Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-05

very heart 81 the city seems
atterly shattered aud wrecked. II
looks a. though II had been literally
rddled and honeycomssd by bombshelli
from hundred batteries. Lofty cnurcl
spires are hanging IA the air by mere
shre6B Of masonry Great massive por
tlcOes, with lettering pillars broken all
askew, trembe beneath their burdens al
every lar. There are whole blocks will
their fronts shaved cleanly down, lying
eprawling IN un6ightly heaps Of brick aud
mortar In The street below, with The
furnished rooms which 10 recently were
shelter and home, now all bare 30 The
Hight Of day. Bent and broken palingei
awning rods, lamp posts twisted into all
1 conceivable shapes, 3 anding NJ all poHsi
bic angles this IL all that IL left OF what
a week ago WAS one OF the mo0t pict'
nrcaquo and beautiful Southern cities
STAMPEDE ~ SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, GA, Sept, i--hinoe last
nights shock 'hllght shocks have been
felt IN the upper story Of the Morning
News building almost continuously The
Intervals between them varied only ton
minutes almost While there was gen
era stampede at the first shock, the edl-
/ torial aud typographical forces neyerthe-
l'nn iNhNlHNh w bHilt HHhin hHH NhlNh w
them, The building ~ tha largest and
Highest In the city,
TiIE IAHBOR ALL RIGHT,
CnARLEaToN, \ O., Sept. i-Tho bar
or harbor at Charleston has not been af.
iected by the earthquake. Soundlngs
taken on Wednesday show seventeen and
one. hall feet Of water In the south chan.
mol ono hour before high water, and 10
Pumpkin lllll channel sixteen and one.
halt feet OF water There IL no truth IN
the report that the bridges across Ashley
river have fallen.
SHOWER on PEBBLES,
CnARLKsToN, y. O., hept. THE earth
quake shock last night caused great alarm
on account Of the shattered condition Of
the merry OF the people. Those persons
who had yenlured back under their roofs
hurled into the street, which presented
for u few minutes as tragical AN appear
ancc ~ ON Tuesday night. But little
actual harm was done by the shock Two
nntenaated houses are reported fallen, to-
gether with part Of the corniGe Of the
ChaTleston hotel, The vibration
during the shock was not par
ticularly great, but the moan
Ing and bowling sound WAS sufficiently
alarming. Gradually the people had come
to the conviction that the shocks were AZ
an end, aud the disappointment was
agonillng. The aensRtl IN to-day waA the
falling of shower Of PEOPLES In the
northern part OF the city The first tall
was NJ 100 this morning. and the second
al about H. They appeared to fan In
hlanting direction from South to North
There are morsela Of Hlnt among them,
and all are plainly abraded and worn by
action OF the water, Some few have sharp
fractures and have evidently been 70.
Gently broken. The fact OF the fall II
youohed for by several Trustworthy per
sons, The bulk Of the pebbles Tell In aud
around the News mud Courier office.
THE snOCK Az SEA.
WARRINGTON, ID O., Sept, 1.-The by
geographic Office has received letterfr
Capt, Leo Voegol OF the steamer City Of
PalAtka briefly describing the effects OF
The earthquake at sea He had Just left
Charleston and was about twelve miles
on the harbor OF Port Royal la eight and
one-hnlf fathoma, where no Inexperienced
terrible rumbllng senaationn which
lasted one aud one,halt minutes, There
had been quite heavy sea from the
soniheast, but when the rumbling began
the wave motion ceased and the waters 70.
malned perfectly calm until tho rumbllng
came to an end, when the swell was again
manlfeat with wind southeast and light.
the weather was cloudy, barometer 80.
Thermometer 80. The sensation, CAPT.
Voegel says, rosembIed that upon ship
soraplng u pobhly bottom, The chips
vibrations were very great,
FURTHER ANXIETY.
WARRINGTON, Sept. "A gentleman
who visits the Bermudas yearly says
Oharlehton Ia not the only place over
which anxiety may be felt. IL liz well
known that the islands by tholr peculiar
formation and looa ion are especially aus,
oepiible to injury by earthquakes. 1t has
oeen one OF the fears OF the inhabitants
Tor hundred years that some day con.
vulAlon OF this Kind would wipe them ont.
Iha lnlandS are OF coral formation built
on Top OF volcanic noun.
tain of great altitude aud steep-
ness. The base Of this submarine
mountain ~ not much wider than the ton
and the existence Of great caves through
which sea water tlnds ils way 10 the In.
terlor OF the island, shows unsubstantlal
construction. The islands cover ntteen
miles by two or three, and nowhere Ii the
attitude over 400 feet. They llo In the
same latitude almost as Charleston, only
bfb miles distant, Tho absence of tidal
wave ~ Charleston would seem To- lndi.
cate us force spread itself up and down
the coast, yet u IL not unlikely liz force
may nave extended In an easterly dlrec-
tohi IN which event the Bermudaa might
have suffered serious Injury.
Nkw WORK AN,
NEW NoRE, Sept. ia suhsorlption
list has been opened at the Manhattan
oluh In aid OF the Charleston sufferers.
the total amount OF subscriptions re-
ceiyed at the Cotton exchange TO aid the
charleston sufferers Ia SbGa5, AZ the
Petroleum exchange $1,000.
olAhLtsroN MAIL DELAYED.
Warrington, Sept, I. Acting Post.
master General Stevenson has received
telegram from tho postmaster al Charles.
toh stallng that mall connections aud dc.
livery had been delayed for thlrty.s
hours ON account OF the earthquake, but
mat everything Is now working unlntor.
rupted,
Ll0Hf-nousRa DAMAGED.
LONDON Sept, t.--nlspatches 10.
oelved at tbs light house bureau from
Charleeton state that the oifoe of the
lght.houan Inspector thore Is badly
wrecked. The ryOea and Season npht-
houses were badly cracked, but not serI.
ously damaged, The Charleston light.
what
IN rHR MOUNTAINS.
RAiRI0n, N, O., Sept, A speeIal An
the News aud Observer saws News A.
NJ AahuuIa 0..,, 49, "a. 80 ~