Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-02
OCTOBER's SHOCKS
Iwenty-Eight of Varying Degrees of
Violence Felt at Charleston.


CHARLESTON, Nov. To-day Charles
ton enters upon the third month of her
great trial. The first preliminary shock,
The Introductory, so to speak, of our
troubles, occurred on Aug. q. The
fatal shock occurred on Aug. 81,
ana from that tine until Sept. so
lnefe were thirty shocks. According to
tn9 statement Of the scientists these
SHOCKS were the natural result of the
great disturbance OF Aug. 81, and were
caused 0y the gradual subsidence OF the
earth to its normal condition. With this
explanation the people here suffered in
silence and with fortitude. This CORE
sp0ndent has kept an accurate record of
the disturbances during the second month
October and In common with many of his
unfortunate fellOw-citizeus is almost
losing faith in the scientific theory Of
subsidence. AS a matter OF fact there
nave been twerty-eightea earthquake shocks
IN this city during the month of October,
the record being as follows:
Oct. l-l:45 a. m., faint rumbiing and
slight vibration; II a. M, very slight vi
bratiOn.
Oct. 4-1O:30 p. m, faint rumble and
distinct shock.
Oct. 5-4 a. M, very slight shake ,dou bt-
Oct. IS p. M, distinct rumble and vi
bl alton; IL p. M, slight noise and tremor.
Oct. S-l0:40 p. m, distinct shock.
oct. 9-12:35 a. M, slight tremOr; 80
a. m, loud rumble and sharp shock, du-
ration of five seconds; 3;35 a. M. tremor
slight, but very perceptple.
Oct. 10-11:45 p. m, slight tremor.
oct. l2-3;Oo a. M, slight tremor.
(doubtful.
oct. l0-4:07 a. M, very sharp shock,
shaElng houses, rafting windows and
followed by deep roar; sos a. M, first
long, loud roar, then rather sharp vi
bration, duration of eight seconds.
Oct. 16-S p. M, severe shock IN Sum-
merville, but very distinct in Charleston.
Oct. l7-5:16 a. M, slight shake but
very distinct.
Oct. POI a. m, slight tremor.
Oct. 22-5:25 a. M, heavy shock last
ing ten seconds, preceded and accom-
panied by loud rumble. A metporic
shower occurred Just at the moment of
the shake, almost fifty or more meteors
being in motion at the time in the
heavens little south aud east OF the zen
lth; 2:45 p. m, loud noise and short
but sharp shock of almost five seconds
duration; 1905 D. M, slight shock, but
very perceptlble; II :55 p. m, sharp but
snort shake, no noise.
Oct. 24-1:05 a. M, a detonation, but no
shake.
Oct 25-4 a. m, short, sharp double
shock, described as two thumps follow
ing each other in rapid succession; 2:45
p. M, slight vibration; 8p. M, three dis
tinct thumps following each other in rapid
succession; no sound.
Oct. 2S-l a. m, a slight thump.
Oct 29-1l:09 p. M, very loud roaring
sound resembling distant thunder; shake
not so severe.
Oct. 30-34S a. m, decorating sounds
followed by severe shocks; houses shaken
and people awakened; duration five to
seven seconds.
sUMMERvILLE SHAKEN.
There was a shock at SummerviIle at
1925 O'Clock this morning, but it was not
severe. All is quiet here. The spring
discovered in the custom house yard yes
terday proves to have been break in a
water pipe.
There have been no more quakes, and
all is quiet in Charleston tonight. Poll
ticians are hard at work.
NINAFoU's PHENOMENA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IA letter pub
lished in this evenings Bulletin, under
date of Apia, Oct. 10, says that authentic
news has reached Samoa TO the effect tn at
on the morning of Sept. 10 over 100 heavy
shocks of earthquake occurred on the
island of Ninafou, one of the Tonga
group. and that from the bottom OF the
lake, which is 1000 feet deep, noun
tain has arisen to a height of 300 feet
above its surface; also that this noun
tain has burst out in flames and thrown
out hot stones and sand in such quanti-
ties as to destroy two-thirds OF the cocoa
nut trees on the island. In Samoa light
shocks of earthquake occur so frequently
now that they no longer cause any
alarm,