Telegram-herald., 1886-09-04

Great authority vas already contained n the
staiates Pressure alu oe brought s9 bear
0u the officer. atu are designated
20 coudemn buildings 60 spam a.
many as can ue sawed t5 nepaifs
Merchants Inform the United Pres,
reporters that but lea ui tae buildings en-
demnsd vii be replaced bY nee ONES
There Nil De- many rtFalf-. however n b
proposed t0 hus the walls together bs
bolts aud a. a4ast 0f tAe Dalilags hafv
Uut tRo stories and very lea With morr
tlau three. the fractured walls can be- made
90 stand. provided this IS the last 81
lhe earlhq quake business kilograms
have poured in from northern aud southern
cities % the Mayor and prominent critics
rendering assistance and acceptauces have
been made A delegation of citizens have
srrNed from Wilmington \ g., with - tsN
cash and promises ol al additional - HNt
With instructions o. ascertain what should
be doue hy that cty. The money vii he
placed for needy families lu sums oi fiu'
aud $50 with religious and other societies.
Many Ot The best to-do citizens were lu
the North at the time oi The shocks spend
ing the hes ed term Being unable go re-
celve any definite information as % the eX-
tent 0i the loss of either llf- or property,
they started op their reiuTn. Al every stop
ul the train they rushed peil-meil INTO the
telegraph offices, called Tor or sent messages
and gave the people along the way uuse
0f the excitement They could leara little
or nothing. and their suspense became
agonizing rley could not sleep
aud paced the floors of
the coaches wrnging their hands aud eyinc
| ing painful alarm. Even the outgoing pas
sengers who We're hailed by those incoming
could give no accurate or useful intorma-
iion Only the most courageous Of the ciu-
zens returned % the city. Many stopped at
suburban places and opened up unsatisiac-
tory communication by telephone or tele-
graph.
Up TO today 10 was with difficulty that
| the railroads could run trains in the city,
owing to the fact that employees are scarce.
| The colored ones feared TO enter the city
| one old colored porter, when informed at
one of the cities above Charleston that he
/ had been ordered on a run, turned pale
/ with fear aud stammered 10 his superin
| tendent, Skuse me capting but ! dOan
! wants 10 go to Charleston When in
| formed that he must, he took off his cap,
laid IL down, and bOWing with Difference
said, Den / resines Sab / doan go down
thar to be killed by the quakes sab.
HIddled about one of the parks We're
| lot of colored men and women this after
noon discussing the future probabilities
| When asked If he new what caused the
earthquake, one Of the brightest Of the
crowd turned his eyes and replied, It's
the handwork Of the Lord. We are not to
know whence it coneth aud whittier It
goeth.'
At special meeting of the city council
today the mayor and aldermen were con-
sttuted a committee to investigate the con-
| ditiOn Of buildings in their respective wards
IL is estimated that over five hundred
| buildings viii be condemned. A
! prominent real estate agent estimates the
loss and damage of real aud personal prop
| erty in the city at from Sl0OtO,0OO 10 So
OOO 600
No more deaths or casualties were report
ell at the hospital during the morning
| There are now I'm the hospital ll9 patients,
one hundred Of whom are there suffering
from injuries sustained Tuesday night.
About half of them were bruised by fall
ing buildings and the others are pros
trated by the excitement. The bulk of the
earthquake sufferers are being cared for AT
their homes. There is considerable sick
ness among children resulting from expos
ure and sleeping out at night
Earthquakiana' is the name suggested
for little girl brought into the world four
hours before the great uphheaval. Mother
and child il may be said, are doing well,
Notwithstanding the fact that they are
quartered i'm Washington Square. The
police are quar,ered ia the Main station
stables, and have purchased a gross of new
halters with which 10 secure prisoners
There are citizens here tonight who claim
that they fet two distinct thunderings of
earthquake during this evening, but most
people believe they Were Imaginary.
At Summerville, twenty-one miles south
il is ascertained that there were unmistak-
able rumblings Of earthquakes a number OF
times during the day. Everybody has tie d
from the town except the station agent a nd
a telegraph operator and the inhabitants Ot
the surrounding country are terrorized
The reports from Summerville do not have
a salutary influence in Charleston. On the
contrary they are renewing the agitation and
increasing the fear. Printers, telegraph
operators and others who are asked 20 work
in the larger buildings comply reluctantly
if they do not positively refuse Under th,
present pressure telegraph service is un
stable and liable % suspension AT any mo
ment. although the Southern Telegraph
Company is working herOically 10 keel
moving Manager NJ s. Harris has beer
working All instrument almost con
tinualy since the reign Of terror began
The City Council TO-DAY authorized rhe
Mayor TO state that great distress exist.
among the citizens OF Charleston IN oonse
quence of the earthquakes and thal any all
rendered would be gratefully accepted
The Charleston Port Society. under IA,
auspices of which The Sailors Home here I.
conducted. this evening issue an appeal fol
aid. The Home was totally destroyed ano
Mrs S c. Clark, It's matrOn. prepared the
/. following % be sent TO the Secretary Of th,
Seamens Friend Society. at New York
Language ans time would fail .se were
to attempt 20 describe the utter ruin of this
' our beloved Charleston. bnt / will speal
/ more particularly of our Sailors Home
/ which institution ! have had charge of noV
( nearly four years IL looks indeed lik
some noble ship with her masis and cord
age gone and 80 miraculous was my escap
{ that ] seem 20 feel that God spared me tbs
= might vet live 20 continue my labor %
Z love Cor the sailors When ! look at th
des0iatiOn which surrounds us I foe
: a. JOB Of old who excloimed
. / Pity me- ola nv friends for th
. hand of God hath touched me- but trus
! that IN some way which We 10 not know
our Home may be rebuilt Wishing tba
We may have the sympathy and prayers @
/, your society.
am. etc
z Mrs S q CLARK.
Nairon Sailors Home
The effects of the Home are now store
in the Centre Market awaiting a.sisfauo
i rhereby they may be replaced IN = suitshi
Home
All the Roman Catholic Schools A..
: CHURCHES have been seriously damaged an
Z che Cathedral congregation wiiI attend mas
around temporary altar in the Catheira
rr9nnis The Sisters 0f Mercy ard fh