Telegram-herald., 1886-09-03
EARTHQUAKE ECHOES
A Survey OF the Sad Scenes of
Destruction.
THE Loss ESTIMATED At Sl000l.000
The People Still Camping Out-Ta~n-
ing Fissures tor twenty-five
Miles Around -ThirtY-fiVe
Persons Killed

has 50 ruck her balance and is now without
a rreu0r. There was excitement la Charles
ton today Tue people are yet a-daze.
They know they are alive and are too
thankful for their escape 10 consider at all
their property losses. In East Bay, Broad
aud Meeting -sts, where the damage was
greatest. the sides OF the streets are piled
with debris Of the wrecked houses
Whole fronts are out of fully twenty
houses from roof 10 ground door. The
furniture and ornaments remain just a.
they were berfore the shock on Tues lay
night Half the brick houses which COM
prise over half the houses of the city. have
the top story more OF less demolished, bat
those houses that escaped that are perhaps
worse OF for il is noticeable that nearly
all that escaped the roof demolishment,
are cracked a little in their front
and at the middle window of the middle
story. which shows that they are all shaker
from their very foundations and loosened
in every joist and joint. Certainly nor a
third Of those shaken can be repaired They
will have 10 De pulled down aud recon
structed from the very cellars. The loss IS
variOusly estimated from Sl0OO0OOO up
wards, but no living man can estimate 1t
within 5000 600. The plan for
help for the city that is talked
about tonight Is 10 get loan of ten mil
lions from the federal treasury By act of
Congress, at a nominal interest on the
houses constructed.
Prominent buildings damaged are St.
Mchael's Church, s.. Philip Church, st.
Luke's Church. the Church Home. Confed-
craze House. Bethel, NJ. f. Church, Scotch
Presbyterian Church, Cathedral, Catholic
Chapel, ST. Mary's Catholic Church,
German Church, Unitarian Church,
sailors Home, HiOernian Hall
Market Hall, Northeastern Railway passen-
ger depot, South Carolina Railway office. on
king-st., Gas Works, Westinghouse, fire
proof building, Postoffice, Citadel, Academy,
oagying factory. Military Hall, Langley
factory, Mills House, Charleston Hotel,
Pavilion Hotel. Windsor Hotel. Wavgrly
House, st. Paurs Church, Roper Hospital,
Medical College, Charleston Jail, Craft
School, on Fnend-st., buildings of our
Lady of Mercy. oueen-st. There Is
no ground swell in Charleston and the Bel
giau block pavement is raised IN out one or
jwo places. That the surface of the earth
was distraught, however. IS clearly to be
seen for miles around Charleston, where
yawniDg assures are numerous. The peO-
pie are not thinking of the future. To live
the night through IS their sole thought,
while the day labOrers are hard put to for
necessities There is really no absolute want
of food, for ample money has been
preferred 10 feed the whole tOwn month.
Another shock is dreaded but there is
every reason 10 believe that the end has
come. Owing 10 the unsafe condition of
all the houses people walk in the middle of
the streets and all houses are deserted at
night fall, even one story frame houses Ii
Will be fully a week before people recover
their nerves and quiet of mental balance.
In the meantime all business and LABOR is
suspended and people spend their time
in knots in the middle of
the streets. There were l0l burial permits
issued today but for all the real destruction
the city has not an air OF = OOm. The peO-
pie are the pluckiest ever seen. Every park
and square in the city tonight is filled with
men and children sleeping under tents. i'm
prOvised from cOunterpanes, quilts, sheets
and canvass, stretched upon poles
erected at short notice.
The first train from Savannah came into
the city this afternoon three hours behind
schedule time. All along the line from
Revenel Station, twenty-five miles distant,
evidences OF terrible disaster are plainly
visible The carts is cracked in numerous
| places and assures. while not wide, are Of
unknown aud apparently unfsthonable
depth a blush grey, sandy mud. of the
| consistency OF paste and evidently forced
up from a depth far below the surface, is 10
be seen on all sides, while the color of
stagnant water in ponds indicates that it
| Oozed up from VEINS that would
never have seen the surface except through
/ some tremendous CONFUSION of nature.
/ The most singular phenomenon Is presented
/ on the railroad between the city and Rave
| mel, this afternoon. Only half an hour
! after freight train had passed the road
| bed was intensely moved causing the steel
rsils on the track 20 be twisted into the
/ shape Of the letter ;, delaying a passenger
1 train fully an hour No doubt this is
/ caused by another sudden tremOr Of the
earth, adding one more TO the numerous
vibrations that have excited general fear
| and anxiety during the past four days.
/ Along the track Of the South Carolina
/ & Northeastern railroad. aud for many
/ hundred yards on either side the ground
/ had the appearance Of having been alter
natelv raised aud depressed in a series Of
/ rolling hiliocks. The rails in many places
were warped in reverse curves
by lateral oscillations Of the
/ earth this latter regularity being
1 most n oticeabie az tresses and culverts
/ The track IN other places was kinked In the
I direction Of the rails. ard altogether the
I roads appeared a. though constructed over
/ the natural grades Of the earth The earth
/ wave overlook a train freightei with hun
I dreds Of eVcursiOnists near Jedburg The
/ experience was described by one Of the
! passengers a. follows The first int-
nation We had Of the earthquake
vas q deep roar that 0verwhelmed the
/ noise 0f the moving train and an instant
later The cars began % inrch from .ide 90
SIDE ike ship ~ sea The engineer pat
7 30wu the brakes bat II vas some time be
fore the The train could be controlled. the
utmost confusion prevailed women shrek
ing and children crying With fright The
[ tram vas teseu back in the direction ~
Ieinurs t vas found that the
cars hsd passed over one - the revsrse
curves described The situation Al sum.
/ uerVilie uaS sccor rpanied - Manifesto
nnns chat we're observed % any extent
'n Charleston During the day there
vas constant series Of defonstfon'
rsseulbi nE the sound of heavy cannon al
I Intervals % about ten minutes These eE.
I blossoms we're net srcou nsuIed hv esrth
tremors Toe vsier in many Fes il
2Im nervi. = vas faurd to have rsen mans
feet
People corning from 81 Anirsws rsfish
ear char zen m 80 around 1r the other s.te
~ Ashley -eer fle surface r. fnI ~ 6ssara
emitting -re mad ard grey san8 TIE acle
sre fr1m 1re tn flrr inches in daWsfer
rhe zroara a.sa fctei rifh sns,
rnrnts sa thai a. -he frre ~ fn
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