The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-09-16
EARTHQUAKE auMBLrNGs.
Confidence Returning Charity frem all Parts
of The World.

Business has been roopened along tho
wharvos of Charleston. Cotton factors
and ship-brollors are ready for business
and full of confidence in tho future, and |
declare their purpose to make Charles
ton Il bigger place than over. In the
market and on tho streets the old
familiar sounds of "sibby bean, "Okra'n
tomottis, "raw shrimp" etc, arc heard
again.
The U. S. Engineers i'll Charleston
have begun their survey. The postoiticc
is seriously damaged. The Custom
House porticO is injured. The club
house on Meeting Street will be pulled
down. The rear of the Western Union
Telegraph building is dangerous. The
Cotton Factory will have its walls pulled |
in by rods, and its chimney pulled down
and rebuilt. The general impression of
tho board is that IL largo proportion of
the vacant houses arc safe, and they |
recommend to their owners to return to |
thcm.
Prof. McGcc, before leaving Charles
ton, wrote letter saying that the dan
ger is most probably over. He adds
that i'll case OF shock, however severe,
those i'll doors should remain there till
the disturbance is over lie rejects the
idea Of tidal waves or volcanic cruptions.
The continuing shocks ne deems cvi-
dcnccs of safety, rs they tend to restore
equilibrium.
a Trust Company is organizing in
New York and other cities for the pur-
pose of loaning money to rebuild Charles
ton at three per cent.
The people Of Baltimore havo sub
fcrihcd $l5, 900 to the earthquake fund,
and will increase the amount to $25, 600.
The total fund subscribed from all part,;
of the United States up to Wednesday
reached $llO, O,737.67.
The News and Courier says: "rhC
refugees arc profuSc i'll their acknowl-
cdgmcnt Of the many kintlncsscs that
have been shown them by the people o
Columbia"
There was q faIlingo in the number O
passengers from Charleston on Wcdncs
day. The free pass system Of the rail
roads has been abused. Hereafter
greater care will be exercised in offering
free transportation.
The city schools Of Charleston arc I'm
dcr8olng repairs, and such rs arc read,
will open on the 10th October.
The clorgymcn of Charleston arc dis
cussii '" question whether the earth
quake rs 'rlsit0tiOn of God'S wratl
lOr SltN or not.
The Rev. A TOomcr Porter has writ
ton letter calling on ii, ,,rnpic to re
turn to their houses and AZ, cNpomlr,
from sleeping in the open All. He call.
on the strong to 90 to work md ih,
feeble to leave the city for fortnight
lie advocates also the substitution o
terra Gotta pipes for heavy chimney tops
The Rcv. DR.. Gimrdcau is Drcachiun
nn 1lfr,,,s, rot I,
Tho shock ut Marion was very severe
Dut caused not much damnGc
Rnightsvillc, a village three miles west
OF Summcrvillc, WAS seriously injured,
and the inhabitants arc asking for aid
Waltcrborn WAS severely shaken, and
but few houses have escaped without i'll
jury. Several watcrspouts were seen
about thirteen miles from the town, and
'un one place well with about ten feet
'of water became dry and full Of white
sand.
On the Edisto Eivcr gap WAS made IL
hundred and fifty icct long and half an
inch wide.
Diminishing shocks OF earthquake
have been felt ut various times all over
the State.
Nlr. B. O. Duncan, of New berry.
writes 10 the News and Courier that he
was in Smyrna in l>'Nl, when The iAIand
of Scio WAS destroyed, with loss ui
fifteen thousand persons killed and
wounded; and also at Naples in 1888
when two thousand persons prrshcd
from the carthquakG on the isle Of
Ichia. In each ease, after shocks con-
tnucd for some time, each diminishing |
in intensity. In neither place has there
on l.,