Connecticut western news., 1886-09-08

utes, and was like the sounds nr . bombar5- ment at g. great distance. All of these sos.o explosl.ons .o were not accompanied by any perceptaDle tremors of the earth, as it was only occasionally that the earth would ouake from subterranean discharges. A remarkable fGSt was noted in Summervile in respect to the bulging of the watch from tho interior of the earth. Nearly all the wells had been at low water. There was q sudden rise in all of these wells, and the additional water was pure. Looking down into one of them the observer could, just before any of the loud detonations, see the water rise up the walls of the wells, and after the shock again subside.,
 TERRIFIED COHORED PEOPLE,
 It would be simply impossible to exaggerate of depict in sufficiently descriptive language the effect of the visitation of Tuesday night on the colored people of Charleston. Agreat deal has been written about these people and their Sctioiis under the strong feelings of sorrow or despair. But there never was until within the public exhibition nf Expectations fear to the degree that hIs existed among all classes of the oolored people since the tremendous shock of Tuesday night. Only few minutes after the warning voice of the earthquake had passed away, the effect on the mind and imagination of every eolored hiaf,; woman and child in the City Was complete. They fled from their homes, they knew not where, and as they ran hither and thither through blinding clouds of pulverized mortar
 
 from the streets, they filled the air with dis nal groans of despair and lamentations of ter rifed and terrifying distress. As usual with them in their funeral devotions, the name Jesus was most frequently. used. and as if sup plicatlng Bod face to face, they shrleked out, in the very helplessness and pathos Qf despair such sentences as Do, my Master, Jesus, have mercy on me-" 'sOh,, sweet Jesus, save me, save me;'' s.Let mo live through this night, dear God, my Saviour;" 'Hold sSi.xN l,rsof Westef," and other fearful supplications which intensified the horror of the situation and went far toward demoralizing the white people, who were also rushing blindly and blinded hither and thither in the htful, glare of fickering lights, almost eeltpsed by the shower of ascend ing and descending dust. As usual; the faces pf the White man and White woman in the time of danger was sight of sudden joy in the gloom to many 8 poor wander. ing colored boy or girl, who endeavored in the confusion to supplicate that they would tvniain with them until the Judgment was done." In many an instance trembling col ored girl sank down on her knees and seized with frantic energy the folds of some white ladys dress, and, failing to impress hef terror that she only wanted the moral support of a friend in the hour of distress and agony. THE LOSSES.
 On Saturday there were thought to be over twenty thousand people encamped in tho open air, with such covering as they can get from sheets and coverlets stretched | Over poles. The suffering of the women l hnd children has been intense. The loss is | now estimated at over $5, ,0OO, ,OOO and .,lnless outside help is received the city will never be | rebuilt, for the inhabitants are demoralized and. and openly t2 talk of leaving such dangerous All in all, the situation may be summed up l as follows: Total deaths, thirty-three; woun- l ded, over one hundred, of whom ten are likely 1 to die The value of the fesidences Which have been damaged Is $1 800, ,0o0-the wooden resi-, Sencss S6 the p1no p"bS Sob buildings s$o houses, $8O0,OO Of the total, $4 00O, 900 will | be an entire loss.
 l DESCRIPTION OF gHARhEsfoN.
 | Charleston is situated in latitude 30o 46' l north and In 79' 5T west longitude from l London. 1t Is $40 miles nearly que south from | Washington, and 766 miles distant from New 1 York. It is the largest city in South Carolina, and one of the most important ports of entry 1 on the Atlantic coast south of New York. It ] is built on tongue of land with the Ashley | River on the south side of it and the Cooper | River on the north side. These two streams come together immediately below the point of lend or extremity of the city, much as the the south end of Manhattan Island. Of the l point lies the bay which constitutes the | Charleston harbor. The rivers on either side of the city are navigable for vessels of the | thirty to forty feet. The Ashley river opposite the city is 8 little over mile wide, the Cooper a little less than that. Tho general level of the city is only from eight to nine feet above | the level of the harbor at high tide. The tide | rises six feet and runs with great force. From two to four miles out in the bay there are sev- eral islands. The city has a general length of | two miles north and south, and is 8 mile and a half in width. 1t is regularly laid out. The l streets are from sixty to seventy feet wide, and are for the most part finely shaded. The busl- 1 ness part of the city is found along the water front and on the extreme south, and the point 1 of land. It is built for the most part of brick, many of the business buildings being from fotir to five stories high. The residences are largely of wood, so constructed with piazzas as to afford most outdoor comfort. The popula- ton of Charleston in 1880 was 49. 084.
 TERROR IN SAVANNAH.
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