Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
|IIVIIG In TENTS.
| qi8 People Still Afraid to
| Enter Their Homes.
|M'GEE'S INVESTIGATION
The Shocks Attributed TO
Local Land Slides.
|SUMNEKFlLLE , OOAhE.
Over a Thousand People
| Leave the City.
DAMAGED LIGHTHOUSES.
The Main Tower on Morris
Island Cracked.
|NO WORD FROM BERMUDA.
The islands in the Path
of the Disturbance.
LIGHTHOUSES.
The Main Tower on Morris
Island Cracked.
NO WORD FROM BERMUDA.
The islands in the Path
Of the Disturbance.

Il CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 4.-The shock
Il last night caused great alarm on account
4 Of the shattered condition of the nerves of
4 tie people. Those persons who had ven-
Blurred back under their roofs hurried into
z the streets, which presented for a few
zmoments as tragical an appearance as on
8Tuesday night. But little actual harm
WAS done by the shock. Two untenanted
&houses are reported to have fallen to-
xgether with part of the coping of the
s#CharlestOn Hotel. The vibration during
the shock was not especially great, but
the moaning and bowling sound was suf-
#fciently alarming. Gradually the
8peOpe had come to the conviction
THAT the shocks were at an end,
q and tie disappointment was agonizing.
81 The sensation to-day i s the falling of peb-
I bles in the lower part OF the city. The
ri first fall was at 1880 o'clock this morning
and the second at about II O'Clock. They
Fl Eappeared to fall in slanting directions,
Hirom south to north. There are morsels
II of flint among them, and all are plainly
Il Rbraded and worn by the action Of water.
/ Some lew nave sharp fractures and have
Il evidently been recently broken. The fact
4 Of the fall is vouched for by several trust
worthy persons. The bulk of the pebbles
fell in and around the News and Courier
office.
PROF. M'GEE's OBSERVATIONS.
Prof. w. T. McGee, of the United States
Geological Survey, went to Summerville
bn Friday to investigate the immediate or
remote causes OF the recent earthquake.
lie stopped at Ten Mile-Hill station,
around which the earthquake was par
Ncularly active, and paid especial atten-
lion to the matter which was thrown up
nom the craters, which are numerous
through the belt Of country extending
from Mr.. Disber's farm, about four miles
from Ten-Mile Hill, north and south, and
likewise east and west, for an indefinite
distance along the seacoast. Prof. McGee
collected specimens OF the soil and mud
winch bad been thrown up, and samples
pl the waters which flowed from the tis-
suFes, taking particular note of the cavi-
lles on the farm OF Charles Lee, the
largest of which is about 16 feet square
AlC 10 feet deep.
SURPLUS oRNANIENTATIO ON.
AtsummeryilleP Prof. McGee continued
investigations and talked freely with
esnuemen there. One of these gives the
views and Courier a sketch OF Prof. Nc
Oess statements. Prof. McGee said that
we ornamental work and gingerbread
"of& IN Charlestion was in many in
s-"lces out of proportion TO the size of
''e buildings, and these parts would be
'W To fall and carry away por-
'ols OF the general structure. He
%" mat when be lett Washington
pe would have very little to do in deter
''nng the approximate causes OF the
r"'Vlquake, but is much puzzled by his
po'sFatlons. Contrary to expectations,
w ound that the assures were not uni
urn N their direction: some extended
VA "orlh 10 south, and others from east
vest and on this account he would
Patton.
LOCAL LAND SLIDES.
lie did, however, give the opinion that
M '"e Snocks were the result OF local land
DS lue term "Ioca" he does not
,".', "oan 'aat the shakes can be traced to any
a'''cuIar place at Summerville, Charles
~, VT elsewhere, and remarked that
80 was connection between shakes
nu suppressed volcanic actions. His
'piesslon is that the area
,ors ,gre'ea by the lana slide theory has been
oin ~ TO 100 miles under the he'd of the
be e' III le was confident, moreover. that
Ist was passed. This statement,
Ibock was made prior to the severe
II Iumn,aa.t..iiil az IL o'clock last night. He left
bbstn bbSIVlIie SiNVlIie this morning for the phos-
vu,.9,trlct, where he will continue his
p.,s srEMNtING THE EXODUS.
3,ellsn, acc5ee's remarks nave had an ex-
' enect- Up to yesterday about