Daily Republican., 1886-09-17
A severe Shock In Charleston.

A special despatch from Charleston,
8. c., says: Char lesion enters upon the
third week Of her great affiiction under
terribly omir ous circumstances. Thel
day was ushered in by a severe shock
of earthquake, which occurred at 2 80
q. m, and which was as severe as any
that has been felt since the fatal shock
on the night of the 31st. Most Of the
camps had been abandoned, the people
taking heart from the fact that at least
three days had passed without q shock,
and returning to their homes to sleep
on the ground floor.
At that hour most Of the inhabitants
were asleep, and 80 exhausted were
they from their long and terrible watch
that very few of them felt the shock,
although 1t WAS strong enough to shake
every house In the city. The correspon.
dent of the Sun was awake at the time
and was In the second story of shat
tered brick building. The feature of
the disturbance was exactly similar to
those which charac acterized the shock for
several days after the night of the 31st.
At first there were several detonations,
sounding like the discharge Of cannon,
and apparently coming from the sea In
a southeasterly direction. This was
followed by that horrible rambling
which seemed to approach gradually
from the same point and which in
creased as 1t came, accompanied by a
trembling of the earth.
At length the force seemed to reach
the point at which the correspondent
was standing. Then there was q vic.
lent shaking of the earth and the build.
ings, and both noise aud vibration
seemed TO co off in q northeasterly
lire rection, accompanied by the sighing
and soughing of wind, which, however,
could not be felt. The sensation
WAS just such az would be experienced
IL o monster train of cars was running
at lightning speed in a huge subterra-
| mean cavern. The sound and vibration
distinctly approached the listener,
passed him, and as distinctly died
away in the opposite direction. The
heavy slumber of exhaustion in which
the women and children were wrapped
only prevented panic and general
stampede to tho squares, streets and
parks.
Roth before and after the shock the
| atmosphere was heavy and hot. To-day
the atmosphere has been marked by the
same characteristics. 1t was close, hot
and heavy. with very little air stirring.
Occasionally during the day black
clouds would gather In the northern
sky, but these passed off without rain.
To- might sim liar state of atmospheric
conditions prevail, and fears are enter
tanned OF another and severer shock be
, fore the morning. The news of this
mornings shock has become generally
disseminated, and there is great uneasi-
ness.
Reports from Summerville say that
the "a a. m. shock occurred there, to
gether with several other shocks during
the night, but the Summerville reports
as far as the number of shocks are con.
cerned, are taken here with a sufficient
Iquantity of fsalt to get them down to a
reasonable basis.
The work Of tearing down condemned
buildir ga still oontin ues, and some few
repairs have been undertaken, although
there is still some difficulty with the
lcolored laborers, many of whom have
no desire to work for less than war
prices, which the contractors and house
owners are unable to pay.
Two additional deaths from the
efiects of the earthquake are reported
to day, one OF theE being that OF Joe
king, wel.-known sporting man,
whose mind was evidently lost by the
shock, and who died yesterday at the
Xavier Infrmary. The other was thai
of coloIeo infant, who died from ex
Iposur9.