Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-09-30
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CHARLESTON, s. O., Sept. 22.-The day
has passed quietly, the streets presenting
an unusual scene Of activity. The chief
subject of conversation was the prepos-
ferrous prediction OF Virgins of a new
earthquake on the Goth. This undoubtedly
caused alarm, and requires prompt con-
tradiction, as the nerves Of the people are
oyer-strained already.
The relief committee reports $50 appli-
| cations for repairs TO houses in sums rs
high o. 5000. II is expected that the
work of PREPARATION, through means fur
nished by the committee, will begin
actively in q few days.
The subsistence committee has reduced
its force, as the number Of persons re-
quiring rationB Ia steadily diminishing.
The public soup kitchen, however, is still
largely patronized. Three out of the
five city rice mills are In full operation.
As bad ns the injury to st. Michaels
Church appears on the outside, the dam
age to the interior ID quito M great The
heavy arches under the galleries are shat
tered and the walls aud ceiling cracked in
many places Nearly all the clustering is
down, and the entire place seems to be
torn up. The organ has been taken down
and moved. The mural tablets and
stained glass chancel window, however,
are uninjured. The work of removing
porticos and the west and north walls is
proceeding slowly.
The Charleston Hotel, Pavilion Hotel
and the Hotel Windsor are in full blast.
The earthquake shock Tuesday morning
caused the front pediment OF the custom
house to separate three-quarters Of au
inch more from the main building. an il
ia the opinion of the government en-
gineers that 1t would have fallen down
completely had II not been for heavy
timbers with which it is shored up. The
ahock also produced additional fractures
in the stone ceiling OF the top Of both the
front and rear poEches.
CHARIEsToN, s. O., Sept. 24.-There
was slight shock at Summeryille last
evening and posaibly two during the
night. There was none in Charleston.
There was an earthquake shock at
Charleston, South Carolina, at OF
O'Clock Monday afternoon. II lasted
only two seconds, but was accompanied
by loud rumbling sound, and shook
houses sufficiently TO cause humber Of
persons TO rush into the streets. No dam
age was done, beyond the shaking down
of loose plastering. The movement of
the earth wave was from north to south.
The same shock was felt at Summerville,
Orangeburg, Camden, Graniteville, Hop
kins, Kingville and Ten Mile Hill, in
South Carolina, and at Savannah and
Augusta, in Georgia. Two earthquake
shocks are reported at Smithville, North
Carolina, one OF 11.30 O'Clock ON Sunday
night, the other Of 4.50 o'clock Monday
morning. No damage was done.
A severe shock of earthquake was felt
in Charleston, at los O'Clock, Tuesday
afternoon. II lasted about 4 seconds,
the movement being from north to
south, and shook nearly all the
houses in the city, the vibration
being very peToeptible in wooden
houses. Except for that shock everything
was quiet In Charleston yesterday, and
the work of repair and relief went on
without interruption. The superinten-
| dent Of the custom. house at Charleston
reports 10 the treasury department that
| the shock on Monday afternoon caused q
| serious displacement of the west portico
Of the government building, 80 much so
as TO neoessitate Rbolishing that entrance
10 the building. There were three slight
earthquake shocks at Summeryille yester-
| day.