Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
Subterranean Thunder at Columbia
Shakes Houses and Awakens Sleep
inc Citizens.
Severe Earthquake Shocks Reported
from Charleston. Summeryille,
and Savannah.


ing, the shock at 500 a. m, being sharp
and causing houses to rattle uncomfort-
ably.
| There was no general alarm, but a
good many persons ran out of their
| houses into the streets and remained
there.
At Summerville there were three shocks
between 4:25 and $50 o'clock this morn
ing, there being a rather violent shock at
500 here.
A loud defamation, similar to the report
of heavy gun, was heard at the begin
ming of the severe shock here, and there
were several detonations OR explosions
with two of the shocks at Summer
vile.
There was no mistaking the character
of the disturbance that occurred at 5:15
this morning. 1t was
A RUDE AWAKENING
for the people of this brave old city, but
they bore it as they have never borne all
the other great trials through which they
have been called upon to pass, with I'M
finching fortitude and courage. Most of
the people in the city were asleep at the
time, but the shock was sufficiently strong
to awaken them. The features of the
phenomenon and of the atmospheric con-
ditions were somewhat peculiar. The
weather on Sunday and Monday nights
was warm and sultry. After 10 o'clock at
night the wind seemed to have died out
entirely. On Monday night indications
of change in the weather were apparent.
Frequent flashes of sheet-lightning were
seen in the north, and occasional rolls of
distant thunder we're heard. In the
opinion of some people there were seismic
detonations. But there seems to be
scarcely room to doubt that they were
rolls of distant thunder. The sky over
| Charleston all this time was entirely clear
! and the moon shone bright. Shortly af-
ter midnight the wind set in rather brisk
! ly from the east and clouds began to gath
er in the sky. Some persons state that
there was slight shock about O'Clock,
but if there was it was not sufficient to
arouse any one who was asleep. It was
| 5:15 o'clock when the shock arrived. This
| was
ABOUT THE SEYEREST
| that has been felt in Charleston for over
| two weeks. The other vibrations that
many people alleged they have felt were
childs play compared with the shock this
morning. Houses were perceptibly shak-
en-, and in many houses plastering was
thrown down. The shock is variously es-
timated to have lasted from 3 to 10 seconds
| there seems to be some question whether
it was accompanied by the usual tremb-
ling sound. A gentleman who was on
the second floor of a large brick building
states that the shaking of the house, &C
companied by rafting of sashes, the
grinding of joists, and the fall of plaster
ing was all that he heard. The police
| IL
Broad and Meeting street states, on the
contrary that he felt very slight move
ment of the earth, but distinctly heard
noise. Another man who was on the
street on his way to his place of business
states that the earth moved violently, and
that the sound was like the explosion of
thousand pounds of dynamite under
| ground. The worst feature of the shock
was the additional injury to the medical
| college, of which large part of the wall
fell in. 1t is now gaping ruin and APP
parentiy must come down to the basement
shock to-day is reported also from Sum
merville, Sumter, Blackville Grangeburg,
| Newberry, Augusta, and Savannah. With
| in three minutes after the shock were a
good many people on the streets, although
comparatively few of them were women
and children. The sidewalks had been so
cleared of debris that most pedetrians
had returned to the habit of using the
pavements. It was observed this morn.
ing, that many persons
KEPT IN THE MIDDLE OF The ROAD
while walking through the streets. There
was little Interruptions to business and
none whatever in the work of repairs,
which is progressing as rapidly as can
be expected under the circumstances
The weather to-day was cloudy, with
brisk winds, which are to be expected at
this time of the year. The relief COM
mittee is making considerable Roadway
with the work before it. Over 500 forms
of application for relief on account of
injury by the earthquake to houses and
other property have been issued, and
nearly 700 applications fully filled out
have been received, These applications
come from every class of the community.
The Custom House pediment has been
shored up and the postoffice made safe
for occupants. Architect Spier is salts
fed of the hopeless condition of both
| the Postoffice and the United States
Engineers Building on Meeting street,
and will Recommend that the de-
partment ask Congress at its next session
to make an appropriation for the cree
ton of a public building of sufficien
size to accommodate all the depar tments
of the government that are not properly
provided for.
AT SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept. %, -Savannnh ex-
perienced another very distinct earth
| quake shock at 455 local time this morn
| ing. The vibra ton lasted several seconds,
causing slate roofs, windows, ETC., to rat
| tie. Hundreds of people were
! awakened and many were frightened
| badly though there was no general
/ alarm.
| Tia Stn,.r of ~, Ancient Enrntinn City