The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-09-09
! AMONG THE RUINS.
Tho Damage at Charleston Estimated tat
Ten Million Dollars.
. Dispateh to Atlansa. cbnstit,.sion.

s CHARLESTON, g. c., September H.
The shock last night caused great alarm
on account of the shattered condition of
the nerves of the people. Those persons
who had venturei back under their roofs
hurried into the streets, which presented
for q few minutes as tragic an appearance
as on Tuesday night, but little actual
harm was done BY the shock. Two un-
tenanted houses are reported to have
fallen, together with part of the coping
Of the Charleston hotel. The vibration
during the shock was not especially great,
but the moaning and bowling sound was
sufficiently alarming. Gradually the
people had come to the conviction that
the shocks were at an end and the dissp.
pointment was agonizing.
The damage to Charleston has not
been exaggerated. If the brick houses
of that city were in. New York day
seven out of every nine of them would
be condemned by the city inspectors and
torn down before night. A newcomer
riding through the city halts the carriage
continually and forbids the driver to pass
an impending building. he soon dis
covers that he cannot ride without taking
such risks. Three buildings fell yester.
day. That Is the beginning of tia end.
The Inhabitants understand this and their
nerves are strained accordingly. A sharp
cough will stampede crowd. While
writing my dispatches was frequently
run out of the building. The city is a
wreck-a complete, pitiful, hopeless
wreck. ITS people are wrecked as hope
.lessly as its houses. What will bacome
SHOWERS OF PEBBLES.
The sensation to-day is the falling of
pebbles in the lower part of the city.
The first fall was at half.past z o'clock
this morning, and the second at about
II o'clock. They appeared to fall in
slanting direction from South to North.
There are morsels of flint among them,
and all are plainly abraded and worn by
the action of water. Some few have
sharp fractures and have evidently been
recently broken. The fact of the fall is
vouched for by several trustworthy per-
sons. The bulk of pebbles fell in and
around the Mews and Courier Office.
THE CHANNEL ALL RIGHT.
+ The bar or harbor of Charleston has
not been affected by the earthquake.
Soundings taken on Wednesday show
seventeen and half feet of water in the
South channel, one hour before high
water, aud in Pumpkin Hill channel
sixteen and q half feet of water. There
is no truth in the report that bridges
across the Ashley river have fallen.
The feeling to-day is decidedly more
cheerful, and better tone naturally per.
vades the community. It is difficult to
give any precise reason for this, but it is
the fact. Workmen are at work upon
the injured buildings putting them In
order, and as much as possible is being
done to protect interiors from the rains,
which are expected. Another element
which increases confidence is the organi-
zation to. day of strong relief committee,
which will take entire charge of food, of
clothing and quarters as tar as necessary
for those Who have suffered by the earth
quake. A considerable number of tents
have been received from the government,
ouO VbAoAo AAO OAtSStON W nAOAAous LIZ
orphan house, aims house and both
Catholic orphan asylums have been pro-
vided with sufficient shelter. An
eucampment for other refugees, in
military style, is now being formed on
South battery. There will be an encamp.
ment for colored refugees on Marion
square. It can be confidently asserted
that this work of the committee will be
systematic, and that all funds at their
disposal will be properly applied.
PROFESSOR McaEE's EXAMINATION.
Professor W. 7. McGee, of the United
States geological survey, went to Sum-
merville on Friday to investigate the
immediate or remote causes of the recent
earthquake. He stopped at the Ten Mile
Hill station, around which the earth.
quake was particularly active, and paid
especial attention to the matter which
was thrown tp from the craters, which
are numere1s through the belt OF country
extendinp, from Disber's farm about four
miles from Ten Mile Hill North and
South, anG likewise East and West for an
indefinite distance along the sea coast.
Rl1lI11ap pr MCGEE collected specimens
Sil and mud which had been
= ,, and samples of the waters
49, !6wed from the assures, taking
tssss.SazEser note of the cavities on the