The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-09

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q Grace church. IL. Orphan house.
:. Central Presbyterian 10. Academy OF Music.
church. - Masonic Temple.
a Unitarian church 20. Charleston college.
. German Lutheran q. Medical college.
church e Roper hospital
10 Baptist church. p City hospital
II. City hall "a jail.
Il. Court house. p. Citadel
CHARLESTON, 8. c. Sept 3.-Ths earth has
struck her balance and Is now without a
treUiOr- There Is much excitement in Char
lesion The people are yet In dazs They
alive and too thankful for their
cap. tn consider at all their property losses
In East Bay Broad and Meeting streets where
the damage greatest the sides Of the
streets piled with debris Of the wrecked
house.. Whole fronts out Of fully twenty
houses from the ground floor. The furniture
ami ornaments remain just rs they were be-
fore the si,,k on Tuesday night. Half the
brick hn,sseo, which comprise over one half
the houses III thu city, have the top more or
less demolished, but those houses that escaped
that are Ia.rliaps of for il Is noticeable
that nearly all that .scapei the roof demOl-
ishn,-nr a-k..l little In their front
and siI.. ~ the ini,iiis, window OF the middle
story, walsh shows that they are all shaken
FROM their very foundations and loosened in
every irist AMI joint. Certainly not third
OF tiI'I>.. Shaken can la, Repaired they will
have to lie, pullei down and reconstructed
from the very cellars
The I"l,~ing Is the official list of those
who were killed Icy tn. earthquake or that
have thus far died from their injuries:
Whit--f..ter Powers Mrs. T.. Barf,ar,
Ainsley IL Robson. Robert Alexander,
Charles AIbrecht, Is. r. Msynarriie, Patrick
Lynch, Annie Torch, Mrs. Rachael Ahre,,s,
Goldie Ahrens.
Coiored-Wh onlas Wilson, William Deer,
Annie Glover, T. Sawyer, William Grant,
Alexander Hitler. Joseph RodoR, Hannah
Sn,alL, Mary Barnwsli, Maria Pinkney,
James Brown, Angelic Davids, Eugeni. Rob
erts, Robert Rodof, Grace Fleming, Rosa
Murray, Oliver Nickalby, John Cook, Clar-
issa Simmonds Hannah Harris, Sarah Mid
ton and Rsbecca Ward. There may Inc a
few more.
Business Is still suspended, the whole at
tention of the people being given to provii-
ing for refuge and making their Residences
safe
Bricklayers have advanced the rates to ST
a day. The city council will probably meet
to-day to provide measures for relieving the
poor.
Expressions of gratitude are heard on all
sides for the assistance offered to Charleston,
Of which the suffering i..npl, will gladly
avail themselves. Confidence. IN gradually
returning. but much apprehension Is still
felt
The loss Is variously estimated from ten
million dollars up, but no living man can K
innate it within five millions. The plan TO
help ,ic city that Is talked about Is to get a
loan of ten millions from the Federal treas
rry, by act Of congress at n nominal interest
the houses reconstructed.
Prominent buildings damaged are St
Michaels church, St Phillips church. st.
Luke's church, St Philips Church home,
Confederate home, Bethel NJ E. church,
Scotch Presbyterian church, Cathedral, Cath
Ollie chapel, St Mary's Catholic church, Ger
man church, Unitarian church, Sailors
home, HiberLin hall, Market hail. Northeast
railroad passenger depot, South Caro-
lima railway office ON King street, gas works
ON Washington street, postoffice, Citadel
academy. tagging factory, Military hall,
Langley factory, Park house, Mills house,
Charlestui, hotel, Pavilion motel, Windsor
hotel, Waverly house, st. Paul's church,
Roper hospital, medical college, Charleston
Jail. Craft school Friend street. buildings
OF Our Lady vf Mercy on Queen street.
The following will give moro detailed
idea Ut the damage To buildings than has
heretofore been afforded.
City haiti several had cracks in the east
wall
Court na,l>. walls cracked, roof partially
p"rricos thrown down, otherwise the build
Ing seems uuinI ured
ST Michaeis cnurch, steeple 50 badly out
OF line Ia be ia danger Of falling; portico
detached and ruined; building cracked in
four places from top to bottom; clock stopped
at 9:l5
Chamber OF commerce. south and east
walls partially down; building otherwise
damaged
News and Courier building, marble parapet
aud cornice fallen, part Of roof gone.
Walker, Evans & Boggswelrs building,
BADLY cracked
A Large building corner Church and Meet
ing, badly cracked
Meyers cigar store, front torn down
Smiths stencil works, front torn down.
Police station Broad and Meeting, COM
plete wreck
DE- nsSaurrss' residence, front gone.
Episcopal residence, roof and gable end
down, P'ITti,o crushed.
Capt Na-oner's residence slightly dam
aged
Arthur IS ....neiis residence slightly dam
aged
Other t"'tweeu Meeting and Kins
streets. s..s--.l. s.t.It iur.,i.
HotI>s-, i.s.i,-., ii ,rkst and Hazel street,
damaged C.'.s! h.rItIN.iS little
LAIsR REPORTS.
se.".- Ia Charleston the First Sunday
Alter the Disaster.
CHAa....- TON, =. e, Sept "a belief
PR, .tit- J.i.,I the worst Is over IN Charleston
an: ,t.,f sLc people are reasonably secur
froni H.. .ie,ITuction of earthquakes This
belief Is LIssi mainly upon the assurances 81