Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-08
CHARLESTON'S MISERY.
rUO MORE SHOCKS ADD TO THE
ERTGHp OF THE PEOPLE.

5oavv Rain increases the IncOnve-
,,ionces of Their Enforced Life in the
nnen Air-Maysr Courtenay HerOi-
.aIIv Begins the Task Confronting Him
Tbe Nations Heart Throbs.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. Last
! ,jobt the seventh since the dreaded
.bock of Tuesday last, was one of COM
noratye quiet in this stricken city.
rverybOdy slept out ofsdoors under such
shelter as could be improvised, and every
/ hodv waited for the shock which usually
nassed through the city about IL O'Clock at
nigbt. There was no shook, however, and
4 nv midnight most of the tired people were
4 sIaening. The weather was threatening,
4 bnt fortunately there was no rainfall.
Il This morning the streets begin to assume
more lively aspest. Work in abun-
dance was found for laborers, gangs
b of whom were put to work
n removing the debris of wrecked buildings
n and tearing down such as had been con-
Fl 1emned. The people seem to begin to take
n heart, and hopes are once more revived
N that the disturbance was over.
II TWO MORE SHOCKS.
These we're doomed to disappointment.
At11:4O O'Clock this morning there was
distinct rumble and perceptibe
n culver OF the earth. Many people did net
III hear 1t, however, and the panic was not
NJ as great as it might have been. At 4:40
NJ o'clock this afternoon, five hours later,
n another and severer shock came. This
n asst was more perceptible in that the
Y writer could distinctly trace its advance,
| Its elimination and its departure.
n Like those OF last week 1t
n came from the southeast, ap-
Il parentlv from the sea. The horrible
n roar was first heard and then slight
n E8yibraton, both apparently approaching
Efrom southeasterly direction. AS the
disturbance reached the city the pulsa-
|'tiOn was heavy, buildings were shaken
|sfor about five seconds and then the dis
<urbance went northwest, the roar gradu-
| sally dying out.
FALL OF A SCAFFOLD.
Shortly after this scaffOld on which
1--WE or six wOrkmeu were engaged at work,
bon building at the corner of Broad and
[State streets, was crushed by slab of
bnarble from the cOrnice. All of the men
iwere buried in the ruins, but all escaped
/fwith slight injuries except VIM. Holmes
n cOlOred) !, who was fatally injured. He
In as IGsCu6u lIOLl buS Wy SOiuC Vi OuC
and taken to the hospital for
Treatment. The list of earthquake VIC
Eims continue to increase at the rate OF
Ehree or four a day. Most OF these are
gomen and children who are dying from
|&right and exposure. Up to O'Clock this
afternoon four additional deaths were re-
q orted as follows:
8 Mary Jane Small (colorod), 8 years of
age, died from fright and exposure.
fnu n iT5c OF
&fed at st. Francis Xavier Intirmary in a
&losptal tent. She was ill at the time of
j be earthquake, aud was turned out of
her house which was burned. The fright
bnd shock and exposure hastened her
death.
n Mrs. Fannie Burroughs (white), 81
years of age, died from heart disease and
severe fall during the shock of Tuesday
X$ight.
Ellen Knox, a colored infant A years
pld died of drOpsy and exposure.
LEAVING THE CITY.
The flight from tine city continues.
"a rough estimate gives the number of
women and children who have already
eft at about 5000. Most of the railroads
Pre- granting free passes, the issuing OF
(Which IS intrusted to the municipal au-
1horites; to others special rates are
made. 1t is creditable to the men of
JharestOn, however, to be able to say
hat they are, with but few exceptions, at
belr posts. Many who were away on
heir summer holiday have returned, and
hose who have had to carry their families
way have FASTENED back to their posts
duty. This is true of rich and poor
IKE. 1t is doubtful if a
beuer instance of courage and
ieyOton to duty can be found
nan that Offprpd " fhn al a Il
EDITORIAL staff of the News and Courier,
Hessrs. c. Mckinlay, j. A. Moroso, j. l..
eOber, R. M. SOlomOns, NJ. f. Tighe,
ales SnOwden. X. Il. Logan, D. l.. Selke
no the managing editor, Capt. +. w.
Dawson.
STICKING TO THEIR POST.
10 all the horror and fright and confu-
ION OF that awful night they stood man.
yat their posts and got out the paper,
handful of 'D equally '%%Ee cour'
seous printers who returned to their
ases during the night. The next day, in
plte OF al its horrors, these men kept at
"slr work and got up the material for the
aeer Finding, however, that they were
luapIe to get out paper, the printers ex-
recount Of the dangerous condi-
ou OF the quarters, they made
me dispatches for the Associated
Iess'whch conveyed the intelligence of
ue ulsaster to the world. Many of them
os married men with large families de-
means. ' u '0i' ii"A'0"
TRUE HERoIsM.
iueiI wives and children being rescued
Nh" Ileir wrecked homes, and placed
bo.aa9eu IN the nearest public square,
ain men returned to their posts and
pVou, eu up all the news OF the horrible
ibloS working all night, while the hOr-
bn ,uolerfanean roaring continued aud
broat auteIhDlng walls of the building
/ vgas uel 10 engulf them every moment.
No., lnueed and in truth heroic act
pverr.t VI these men have lost nearly
bIuIng they had in the world, and few
Hbo are men Of any means whatever
ot history of their work has
asoryee oeen put upon record. but it
)nri'' . 10 De, and it deserves recognition
90 ,'IS a'i this terrible week that has fol.
pcb 'oaey nave worked day and night,
orrasH,e% men have worked before. The
ave yebonuents boon OF Northern journals who
glcni,i," mere can, perhaps, realize the
barIes,o uhder which their brethren in
S''oh did their work.
OR CoURTENAY's ARRIVAL.
ay b"' bno Nourtenay, who arrived here to-.
ent 90, assumed the reins OF govern
oIlor," mere Is great rejoicing in con-
amaiizs lie issued the following pro-
nrmu,n tho situation ia critical A ia not
nlHDlp. IL dntpupds f..s, y = ..s ~ " III