The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-07
SHAKEN UP AGAIN.
CHARLESTON EXPERIENCES AN.
OTHER SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.

CHARLESTON EXPERIENCES AN.
OTHER SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.
Temporary Panics Caused by Falling
Walls and BuiIdings-More Shocks Pre-
dieted-One-Third of the Population o..
asCharleston Seeking Aid-Negro Exhor-
tafion.
CHARLESTON, Sept. This city expert
anced another shock of earthquake Sunday
| night, and the usual CONSERVATION prevailed
nd few eyes closed in actual sleep It was
.scertained Monday morning that the shock
was much stronger in some portions of
Charleston than it was in others. About the
battery the tremors were more distinctly felt
| than III the interior of the city
The following is a specimen of exhorting at
| one of the negro services Sunday:
Eight the battle, III hi the battle; FIGHT it
out, girl; fight it out boyl Oh, yes, mann
the time Is come, Wake up! wake up! The
last chance is come TO save old Charleston.
On, my Lord don't touch my city any more
pray tod to hold the world I'D All. ali, |
thank Cod Talk for this country people:
light for it, people, Walk on, brothers Oh,
Lord, take me- in your charge tonight, Night
before las didn't expec see Jesus. Oh, God,
look at these dry bones in the valley Didn't
You hear Gabriel blow2 Oh Gabriel turn
that horn 10 the land OF Egypt, on the miser-
able sinners, and not on we Oh Lord, we
are here tonight The birds have nests. but
We are here for mercy. Oh Lord, have
mercy
In some instances the officials and ia one
c tSe the acting mayor himself used personal
force 10 quiet the leaders who melted the mul-
ilttlte Ia wild religious frenzy, and two of the
brothers ami few of the sisters had to he
locked up to assist in securing quiet. The
negroes get quieted down between shocks but
the least trenor or rumbling starts them off
again and distinct shock drives them wild
During the rush of the applicants for as
sistance Monday morning large portion of
the Meeting street front of the court house,
opposite the City hall, fell out The report
Of the fall was equal to an earthquake shock.
Immediately the assembled thousands in and
out Of the building began to sway and move
like the pillows of "A Stol1n-stricken sea The
cooter heals present mounted chairs and adj
moriShed the people to move away quietly,
and not become excited The scene was ap-
palimg fui Il short time, but quiet was finally
restored. The men at work tearing down
the frgtii portions of the court house were or
dered 10 stop work
Acting Mayor Hughes says the relief com
mittee is now assisting about one-third OF
CharieStms entire population. Mayor
Cnurtaney IS expected to arrive on the first
tram an the coast line and will hold a special
meeting Of the city council. when decisive
steps will be taken TO afford protection from
falling buildings and clear the streets of some
NJ the debris which now impcdes the progress,
Of pedestrians and vehicles everywhere Dis
patches continue ta pour III, Offering aid
About Sr'h has already reached here
From indications at hand it is believed that
the contributors viii finally aggregate $500
mo and that 500, 900 will have arrived hv
Tuesday night. Money sent by registered
httcr to Mayor Courtney or the relief com,
nittee comes in the most desirable share al
though urtuP contributions arrive i'll the
torn OF poStoiive drafts, etc
Shortly after 10 o'clock the scenes of
Despair and fright at the city hall were again
renewed by the falling buildings in that
vicinity. The great crowd near st Phillips
church whsre the tall spire is being torn
DOWN fled pgecpitately. The stecple Of ST.
Michaers church, the landmark of the CITY.
which was supposed To have been completely
wrecked, appears TO be about the only tall
structure which can lie permitted to stand
People who slept on board of vessels in the
harbor Sunday night say they felt the II
o'clock shock very plainly. The vessels made
forward plunges, then there was u rumbling
noise and the waves thumpcd the huls vic
iousIy
The scientists cane 20 the front with the
statements that there will Ike registrations of
shocks every day for some time, possibly
weeks yet
Monday mornings News and Courier gives
prominence how to help without giving, in
which it says: The generosity of the peo-
pie of the United States has never been more
opportunely demonstrated There is, how
eyer, Il loss which is not provided for in the
donations that have been made, and there is a
way of helping Charleston which has not
been generally adopted With the as
SistanCe ot other fcllow-countrymen
Charleston viii he able no doubt to provide
food and shelter for those who have been
rendered homeless by. the earthquake and will
he able, perhaps TO assist in a proper way
thos' Whose houses need repairs, which are
beyond the means of the owners and uceu-
pants
COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. Another dis
tinct shock was felt in this city Sunday night
at li:O5 o'clock, accompanied by the usual
roaring sounds At intervals of five minutes
thereafter, two remarkably brilliant and I'm
usually large meteors shot across the skies
from north to south.