-
mates. Business was entirely sus-
pended.
During the early morning number
OF slight shocks were experienced, but
no damage was done worth mention
ing as compared with theruin wrought
by the first shake. A later dispatch
says three-f0urtbs OF the city will have
to be rebuilt. The damage is now
placed at $4,000, 900.
Slight shocks Of earthquake are re-
ported from al parts OF the country
at about the same hour as the first
shake at Charleston, and also during
the night and the following day. but
no loss OF life resulted, and but little
damage TO property.
The vibrations were also felt in
Europe, slight shocks being reported
from different points on thecontinent.
A London dispatch says: 4 severe
shock OF earthquake was felt at Ante
guerra, near Malay. Yesterday. The
inhabitants fled, panic-stricken, from
the town. There was no loss Of life.
At Smyrna several Well-deined shocks
OF earthquake were felt between 10
and II O'Clock last night. No damage
was done
The damage caused by the earth
quakes at Peliatra, in Greece, amounts
to about 100000.
The official total OF deaths is thirty
three. The wounded will probably
number 100. Business is still sus-
pended, the whole attention OF the
people being given to providing for
refugees and making residences safe.
Brlcklayers have advanced their rates
to So q day. The city Council will
provide measures for relieving the
poor. Expressions of gratitude are
heard on all sides for the assistance
offered to Charleston, OF which suffer
ing people will gladly avail themselves.
The following is the official list Of
those who We're killed By the earth
quake, or who have since died from
their injuries:
White-Peter Powers, Mrs. c. Bar.
Der, Alnsley H. Robson, Robert Alex
ander, Charles Albrecht. B. P. Mey-
marble, Patrick Lynch, Annie Torck.
Mrs. Rachael Ahrens, Goldie Ahrens.
Colored-Tnomas Wilson, William
Dear, Anna Glover, Z. Sawyer, William
Grant, Alexander Miller, Joseph Rod
Ion, Hannah Smalls, Mary BarnWell,
Maria Pinckney, James Brown, John
Cook, seera B. Sawyer, Angelic Dayids,
Eugene Roberts, Robert Rodlof. Grace
Fleming, Rosa Murray, Oliver Nickel.
by, John Cook, Clarissa Simonds,
Hannah Harris, Sarah Middleton. Re
becca Ward, child OF Mrs. Barneveld,
Slight shocks were experienced in
and near Charleston during the night
OF the Sd, and panic was created
among the people IF the wrecked city.
But little damage was done, however,
and no lives were lost. Shocks were
also felt at Raleigh, n. c., and Savan-
nah, Ga. A number Of those injured
IN the first disaster died during the
day.