Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-28
TERRA FIRMA YET SHAKf
,,orR SHOCKS FELT DURING
THE DAY AT CHARLESTON.


~ places Report Feeling ono
the Afternoon Tremors - ninety
ath. to Date Attributable TO the
r,,a.rrbaDces In the Stricken City-
80 Br,ckIayers and Plasterers
Needed.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 27.-Everyoody In
CHARLESTON was at work at sunrise tnis
morning. with coats of and sleeves up.
nnrinc sunday night there were two slght
.hocls Int they were not OF an alarm
:ar roheracter. and not sufficient to pro-
dnoo q stampede from the houses, wnlch
sIe now pretty generally occupied Inc
ronort Of the Health Department IS OUT TO-
dow showing At deaths for the week-lo Oh
."hitos and 81 negroes. Based on popu-
,.,ior of $4,000. the percentage OF the
sostb rate is fixed at whites 1884 ana Oh
hIocrs AZ. 4Oper 1000. 1t must be remem-
horoI however. that at least $4,000 people
are avav from the city, the raiiroaus
having during the hrst week aitel Ino no
oorthGuake offered free transportation 10
all who applied
THE EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS.
The number OF deaths resulting from
tho earthquake during the week were i've,
making the total deaths from tne snocA
and axncsure since Aug. 81. 80. vi tnls
run,6er rn" "a were instantly killed and 52
died subsequently, either from the lmme-
Il ata effect of the shock or from exposure
oTorwards. A somewhat curious feature
nf tha mortality is the death OF quite
nnmber of old persons, who were stricken
dnwp ON the night OF the great shock ana
5iod subsequently, The disease in most
eases beng apOpleXy. A very nopeIul
feature in the death list is the fact tnat
Out Of the Al deaths reported last week
only six were from iebrile diseases, WHICH
was most feared, owing TO the large mum
ber of peOple who camped out, ana 10 Tue
lack of sanitary regulations IN the camps
or settlements.
BRICKLAYERs AND PLASTERERS.
There is still lack of bricklayers and
nlasterers, Notwithstanding the tact that
quite a number have come here. large
contractor and builder, vino advertised in
Northern papers Tor bricklayers and plas-
terers at $4 per day. complains bitterly
that the men who came in answer to his
advertisement are met on the wharf by
local contractors, who offered them 50, and
thus cot them away from him. A labor
bureau has BEEN established by the Keller
ommIttee, at which all mechanics arriv-
ing here can register their names and adj
dresses. which are furnished TO contrac'
tors. Comparatively little work has been
Undertaken vet in the way Of repairs, aud
1900 bricklayers aud plasterers can hnd
profitable work here all tee winter and
spring.
TWO SHOCKS IN THE AFTERNOON.
At 5:05 o'clock this afternoon there
were TWO distinct shocks felt in the city
TIE ii 81 movement of the earth was
Hearty horizontal, then there was thai
dreaded rumblng sound, followed by
another movement very distinct and
somewhat violent. Those who were in
the streets hardly felt the shock, or al
least could not distinguish them from the
usual vibrations caused by heavily loaded
vehicles, but those who We're indoors felt
the shocks distinctly, and there was q
general break for the streets. This is the
heaviest shock felt since Sept. q, and
coming as It does on the eve of Virgins
pred ctioD, has created great uneasiness
Adyices received here are to the etfecI
that the shock was felt as far south az
Savannah and as far north as Orangeburg
This afternoons shock WAS felt at Sum
mervilIe, Orangeburg, Camden, Granite
vile and Hopkins, kingville and Ten
Mile Hill.
THE RELIEF WORK.
Over 100 applications for assistance
to repair houses have been filed with tht
Relief Committee, 400 OF which are from
widows and unmarried women. AbOu
bUOrations were issued TO needy families
to-day. BUSINESS men speak hopefully
0i the future. Dr. }. B. Hubbell, Genera
Field Officer, and Miss Clara Barton, Pres
dent Of the National Red Cross society
arrived here to-day. They come to in
spect the situation and see whether il il
necessary to enlist further aid from thu
various Red Cross societies of the United
Nta'es. They bring message to Mayo
Courtenay from Mayor Carter Harrison
oI ICncago, saying that the contribution
received from the Chicago Red Cross il
not the only subscription that will b,
made by Chicago, but that the citizent
are organizing movement by which thu
DesI results will be obtained, and tha
Dhlcago will yet be heard from.
SCARE AT AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA, sept. 27.-A slight shock o
earthquake was felt here at 4:45 O'clocl
ms afternoon, but il bad no effect except
Ws'art lne alarmists atresh and give
tensailoralsts fresh timber. The sbocl
was distinctly felt in the third and fourtl
stories, and the Chronicle mechanical
,orces leaped from their stools, prepara
ury 10 stampede, but the disturhanc,
Passed on in half second and all wa
quiet again.
SHOCKS AT sMITHvILLE.
.il ILMINGToN, n. c., Sept. PA spe
ai reports Two earthquake shocks a
,,"lnVille, one at II 80 O'clock last mig hit
"a one at 4:50 o'clock this morning
iueie was no damage done.
BosToN's FUND $7l 400.
PsoSToN. sep. 27.--The Charleston re
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