The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-09-11
THE CHARLESTON HORROR.
The Beautiful Metropolis OF the Pal
metto state Laid in Ruins, and nany
OF Its People Killed.

AA1AsD Et@t0 A1zAau ia Ruins, ana many
Oftts People Killed.
The news of the terrible earthquakes
which visited the Atlantic seaboard on
the 1st instant and whose eliminating
point was Charleston, South Carolina,
is appalling. That beautiful city was
literally Knocked to pieces and over
100 lives lost. In many other cities
along the coast the quakes were severe,
though but little damage was done
elsewhere. A dispatch from the I'M
fortunate city, dated two days after
the occurrence, says:
Efforts are being made to clear paths
through the streets for the passage of
vehicles and pedestrians, and the city
once more begins to show signs of life.
For two long
DAYS AND NIGHTS OF HORROR
Women and children have been camp
ing In the parks and squares, and it has
been impossible to give any correct esti
mate of the loss of life aud property.
The people have huddled ON the
squares, aud small detached relief
parties only have been ut work to dig
out the dead from the debris and sue
cor the wounded. The first systemized
effort to get at the facts are now under
way. The list of dead recognized and
reported foots up sixteen, aud tile
search has only commenced. The list
of wounded Will go into the hundreds.
About seven-eighths of the houses and
public buildings in the city are either
damaged or wrecked. Even the his
toric ST. Michaels and st. Phillips are
SO badly wrecked that i, is feared they
will have to be taken down. Waves,
from o: 80 o'clock tuesday night have
been coming about every five or six
hours. There have been none now for
twelve hours, and strong hopes are
entertained that the horror is over.
THE STREETS Uttered.
The principal streets are Uttered
with bricks and rubbish. The City
Hall escaped damage The massive
pOrtico of ST. Michael's Church was
wrenched from the body of the church
and the cracks in the main building
extend To the foundation. All of the
porlIco OF Bishop NSrthrup's residence
was swept away. The Academy of
Music appears to be uninjured.
Charleston Hotel loses its ceilings and
part of the coping. German Artillery
Hall is somewhat injured. The water
works building and reservoir are un-
injured. several buildings on Haynes
street are Quilted. The injury 10 St.
Phillips Church, previously mention-
ed, is almost iDdcscribahlc. Several
arches OF the spire above the clock
towrr are torn dawn and thrown out.
o. saiiivan's Island tie shock was
severe, bur comparatively little injury
was doae and ho lives were lost. On
James Island
THE EARTH WAS CRACKED
In several places. and from tie assures
issued large bodies Of cold water mix
eel with sand and blue mud. Clocks
everywhere were stopped ut about o 40
p N. At Mount Pleasant there was "A
general shaking up, but no loss of life.
There are many assures and cavities
from which fresh water and mud have
come. Fine mud or sand has also come
t. tile surface in Charleston. Itiscon-
tended that there was atwist or turn in
the motion of the earthquake, and that
il had not simply an undultating mo-
tion. Articles of furniture and lamps
have been found which are turned
partly around, in addition to the WISH
ble effects of the simple wave motion.