Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-02

piercing cries of women and children an,
 the frenzied shouts of men calling to on
 another, attempting to organize some mean
 of rescue, formed singular contrast to thi
 subterranean thunder. People stoot
 despairing for moment and thel 1 8 tumultous rush was made for opel 1 spaces. I ran fast as anybody
 Yet recall wildly the horror pictured o1
 the faces of those near me. The thing has
 made an indelible impression on my minC
 and even now I look for that ominous roar
 The weeping of women and the hoarse cries 1 of the men as they rushed hither and thithe1 l among the wrecks of walls and telegraph
 wires can never be adequately described"
 The largest crowd of fugitives collected in l Marion Square in the center of the city.
 Three distinct shocks followed one another quickly and hardly had the panic caused by l one partially abated when another tremor of l the earth renewed the alarm. So frightened l were the waiting crowd that they hardly
 perceived that each shock was lighter than 1 It's predecessor. It was only late in the 1 morning that the prayerful and despairing ! throng finding the earth once more solid 1 gathered courage enough to again seek the l neighborhood of their shattered homes. 9p. m.-The situation shows no improve
 ment up to this hour. The problem of shel- ter is a serious for sick and wounded people, and women and children, but as the weather is fine there is no great suffering among the people on this score. The princi- pal danger just at this point seems to be that
 the food supply may give out Already there
 is great scarcity of food and none can be ob- talned from the outskirts of the city as
 all railroad communication is shut off. It is stated by the railroad managers that there is not a single road out of here in
 running order. The convulsions of the earth
 are said to have wrecked the tracks so com
 pletely that there is not stretch of rails
 forty rods long in any location for miles
 around that is not twisted out of shape so as
 to make it impossible to run an engine over
 it. Many people will sleep tonight on board
 the steamers and sailing vessels in the har-
 Dor, but only small proportion of the home
 less can be thus accommodated. The rest
 will have to spend another night under the
 stars, dreading another earthquake. Con-
 plaints of hunger and the dread of starvation
 are heard on all sides as an addition to the
 horrors of the situation.
 CHARLESTON, 1:45 p. m.-Repeated earth
 quake shocks of mild character have been
 heard and felt within the last hour passing to
 west of the city, and it is reported that
 were shock shook down several houses.
 It will be understood how impossible it is to furnish figures relating to loss of life
 when it is known all the streets are block aded and travel through the debris is inn possible except with great difficulty and ap- parent peril At this moment another se
 were shock has just passed over the city top bling over a number of houses.
 Some of the casualties reported are as fol- lows: Mrs. Williams jumped from the second story of her house at Wentworth and Meet ing streets, seriously injuring her spine Mrs. B. Galliott (coloreD and her daughter are injured h1Iu S.;+. by being ing pagg1a struck by Mrs. Martin was seriously hurt M J. Lynch was struck by heavy stone and fat ally hurt. Two persons were badly hurt by falling timbers at the house of Mrs. Laza- rus; at GA Hazel street. A policeman stated tonight that he had seen two ladies in King street near Broad. Dr. Borist report ed that in park at Wenworth and Meeting streets there were a dozen injured people whom he had attended. A wall struck Charles Rivers, colored, at King street and the Battery and broke his leg It hit his wife injuring her Moses Brown, colored. A son of Mrs. J. N. Robinson, living on Corning street. fell from 1 a stoop and was badly hurt. R. Alexander, l 8 young chemist, was crushed to death un- l der falling walls at his boarding house | on Meeting street. A MT. Hammondi's | woman on Beaufair street killed. Isabella | Howard, Ravenal court, dangerously wound l ed. NIT. Heidel, Chalmers street, danger l Ously wounded. A colored woman, name | unknown, in Pitt street, killed. A factory 1 girl living at the corner of America and Blake streets said to be killed A colored woman on Captain Smalls' prem ses on Bull street, killed. Mrs. Tark, Seas sion street, probably fatally hurt Miss Jes sen, badly hurt internally; lived with Mrs. l Tark. Mrs. Mary Palmer, serious internal | injuries. Ainsley Robson, killed. Julia Smalls, killed. Lavina Jacobs, killed J. ,. E. Richardson, 12 Friend street, probably fatally hurt by the falling of his house.
 A brick struck mulatto woman at Tradd 1 street and killed her. Olive Neckelby, a | nulatto girl, was killed in Judge Byan's yard on Church street. wall in Cow Al ey fell and struck Isaac Jenkins and seri- ,usly injured him. w. Pratt jumped broke his leg. Captain Desansaies received painful injuries. Ellen Mitchell, mulatto, was severely injured internally. Mrs. Bay hard, of St. Philips street, fell down flight l of steps and injured her hips. A nephew of J. W. Ol6enbuttel, on East Bay, is seriously wounded.
 PLYMOUTH, Mass, Sept 1.-The earth quake shock of last evening was very per septible here. Guests at the Clifford House were frightened out of their beds by the swaying of the building.
 SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 1.-The earth 1 quake shocks here commencing about 9:3O O'clock last night lasted several minutes. Several slight shocks were felt later in the light. When the quaking first began men,
 
 where many remained until daylight. The negroes were terror stricken. The Bryan l street church (colored) was badly cracked l and the plaster falling upon the congregation within caused a terrible scene of confusion. Many negroes thought the day l If judgment had come. In another colored church where there was religious gathering panic followed the first shock and several persons were trampled and severely injured. Very little damage other than the cracking of walls and falling of plaster is reported in his city and lives were lost. Reports rom the suburbs and adjacent towns tell of severe shocks, but no loss of life nor any con- siderable damage to property.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. Hast nights earth | quake appears to have escaped official obser- 7ation of such character as to be of scientific 7alue. With plenty of scientific men and lumber of instruments suitable for seismic observations none of them were brought into lse. One of the instruments was recently placed on the top of Washington monument 0 ascertain whether that shaft is swayed by 1 he winds It recorded the vibrations of the | monument and would have recorded interest ng and valuable data of last nights earth Iuake, but when examined this morning it vas found it had not been set and therefore lad no information to communicate. At the 1 ignal offices reports were compiled with a jew to showing accurately the course of the arthquake. Major Powell director of the eolog1cal survey to whom thls data referred says this seismic onvulsion is unprecedented in the extent f territory covered and it has visited many ocalities in which an earthquake was never cit before. The earthquakes, in his opinion, originated in Asia, proceeded across the 'acifc ocean and entered this country from he Pacific, making themselves known in the utbreak of geysers, etc., in the Yellowstone lark and proceeded northeast and southwest throughout the greater portion of the coun- ry, being plainly felt wherever the earth's rust was sufficiently thin to permit of it. fe is almost certain that a tidal wave must ave been caused in the Atlantic from which eports will be received. The phenomenon vas not accompanied by unnatural atmos- heric conditions. Previous experiences 9ad him to believe that the shocks may ln one places be repeated at the same hour 3 night.
 Description of Charleston.
 Charleston is situated in latitude 3O0 40 l orth and in 790 57' west longitude from .onaon. It is $40 miles nearly due south rom Washington, and 766 miles distant rom New York. It.is the largest city in outh Carolina and one of the most impor- I