Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-30
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
Subterranean Thunder at Columbia
Shakes Houses and Awakens Sleep
ing Citizens.
Severe Earthquake Shocks Reported
from Charleston, Summeryille.
and Savannah.

] NhAhLEsIONi % ~ sept. zo.--.I mere
were three shocks of earthquake in
! Charleston last night and early this morn
I ing the shock at 500 a. m, being sharp
and causing houses to rattle uncomfort-
| ably.
There was no general alarm, but a
good many persons ran out of their
houses into the streets and remained
there.
AT Summerville there we're three shocks
/ between 4:25 and 6;30 o'clock this morn
ing, there being a rather violent shock at
! 500 here.
! A loud defamation, similar to the report
of a heavy gun, was heard at the begin
ming of the severe shock here, and there
were several detonations or explosions
with two of the shocks at Summer
vile.
! There was no mistaking the character
of the disturbance that occurred at 515
/ this morning. 1t was
RUDE AWAKENING
/ for the people of this brave old city, but
/ they bore it as they have never borne all
/ the other great trials through which they
! nave been called Gpon to pass, with un-
| hinching fortitude and courage Most of
the people in the city were asleep at the
| time, but the shock was sufficiently strong
! to awaken them. The features of the
| phenomenon and of the atmospheric con-
ditions were somewhat peculiar. The
weather on Sunday and Monday nights
was warm and sultry. After 10 o'clock at
|. night the wind seemed to have died out
entirely. On Monday night indications
of change in the weather were apparent.
Frequent flashes of sheet-lightning were
seen in the north, and occasional rolls of
distant thunder were heard. In the
opinion of some people there were seismic
detonations But there seems to be
scarcely room to doubt that they were
rolls of distant thunder. The sky over
Charleston all this time was entirely clear
and the moon shone bright. Shortly af-
I ter midnight the wind set in rather brisk
I ly from the east and clouds began to gath
er in the sky. Some persons state that
there was a slight shock about o'clock,
but if there was it was not sufficient to
arouse any one who was asleep. 1t was
5:15 O'Clock when the shock arrived This
was
ABOUT THE sEvEREsT
that has been felt in Charleston for over
two weeks. The other vibrations that
many people alleged they have felt were
child's play compared with the shock this
morning. Houses were perceptibly shak
en-, and in many houses plastering was
thrown down. The shock is variously es
timated to have lasted from to 10 seconds
there seems to be some question whether
it was accompanied by the usual tremb
ling sound. A gentleman who was on
the second floor of large brick building
states that the shaking of the house, ac-
companied by rafting of sashes the
grinding of joists, and the fall of plaster
ing was all that he heard The police
man stationed at the intersection of
Broad and Meeting street states, on the
contrary that he felt a very slight move
ment OF the earth, but distinctly heard a
noise. Another man who was on the
street on his way to his place of business
states that the earth moved violently, and
that the sound was like the explosion of
thousand pounds of dynamite under
ground. The worst feature of the shock
was the additional injury to the medical
college, of which a large part of the wall
fell in. 1t is now gaping ruin and APP
parently must come down to the basement
A shock to-day is reported also from Sum
meryille, Sumter, Blackville, Grangeburg,
Newberry, Augusta, and Savannah. With
in three minutes after the shock were
good many people on the streets, although
paratiyely few of them were women
and children. The sidewalks had been so
cleared of debris that most pedetrians
had returned to the habit of using the
pavements. II was observed this morn
ing, that many persons
KEPT IN THE MIDDLE OF -HE ROAD
while walking through the streets. There
was little interruptions to business and
none whatever in the work of repairs,
which is progressing as rapidly as can
be expected under the circumstances.
The weather to-day was cloudy, with
brisk winds, which are to be expected at
this time of the year. The relief com
mittee is making considerable Roadway
with the work before it, over 500 forms
of application for relief on account of
injury by the earthquake to houses and
other property have been issued, and
nearly 700 applications fully filled out
have been received, These applications
come from every class of the community.
The Custom House pediment has been
shored up and the postotlice made safe
for occupants. Architect Spier is salts
fled of the hopeless condition of both
the Postof1ice and the United States
Engineers Building on Meeting street,
and will recommend that the de-
partment ask Congress at its next session
to make an appropriation for the cree
tion of a public building of sufficient
size to accommodate all the depar tments
of the government that are not properly
provided for.
AT SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 80, Savannah ex-
perienced another very distinct earth
quake shock at 400 local time this morn
ing The vibration lasted several seconds,
causing slate roots, windows, etc, to rat
tie Hundreds of people were
awakened and many We're frightened
badly, though there was no general
alarm.