St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-06


returned tonight at o'clock from an eX-
ploring trip north of the city. They visited
Ten-Mile Hill, Summerville and Lincoln.
They give no cheering news. AT Summer
vile they felt nine distinct shocks, and say
the people are terrified and leaving that
section of country. Some strange freaks OF
the earthquake were found and photo
graphed Most of the 500 houses at Sum-
merville are wooden buildings and as a
consequence the damage is largely confined
to their interior. OF one building the
foundation had been affected on one side to
an extent that the structure had teppled
over in half-reclining position. while the
remainder of the foundation was unlm-
paired. The foundation of both sides OF
another house, it was found, had parted
and shot outward, permitting the structure
to drop to the ground. A large number OF
GeySers were found. some ten feet in diam
eter and nothing has been found long enough
to probe their depth. None are Spouting.
while all are full of water. Profs. Men
denhall and MCGEE take friendly issue as to
the cause of the earthquakes.
CHARLESTON IS QUIET TO-DAY,
and the Sabbath silence is only
broken by the singing at the differ
held in the open air. Hardly church in
Charleston is considered safe for occupancy,
and the ministers of the different denomi-
nations 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 estimates
of the loss by the earthquake are far below
the mark. The city appraiser, who has
"a oft &c fonl =
with the value of property. estimates that
it will cost at least SIS, 900, 900 to put
Charleston in position as good as that
which it occupied only week ago. Build
ings which were considered entirely safe
are now discovered to be in dangerous
condition, and persons who thought that
they had escaped without injury find them
selves confronted by damages which are
entirely
BEYOND THEIR MEANS
to repair. 1t is for this reason there is Sc
much anxiety. Two of the government en-
gineers are expected tomorrow, and in
addition to these the secretary of the treas
ury has been requested to-day to detail a
number OF competent civil engineers from
the Office Of the supervising architect of the
treasury to assistin the work of examining
thoroughly every building. SO that the ex-
tent Of the injury and whether the building
is habitable and can be allowed to stand
may be definitely ascertained. The relief
committee, with the assistance given and
promised, will be able very shortly to pro-
vide adequate shelter for the homeless
refugees, and can furnish them also with
such food as they require. There are to-
day in Charleston many persons who are
suffering for want of bread and who are
unable to help themselves. Their wants,
however. are beginning to be known and
will be quickly met. The government
tents have been erected in encampments in
different parts Of the city, where full at
tention will be given to sanitary require
ments, but it is calculated that at least
5000 persons will need shelter for weeks to
come, and it is proposed to erect hutS on
the public grounds for the accommodation
of those for whom the tents will not suffice.
Ample accommodations will be provided
for
THE COLORED REFUGEES,
as well as for the whites. 1t can be seen
at glance that even the generous assist
ance to Charleston by warm-hearted peo-
pie throughout the United States will be
entirely inadequate to meet this emergency.
If Charleston is to be rebuilt, if the shat
tered houses are to be restored, if those
that are in dangerous condition are to be
made safe, Charleston must have at an
early day the command of at least 81, 000.-
900 to be be lent at low rate of interest
upon the security of the property to be re-
built or restored. No plan in this regard
is especially advocated. Indeed there is a
a disposition to await in this matter the ar
rival of Mayor COurtenay, who reached
New York from Europe to-day, and will
be here on Tuesday. In his courage and
ability, in his comprehensivness as well as
mastery of detail the people have full con-
tidence. His presence here will be worth
l. 600 men to Charleston. There has been
only the slight shock of earthquake
mentioned above since about II
o'clock last night. and this helps to make
the people hopeful. but they are confronted
by the terrible injury to their homes and
this tends to depress them.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
proves to be badly damaged and the Charles
ton college is irreparably injured The
residence of the late Congressman NJ. p.
O'Connor will have to be rebuilt. Col
Bachelor, of the QuartermaSter depart
ment, who arrived here to-day with Col
Owens, has been over the city and in an
interview tonight said:
have seen enough to say that the ruin is
widespread. The eastern part of the city is
damaged most seriously. l think there IS
scarcely q house but will have to be pulled
down. 1 do not think that there has been
any exaggeration as to the extent of the
damages, and 1 think that the calamity is
even greater than has been represented in
the press.
The only deaths resulting from the earth
quake reported to-day were those of two
colored children, the result of exposure.
1t is now hoped that the demolition OF st.
Mchael's steeple will not be necessary, as
the foundation appears to be sound.