Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-04

one OF them. the train appeared to have left
ene track and was going up, up, up, into
the air. This was the rising wave. Sad.
denly it descended and AZ it rapidly fell il
was flung first violently over to the east
apparently leaning over at an angle OF at
ieasS iorty-five degrees. Then the train
r'ghted and was hurled as with
ahe roar oar Of, OF ae.tilIery over to
the track and then took a plunge down.
ward, evidently on the descending wave.
The engineer put down the brakes tight,
but 80 great was the original and added
momentum that the train leaned ahead.
1t is said that the train actually galloped
along the track, tie front and rear trucks
OF the coaches rising and falling alternately.
The utmost confusion prevailed; women
and children shrieked with dismay, and
the bravest hearts quailed in momentary
expectation OF a more terrible catastrophe
Rev. Ellison Capers chanced to be on board
and he lost no time in giving as best he
could in the agony of the moment the best
advice and counsel he could offer.
The train was then taken back
in the direction of Jedbury. On the
way back the work of the earthquake was
terribly patent. The train had passed
over one OF those serpentine curves already
described and it is the simple truth to
state that every soul on board was saved
solely through the interposition OF Divine
Providence.
The horror of the situation in Summer
vile on Wednesday was much intensified
by certain manifestations that were OBJ
served in Charleston to a very great ex tent.
All during the day there was a constant
series of detonations now east, now west
and from all possible directions. It re.
sembled the discharge of heavy guns
at intervals of about ten minutes and was
like the sounds OF bombardment at
great distance. All OF these explosions
were not accompanied by tremors OF the
ca, tn, as it was only occasionally that the
earth would quake from subterranean dis.
charges. A remarkable fact was noted in
Summerville in respect to the bulging of
water from the interior of the earth. Nearly
all OF the wells have been at low water
mark. There was q sudden rise in all of
the wells, and the additional water was
pure. Looking down into one OF these wells
The observer could on the eve of the
oud detonations see rivers rise up the
walls of the well, and after q shock again
,ubside.
There is a rather more cheerful feeling to.
hight but no sense of security will repair |
he shattered houses and renew the ruined |
homes. Offers of assistance are coming |
hat the city council will organize relief |
Committee tomorrow, to decide the losses |
~ the earthquake. Charleston is in as i
ood position as ever for the usual au- |
umn trade. There is ample warehouse |
DOM. Compressors are in trim and mer |
hants and factories are ready to deal ex-
with them.
THE LAST SHOCK.
CHARLESTON, September AT 11:5O p.
A. heavy earthquake passed through the
ity. Its coming was preceded by quite q
lumber OF expressions dim and distant,
'hich commenced to be heard five minutes
efore vibration was felt. The wave was
lore pronounced than the two which pre-.
eded it, one at 1926 a. m. and the other
t 5:19 p. M, and as it passed by to the
orthwest there followed sounds which in
icated the falling OF the walls OF buildings.
his was the last vibration last night. At
ay break many people piled up their
ents and departed to their shattered
ONES.