Daily Republican., 1886-09-06
CHARLESTON.
THE LATE EARTH0UAKE-RIAHEN
CITY.
suffering Inhabitants-Provisiu and
Money Wanted-Freaks of the
Earthquake-Worst over.

Money Wanted-Freaks of the
Earthquake-worst over.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. 5 Char
lesion 10 quiet to-day, and 'he Sabbath
silence is only broken by the singing at
the different religious meetings, which
have been he d in the open air. Harfly
o church in Charleston is considered
safe for occupancy, and the 10 .nisters OF
the different denominations have, for
this reason, held their services in the
different public parks and In the
grounds adjoining the churches. Sad
to say, there is no doubt that the esti-
mates OF the loss by the earthquake are
far below the mark.
The city appraiser, who has gone over
| the whole city and is familiar with thAI
value OF property, estimates that it will
cost at least five million dollars to put
Charleston in b position as good as that
which it occupied only a week ago.
Buildings which were considered en-
tirely safe are now discovered to be in
dangerous condition, and persons wh o
thought that they had escaped without
injury find themselves confronted by
damages which are entirely beyond
their means to repair. 1t is for this
reason that there is 30 much anxiety.
Two of the governmen engineers
are expected tomorrow, and In addi.
ton to these, the Secretary of the
Treasury has been requested to day to
detail number OF competent civil en-
gineers from the Office of the Superyis
Ing Architect OF the Treasury to assist
In the work of examining thoroughly
levery building, 30 that the extent of she
Injury and whether the building is In ..
thRhitAhla and hn OIL
may be definitely ascertained. The re
lief com mittee, with the assistar ce
lgiven and promised, will be able very
shortly to provide adequate shelter for
the homeless refugee, and can furnish
them also with such food as they re.
lquire.
There are today in Charleston many
} peraons who are suffering for want of
bread and meat, and who are unable to
help themselves. Their wants, however,
begin to be known and will be quickly
met. The Govern ment tents have been
erected in encampments in differe At
, parts OF the city, where full atten sion
, Will be given to sanitary requirements;
/ but it is calculated that a least five
II Thousand persons W III need shelter for
o weeks 10 come; and 1t is proposed TO
a erect hutI on the public grounds fer the
q ttents'will not suffice Ample accom- no.
!. dation will be provided for the color ed
n refugees as we'll as for the whites.
n There has been no shock of earth.
a eiquake since about IL o'clock last nigh.
!. and this helps to make the people hope.
u ful, but they are confronted with a ter
Iibie injury to their homes, ard this
"a tends to depress them.
The First Presby terian Church proves
Il TO be badly damaged, and the Charles.
Il ton College is irreparably injured. The
residence of the late Congressman NJ
J, p. O'Connor will have to be rebuilt
= The old Charleston club house, after
'' ward the United States Court House.
is almost complete wreck. ColoDe
h Bstchelder, Of the Quartermaster's De
partment, who arrived here TO day will
~ Colonel Owens, has been over the city
\, "a and in an interview tonight said:
! II have seen enough TO say that tn
y ruin is widespread. The eastern par
10 of the city is damaged most seriously
p and think there is scarcely hous
"a but will have to be pulled down. d.
"a not think there has been any exaggera
tien as to the extent OF the damages ant
n L think that the calamity is even create
than has been represented in the press.
ul The only deaths resGlsipg from earth
NJ quake reported today were those of tw,
n. colored children, the result of exposure
1t is now hoped that demolition of st
Michael's steeple will not be necessary
las the foundation appears to be sound
,.i Pedestrians In their wandering
- - through the ruins to-day discoveret
of many new and interesting freaks OF tn
< earthquake. Some of them were founI
ot at the residence of Major j. a. Robin
~ con, we'll knewn citizen. The build
n. ing was badly wrecked in some places
N while in others it seemed to hay
,e escaped injury. In one bed room of th
n house the strangest freak imaginabl
took place. On the side of the cham be
oil paintings were thrown from the wa
lWith such force as to destroy the car
n vas and crush the frames, while OH th
n mantel piece, q few feet away, in tn
"a % same roc NJ, stood slender, tall vas
70 which retained it's perpendicular.
= On another wall in the room two O
ot three small photographs in frame
II were left undisturbed, while withi
ID three feet of them the p!astering wa
~ wrenched off and ground into dust, an,
the scantling upon which the lathin,
was nailed was torn ont of Its place
A lounge was hurled across the room
and broken to pieces, while chairs
es few feet away were not even over
y, turned. In some places q gate-post ol
q; one side of an entrance was twisted Oft
Is while the other post, three or four fee
OF distant, was neither loosened no
IN cracked.
The old magazine in ,Cumberlal
street, u building constructed of brick
stone and concrete in the eighteenth
n century, which stood as a monumen
co among the land marks of the city, hay
& ing weathered three wars and the man
earthquakes and cyclones of the countr
in its time, and which carried in it
wall q shell from a British gun fire
81 during the erevolution-a building whic
II the Oldest inhsbitant believed coul
IN bot be destroyed by any earthquak
which did not engulf the cits-is
ruins.
er Sheriff's Sales.
Sheriff Ford sold the following prol
80 critics at public sale ON SATURDAY. aftel