The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-10
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CnARIRsTox, s. G., Sept. i.-$hcrsiy
after srn O'Clock last night IN earthquake
Of spch violence a. has never before been
experienced In this city occurred The
whole city was shaken violently, causing
heavy loss Of life and doing immense
damage 10 properly. The city 70 one
msss Of wreck. The streets are com
pictely blocksded with debris Of ruined
houses. telegraph poles, wires Vehicles
Of any kind can not be driven through
the streets. while pedestrianism Is po'n
dangerous and dificult- People have
been in the streets since the occurrence
Of the drs< shock wrinE.ng their hands
and crying aloud 70 God 70 save then.
Whole families passed the night cudd'ed
together IN open spaces, some Of them
praying continuously, implorins Divine
intercession.
OpiuSonS diner q 20 the number o.
MnOEk<
that there were only two, while others
are ~ positivc that there were three.
great many Insist that there were even
moe However, this may be, The nrst
WAS the most severe, and did the most
damage.
There are large numbers Of huiidiaxs
wrecked, but Il IL impossible %
ascertain In the present excite
->.cs no. manv Several Of the
wrecked houses caught nre, and are stlu
Burning In various parts OF the CITY;
but no fears are entertained OF the nres
spreading. So far as learned, from sixty
70 seventy persons have been killed ana
wounded. and IL 10 feared that when
canvass Of the wrecked districts Il mao-
this number will be materially augment
"a. few Of the names Of those who
have either lost their lives or received
fatal injuries through the destruction o.
their dyse lIines have been ascertained.
and among them are the followin.- NJ.
J. Lynch, ID. X. Alexander, Hammond
and Ainsley Sobeson-all white.
The majority Of the victims are coioreo
people,
II Il impossible to give any estimate Of
the loss Of property at present. but Il Is
| believed Il will reach far up In the mill.
| IONS. The city Is completely Isolated
t, and At present there Is no means OF eth
! er entering or leaving Il.
| LATER.
| The. earthquake last night destroyed
| the principal business portion Of fhs
| city, and hundreds are rendered home
1 less. The main station-house, the Cit
\ hall. Hibernian hall. and many other well
| known public buildings. Including th'
\ Never-dying St Nichaers Church, are II
reparably damaged. Broad street thi
f, morning presented spectacle OF the Ut
most horror. Even women, armed viii
hatchets, worked valiantly 70 rescue N
imprisoned unfortunates.
4 Meeting street, from Broad &c Hazel,
4 wreck lined with homeless people. +
add to the horror Of the night, many ire
broke out and were Intellectually fougf
BY the brave fire department.
The night Was made hideous with n
howi< of the dying. the groans of n
wounded and the prayers Of the unit
| iured. II Is impossible vet 10 state n
loss OF life or DAMAGE 10 property y
J 70 ten O'Clock this morning ten distin'
shocks were felt here.
II CHARLESTON. s. c.. Sept. l--At twenl
minutes after eight o'clock this mornIu
another wave swept over the city, CO..
. | ing. Is the Others did, from the Sout
| east and going in q Northwest directio
~ that time people who had been out
the public parks and open places all nic
| had. many OF them, ventured into The
houses to get clothing and something
| eat. The approach Of the quake "
u -
resembling distant thunder. Then
gradually approached, earth quaked q
) heaved. and In three seconds II had pas
Cd, the sound dying out In the disians
G This Is the only wave felt since $3.50 a.
. II was not destructive, all the desut
ton have been done last night. Flu
= two-thirds OF the residences in the &
. are uninhahitable, wrecked either tota
or partially.
1t IL impossible to give . correct es
mate Of the casualties. 1t Is thouc
that between fifty and one hundred y
: sons have been killed and several ~
. dred wounded, At the time OF the q
shock. About twenty houses we're
4 stF0yed BY DIRE. Scarcely one hundI
:, houses In the city are occupied n q
time. the people being all encamped
= open places. All the stores are clos
i and . scarcity Of provisions Is feared,
= from want Of provisions. but because
one can be got into the stores to !
:. them
y CHARLESTON, 8. c., Sept. !, 5 '. y
Two slight earthquake shocks have be
4. felt here to-day. besides the one viii
occurred In the morning. They "
at but slight quakes, and neither did
o. further destruction. Not even dur
y General Gilmore's bombardment Of
city has there ever been such dcplc
a BILE state Of affairs here. The city
% literally In ruins, and people are
Ing In the open squares and par
=, There il . great rush 10 the railroad
- pots 10 get away, but owing 70 damag
~ the railways no trains have been able
M BE- dispatched from the city. TelcgraI
communication ID also cut Oh save
az wire Of the Southern Company, which
Of crowded with anxious private MESA;
Its impossible to depict the ruin
nd desolstion that prevails here. Not sil
IN place of business In the city Is 81
,st save the drug stores, which are B
preparing prescriptions for the wound
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