The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-10

SHAKEN UP AGAIN.
Charlie ston Visited by Another Severe
Earthquake Shoek@=A woman Killed
The People Panie-Striekef - Scientific
Facts About Tuesday Nights Culver.

Charlie ston Visited by Another Severe
Earthquake Shoek=A woman Killed
The People Panie-Strieken = Scientific
Facts About Tuesday Nights Culver.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. a, $50 a. M
At precisely eleven o'clock last night an
other shock OF earthquake swept under the
city, coming with a heavy booming sound,
app afently from the southeast, whence all
the previous shocks have come. The earth
trernbled perceptibly, with q short, wavy
me ton for at least two seconds Nearly
everybody had gone to bed in their tents
or houses with confidence that the worst
was over: At the first note, however, of
the well-kn0Tn and dreaded sound
everybody was awake and ON their
feet, and the streets were filed in a twink
ling with men, women and children. At
the negro camp in the City Hall Park
nearly panic prevailed Men and women
shouted and cried and fell OH their knees,
uttering long, waiiing prayers and singing
the queer negro hymns. Wherever any
considerable number of negroes were en-
camped this scene was repeated. The po-
lice came among them and endeayored.
with Indifferent success, to calm them.
There is still much excitement all over
the city, and probably not one OF the TO-
900 people here is asleep. A large ruin in
King street was thrown to the ground
with crash, and several, other tottering
bits OF masonry came down. So far as
learned, only one fatality occurred. A
white woman, name unknown, was killed
by falling wall. The old alarm has
returned and upset the confidence which
was established yesterday. AT the Charles
ton Hotel there was Il general stampede
from the lower floor to the streets,
and women on the upper floor screamed
with fright. During the last second of the
shock q heavy report as of rending ma
sonty came from the southeast and upper
corner of the hotel.s About twenty jour
nalists were standing in the hotel at the
time. The building shook and a small
part of the cornice FELL They stampeded
to the streets, as did every one in the city,
including the News and Courier force.
The shock certainly did not last more
than six or seven seconds but unques-
tionably it did harm to the many already
cracked buildings. The panic that it Gre
ated was marvellous, and although the
people quickly recovered their self-posses-
sion, they are too doubtful to leave the
middle of the streets. 1t is impossible yet
to tel what damage was done, but the
huddle OF multitudes in the streets tells
the terror it sent to the people -.
WASHINGTON, Sept. AT about eleven
O'Clock last night another shock OF earth
quake was felt all along the southern At
lantic coast. 1t was not attended by any
damage SO far as can be learned,
but it was strong enough to cause
a stampede from their instruments
OF the telegraph operators in
Charleston, Augusta and Columbia. and
perhaps other places. They soon returned,
however. and resumed, business. The
shake was felt from Jacksonville to Wash
ington. 1t was plainly perceptible in
Washington, but not so strongly as on
Tuesday night.
CHARLESTON S. c.. Sept AT a joint
meeting of the Charleston Exchange and
Merchants Exchange yesterday the fol-
lowing was unanimously adopted:
40 Ill Exchanges aud Commercial Bodies:
Our warehouses, cotton presses, wharves
railroads rice mills and everyt thing else
necessary for handling business, though
damaged, are i'll working order We fear
no further disturbance. The destruction
of proper y will cause great distress and
suffering, but will not Interfere with the
The City Council at a. meeting held
yesterday adopted the following:
''ResolUed, That in response to the nu-
merous offers of assistance and sympathy
from our sister cities and from citizens of
this and other States, the Mayor is author
lied to state that great distress exists
among our citizens in consequence of the
earthquake acld that We gratefully accept
the aid thus rendered u.s."
The injury to the county Jail is welI-nigh
irreparable. Thirty-six prisoners escaped,
six OF whom have returned Three addi-
tional deaths were reported Yesterday
making thirty-eight in all. The wounded
number about one hundred.
SUIMERvILLE, S. c., Sept. 4.-There
were rumbings of an unmis taxable earth
quake here a number of times yesterday.
Nearly every body has fled from the town
and the inha bitants of the surrounding
country are again in state of the greatest
terror. Another slight shock was felt last
evening, and the tide is up so high that a
tidal wave is feared. There are between
5000 and 5000 refugees on Sullivan
Island, and should tidal wave make it's
appearance there is a possibility that all
may be submerged. The damage at Sum
merville is ascertained to be $500, 600 All
OF the Roman Catholic churches and school
buildings are destroyed, and services on
Sunday will be held in the public square.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-The following dis
patch was received by cable yesterday
from Queen Victoria:
"BALMoRAL, Sept. $40 the President of
the United States: / desire to express my
profound sympathy with the sufferers by
the earthquakes, and await with anxiety
IA vol / mo
show the effects to have been less disas-
trous than reported. THE QUEEN"
WASHINGTON, Sept 4.-Prof Powell re-
ceived by cable yesterday request from
Secretary Toplev, of the British Associa-
ton for the Advancement OF Science, to
wire the chief facts of the earthquake.
The following was sent in reply: %
"T0plsg, British association Birmingham,
Eng. Earthquake most severe on record in
the United States, and affected the greatest
area The origin was along the line Of Post
Quaternary; the Gislocati0a on eastern
TANKS of the Appaiachians, especially
where they cross Central North Carolina.
Slight premonitory shocks were felt in the
Carolinas for several days, moderately
severe shocks occurring near Charleston
August 2T and 20 The principal shocks caus-
ing great destruction in Charleston originated
in Central North Carolina, August 81, at
$3.50 p. M, seventy-fifth meridian time.
Thence the shocks spread with great rapidity
in all directions with velocity varying
from twenty-five to sixty-five miles a minute,
over an era of 9O00Oj square milestone
quarter of the United States-and embracing
twenty-eight States. from the ulf OF Mex
leo TO the great lakes and Southern
New England, and from the Atlantic
seaboard to the Central Mississippi Val
ley, In the Carolinas it was accom-
paaied by landslides, crevasses and
great destruction of property. Half of
Charleston in RUNS; more than forty lives
lost. No sea wave yet reported second
acknowledgements shock was felt at Charles
followed at increasing intervals. The princ-
pal shock was felt over this vast area within
fifteen minutes.
Terrible Fall of a Coaching Party in
Pennsylvania.
KINGSTON, Pa Sept. "A pleasure par